tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221413700 2007-12-11 16:14:49 -0500 MIT Alumni Association A workshop session from the <a href="http://alum.mit.edu/ne/alc/index.html">2007 Alumni Leadership Conference</a> discussing how to use the power of the Internet and virtual tools and programs to connect communities. Topics include leveraging social networking, wikis, photo and video sharing, and more. 3089 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221392780 2008-03-05 16:49:31 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p><em>Thoughts on Fieldwork From Three Research Sites</em></p><p>Cultural Anthropology is a social science that explores how people understand - and act in - the world. But what, exactly, is it that Cultural Anthropologists do? How do they approach their research? In this short film, three members of MIT's <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/">Anthropology Department</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/helmreich/index.html">Stefan Helmreich</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/james/index.html">Erica James</a>, and <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/paxson/index.html">Heather Paxson</a>, talk about their current work and the process of doing fieldwork.<br /></p> 495 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221372000 2007-06-27 09:54:54 -0400 eng-youth An active vision head robot for exploring social learning. 74 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221351340 2008-11-14 14:17:33 -0500 MIT's Engineering Systems Division ESD PhD student Mark Avnet shares his research on the relationship between the design process and shared knowledge in the design team. Click <a href="http://esd.mit.edu/phd/poster/avnet.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to view associated content. 110 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221330560 2008-11-20 10:23:22 -0500 X-Prize Idea Contest <p>MIT LFM students are finalists in X PRIZE Foundation’s "Crazy Green Idea" Contest.</p> <p>Cast <a href="http://www.xprize.org/crazy-green-idea" target="_blank">your vote now</a> for Energy X PRIZE: Reduce Home Energy Usage</p> <p>A team of LFM 2010 students has been named one of three national finalists in the X PRIZE Foundation’s “What’s Your Crazy Green Idea?” video contest on YouTube. Sponsored by Prize Capital, the competition invited contestants to submit a two-minute video describing what they would propose for an X PRIZE in Energy and the Environment.</p> <p>The video, produced by LFM team members Jonathan Dreher, Mike Norelli, and Jeremy Stewart, is entitled Energy X PRIZE: Reduce Home Energy Usage. It was created in conjunction with ESD.932 “X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Energy,” taught by Dr. Erika Wagner, within the new LFM energy and sustainability track, which offers a new engineering major in this arena for LFM students.</p> <p>The LFMs’ video was selected from 133 submissions by the X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The winner will be chosen by online voting, which runs through Nov. 30. The contestants receiving the most votes will win a $25,000 award from Prize Capital and have their Crazy Green Idea explored as the next X PRIZE in Energy and the Environment.</p> <p>View the LFM video at <a href="http://www.xprize.org/crazy-green-idea" target="_blank">www.xprize.org/crazy-green-idea</a>. -- and don’t forget to vote by Nov. 30!</p> 121 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221310040 2008-12-31 15:08:22 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium Moving lives online, creating conversations across geography, connecting with consumers - how is social media defining the current entertainment landscape? As people not only put more content online, but conduct more of their daily lives in networked spaces and via social networking sites, how are social media influencing how we think of audiences? What are the implications for privacy, content management, and identity construction of social media? How have they impacted notions of civic engagement? 6641 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221289260 2008-12-31 15:20:31 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium Henry Jenkins in conversation with Yochai Benkler - Harvard Law School, author, "The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom." 3886 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221270360 2008-12-31 15:37:05 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium Professor Henry Jenkins, MIT 3060 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221251440 2008-12-31 15:39:01 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium Jason Schupbach, Creative Economy Industry Director, Massachusetts Office of Business Development 155 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/221232540 2009-04-07 09:57:33 -0400 SDM MIT's System Design and Management (SDM) Program requires each student to research and write a master’s thesis that addresses a real-world problem using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates tools from engineering, management, and social sciences. SDM annually presents the Best Thesis Award to the student whose work most exemplifies this interdisciplinary approach. The 2008 award went to David Kim, whose thesis address generation gaps in engineering. 217