mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s
D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people
in the world’s least-affluent countries — and then hoped those residents would
embrace the solutions.
thanks to a major new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant to
D-Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, D-Lab’s instructors
and researchers will implement this strategy even more broadly — providing
greater continuity to projects around the world, says D-Lab founder Amy Smith, a
senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach
about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its
activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major
reason why participating students chose to attend MIT.
Awareness of D-Lab has grown in recent years, thanks in part to some prominent
mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s
selection of her in 2010 as one of the world’s
100 most influential people.
with the new USAID support, “we can harness the alumni of IDDS as a kind of an
extremely diverse and dispersed design consultancy,”
While some students have already managed to turn class projects into ongoing
organizations — building better water filters in Africa, bicycle-powered washing
machines in Latin America, and wheelchairs in India, for instance — the new
funding should enable more such activities, Smith says, by “incubating ventures
and training entrepreneurs.”
The emphasis has shifted,” Grau Serrat says, “more from designing for poor
people to designing with poor people, or even design by poor people.”
Another reason some students are applying to MIT. Undergrads are making a difference globally.
"the innovative MIT classes and field trips known collectively as
D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people in the world's least-affluent countries - and then hoped those residents would embrace the solutions."
"The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major reason why participating students chose to attend MIT."
"All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
"All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
Learning: Peering Backward and Looking Forward in the Digital Era
Margaret Weigel
Project Manager, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education margaret_weigel@pz.harvard.edu
Carrie James
Research Director, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education carrie_james@pz.harvard.edu
Howard Gardner
Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education hgasst@pz.harvard.edu
The presence of blockchain technology is apparent in almost every field today as it is widely adopted on a large scale by all industrial sectors. ABB, the international Electrical Engineering company, is currently undergoing a blockchain project, according to news reports. It is looking for ways to implement blockchain technology in promoting the use of solar energy in p2p energy trading and researching the role of blockchain in the smart grids market. Apparently, the international firm has collaborated with Evolvere, the Italian energy entity, for deploying a blockchain system to assist them in this venture.
As you begin to explore the possibilities for cross-cultural interaction, global classroom projects, and new learning opportunities, the following organizations can assist you in your efforts.
Projects
As the 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the International School Bangkok, I work with core classroom teachers to successfully embed 21st century literacy skills into the classroom:
We will provide you with all-round air freight customs declaration, customs clearance, warehousing and logistics delivery services, and use a powerful information system to master every link of the transportation process, so as to ensure that your goods enjoy the highest quality transportation services, and create a fast, efficient and considerate international air cargo transportation business for you.
Strategic partners in all corners of the world, with dozens of international airlines have a deep cooperative relationship. Track customized project processes, optimize operation links, and provide comprehensive one-stop air freight services.
an international project that connects K-12 students on every continent. Together, they collaborate to compose music, make movies and meet each other in live video chats.
Gladys Gahona and Nellie Deutsch have been collaborating online at WikiEducator, an international community dedicated to the design, development, and delivery of free content for learning. In this seminar they will introduce us to the many opportunities available to educators to learn from others, to collaborate on curriculum projects, and to explore new technologies that will improve educational access and quality.
Here are so many IT Training Institutes offering PHP Training Courses in Ahmedabad. All institutes usually offer 100% job assistance to their students. Nearly all of the institutes even allow their aspirants to work for PHP Live International Projects.
An amazing language learning site which helps learners of MFL remember words for over 200 languages by associating them with visual clues/mnemonics and score points by showing you remember the language in a variety of ways. You can listen to audio of the words you are learning. The site tracks your progress and analyses where you need improvement and it will adjust the words you are shown accordingly.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects