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Mitchel Resnick Keynote at World Conference on Educational Media and Technology

LocationVictoria, BC Description

Tuesday
June 25, 2013
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EmotiveModeler: An emotive form design CAD tool

Whether or not we're experts in the design language of objects, we have an unconscious understanding of the emotional character of their fo…

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#75 EmotiveModeler

Whether or not we’re experts in the design language of objects, we have an unconscious understanding of the emotional character of their fo…

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EmotiveModeler: Emotive Form Design Taxonomy

We have an unconscious understanding of the meaning of different physical objects through our extensive interactions with them. Designers c…

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Philippa Mothersill

Former Research Assistant

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Mitchel Resnick

LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research

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How was it made: EmotiveModeler

Mothersill, P., & Bove Jr, V. M. (2015). EmotiveModeler. interactions, 22(6), 14-15.

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The EmotiveModeler: An Emotive Form Design CAD Tool

Mothersill, P., & Bove Jr, V. M. (2015, April). The EmotiveModeler: An Emotive Form Design CAD Tool. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 339-342). ACM.

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Learning Beautiful brings MIT’s “mind and hand” ethos to early childhood education

Spinoff Learning Beautiful develops education materials that encourage kids to explore computer science concepts through physical learning.

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Object-Based Media

The MIT Media Lab’s Object-Based Media group is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that wer…

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Eduardo Bilbao Pavon

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Eduardo Castello Ferrer

Former Research Affiliate

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Eduardo Bayro Corrochano

Former Visiting Professor

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MIT launches AI Education website

We understand that now, more than ever, the democratization of online learning is crucial to the success of students all around the world.

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MIT Media Lab 40th Anniversary Drive: 40 for 40

The 40 for 40 Drive celebrates the MIT Media Lab's 40th anniversary in 2025, aiming to secure $40 million in additional support by the end …

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Roundglass + the MIT Media Lab

At the MIT Media Lab, we imagine, design, and invent a future filled with possibilities giving everyone the opportunity to thrive…

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Nonabah Lane, Navajo educator and environmental sustainability specialist with numerous ties to MIT, dies at 46

Lane leaves a lasting legacy at the Institute and on tribal communities around the country.

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MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023

​​​I am thrilled to present the MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023-2024. This document is a testament to the pioneering spirit and collaborat…

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Canan Dagdeviren talks at the AMP MIT Sloan Executive Education program

The Advanced Management Program (AMP) is a month-long senior executive program designed for a diverse group of seasoned executives seeking …

Friday
June 14, 2019
1:30pm — 3:00pm ET
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Ilham Ali Featured in MIT News as Co-Founder of ZAHARA for Education

ZAHARA for Education, co-founded by Ilham Ali, was featured in a recent MIT News article on new opportunities between US-Sudan relations.

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Four Media Lab students receive 2022 MIT Presidential Fellowship awards

Congratulations to four Media Lab students, who have received 2022 MIT Presidential Fellowship awards.

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Five Media Lab students receive MIT Presidential Fellowship awards

Five Media Lab students–Ila Kumar, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Cecilé Sadler, Aastha Shah, and Raechel Walker–win MIT Presidential Fellowship awards.

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Quentin Mitchell

Former Director's Fellow

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Make a gift to the MIT Media Lab

Your gift makes it possible for our diverse and unique community to do our work—every day.By giving to one of the funds below, you become a…

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MIT Media Lab | Abundance Platinum Longevity Trip 2023

The MIT Media Lab is an interdisciplinary creative playground rooted squarely in academic rigor, comprising dozens of resear…

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MIT Media Lab Fall Meeting 2023

The Fall Meeting will be held on-site at the MIT Media Lab with sessions livestreamed on Tuesday, October 24 - Thursday, October 26, 2023.

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MIT OpenAg releases the Personal Food Computer 3.0, a STEM-friendly collaboration with educators

An active and passionate community of over 2,500 people spread across 62 countries have rallied around the open source platform.

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MIT.EDU: M-Learning Applications for Classroom Settings

Michael Sung, Jonathan Gips, Nathan Eagle, Anmol Madan, Ron Caneel, Rich DeVaul, Joost Bonsen, Alex Pentland

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"An Ethics, Equity, and Justice Audit and Reimagination of Engineering Education" receives seed funding from MIT IDSS and SSRC program

The IDSS/SSRC Combatting Systemic Racism Seed Fund Program supports innovative, early-stage cross-disciplinary research projects.

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Dava Newman becomes director of MIT Media Lab

Dava Newman is a visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space.

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MIT Morningside Academy for Design created as a new hub for cross-disciplinary education, research, and innovation

Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra launches new Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center

The new Center will provide music education to students across North Texas, in cooperation with the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.

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MIT Media Lab launches Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

The purpose of the studio is to design and launch new online learning programs for the Lab itself and the communities we work with.

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Peter Rombult

Former MITemp, Grants Administrator

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Canan Dagdeviren selected as panelist to discuss the "new normal" of education at MIT's Festival of Learning 2022

Professor Canan Dagdeviren has been selected to speak on the Diversity & Inclusion Panel at MIT's Festival of Learning 2022. The theme …

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ARPA-H + MIT Media Lab

The Media Lab is an interdisciplinary creative playground rooted squarely in academic rigor, comprising dozens of research groups, initiati…

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Stephanie Gayle

Former Senior Finance Manager

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Ann Berger Valente and Leo Burd awarded 2023 Education Innovation Grant

Ann Berger Valente and Leo Burd of the Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten group have been awarded an Education Innovation Grant.

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Kelley Huber

Former Financial Assistant

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Educators gather for first Scratch Africa Conference

Educators from across Africa are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya for the first Scratch Africa Conference.

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If/Then She Can – The Exhibit at the MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab is honored to host six statues from #IfThenSheCan – The ExhibitLyda Hill Philanthropies' IF/THEN® Initiative presents #I…

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MIT Media Lab in the Media

Explore coverage of MIT in the MediaFor media inquiries, visit the Information for the Press page.

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MIT Media Lab Spring Meeting 2023

The Spring Meeting will be held on-site at the MIT Media Lab, with a number of sessions livestreamed.

Monday — Tuesday
April 3, 2023 —
April 4, 2023
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Ray Stata + MIT Media Lab: A Sustainable Future World

The MIT Media Lab complements and adds to the climate efforts of MIT Climate + Sustainability Consortium (MCSC).By way of the MIT Media Lab…

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How to Grow (Almost) Anything - A New Model for Global Synthetic Biology Education

A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…

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The best quotes from Jaylen Brown's appearance at MIT Media Lab

Jaylen Brown's “passions” for justice and education have molded him into a fearless leader.

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I'm Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab. I'm leading the selection committee for the Media Lab's Disobedience Award. Ask me anything!

I'm here to answer your questions about the award, my views on disobedience, and, of course, anything else.

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President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…

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MIT Summer Research Program

The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through in…

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MLTalks—Inventive Minds: Marvin Minsky on Education

Inventive Minds: Marvin Minsky on Education is a collection of six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky.

June 11, 2019
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The Museum of Modern Art has acquired the MIT Press colophon, created by Media Lab founding faculty member Muriel Cooper in 1965

The MIT Press colophon, or logo, is made up of seven bars that represent the lowercase letters “mitp” as abstracted books on a shelf.

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EduTrends: Ep. 3 - Philipp Schmidt

José “Pepe“ Escamilla, from the Observatory of Educational Innovation at Tecnológico de Monterrey, talks to ML Learning head Philipp Schmidt

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Introducing the 2018-19 MIT Media Lab Learning Fellows

Our new cohort is the most diverse yet—bringing together graduate students from eight Media Lab research groups.

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Deborah Widener

Former Member Relations Manager

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Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium presented by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative, co-hosted by the MIT Media Lab

​On May 23, 2022, Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium hosted by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative—a project of New America in collaborat…

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Cynthia Breazeal

Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; MIT Dean for Digital Learning

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Jacqueline M Kory Westlund

Former Research Assistant

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The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

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#EmTechFR Eduardo Castello: Designing Robots to Transform Our Way of Life

Eduardo Castello, Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Media Lab (Human Dynamics Group) talks about the evolution in robot design and development