| Friday, October 22, 1999 |
| 4 – 6:00 |
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Opening Reception |
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| Saturday, October 23, 1999 |
| 8 – 9:00 |
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Registration |
| 9 – 9:45 |
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Opening Keynote by Mitchel Resnick: The Pleasure of Making Things |
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IN BARTOS THEATER |
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IN ROOM 054 |
| 10 – 11:00 |
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Robot Design Competitions
Robbie Berg, Wellesley College
Dean Kamen, FIRST
Fred Martin, MIT Media Lab
moderator:
Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab |
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Virtual Tinkering
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech
Yasmin Kafai, UCLA
Michael Tempel & Hope Chafiian,
The Logo Foundation
John Van Zwieten Jr. & III
moderator:
Brian Smith, MIT Media Lab |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
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Artistic Machines
Mike Eisenberg, University of Colorado
Arthur Ganson, MIT Artist-in-Residence
Hiroshi Ishii, MIT Media Lab
Sue Jackson & Sarah Alexander,
Cabaret Mechanical Theater
moderator:
Walter Bender, MIT Media Lab |
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Show & Tell
Presentations by Exhibitors |
| 1 – 2:00 |
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Extreme MindStorms
Dave Baum, NQC
Michael Gasperi, Homebrew Sensors
Ralph Hempel, pbFORTH
Markus Noga, legOS
Kekoa Proudfoot, Stanford University
moderator:
Fred Martin, MIT Media Lab |
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Young Inventors
Tianli Dunn-Fyler
Peter Eacmen
Mary-Ann Ecmecian
K-K Gregory
Kayty Himelstein
moderator:
Mike Eisenberg, University of Colorado
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| 2:30 – 3:30 |
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Master Tinkerers
Kelly Dobson, MIT Media Lab
Marvin Minsky, MIT Media Lab
Ted Selker, MIT Media Lab
Noah Silverman, Little Red Schoolhouse
moderator:
Neil Gershenfeld, MIT Media Lab |
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Robotics in the Classroom
Ben Erwin, Tufts University
Janis Kam & Jenni McNally,
Ottawa Center for Research & Innovation
David Miller,
Kiss Institute for Practical Robotics
Andres & Alan Talgham,
Arlene Fern Community School, Argentina
Richard Wright, PCS Education Systems
moderator:
Bakhtiar Mikhak, MIT Media Lab |
| 4 – 5:00 |
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Innovation Instead of Working
Paul MacCready, AeroVironment |
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| 5 – 6:00 |
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Display Sessions throughout the Exhibition Hall |
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| Sunday, October 24, 1999 |
| 9:30 – 10:15 |
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Keynote Address by Seymour Papert: Mindstorms the Book, Mindstorms the Thing |
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BARTOS THEATER |
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ROOM 054 |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
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Science through Tinkering
Modesto Tamez, Mission Science Center
Bob Tinker, Concord Consortium
Karen Wilkinson & Mike Petrich, Exploratorium
moderator:
Natalie Rusk, Science Museum of Minnesota |
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Future Robotics
Colin Angle, IS Robotics
Henrik Hautop Lund, University of Aarhus
Steve Richards, Acroname
moderator:
Fred Martin, MIT Media Lab |
| 12 – 1:00 |
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Why So Few Girls Tinkering?
Laura Allen, VisionEducation
Dorothy Bennett,
Center for Children and Technology
Justine Cassell, MIT Media Lab
Moderator:
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech |
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Rethinking Engineering Education
David Ahlgren, Trinity College
Bob Avanzato, Penn State
Richard Drushel, Case Western
Deepak Kumar, Bryn Mawr
moderator:
Fred Martin, MIT Media Lab |
| 1:30 – 2:30 |
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Kids and Programming
Andy diSessa,
University of California, Berkeley
Alex Repenning, University of Colorado
Brian Silverman, Logo Computer Systems Inc.
moderator:
Chris Hancock, MIT Media Lab |
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Beyond Black Boxes
Keith Braafladt,
Science Museum of Minnesota
Stina Cooke & Rachel Garber, Computer Clubhouse
John Galinato, Build-It-Yourself
Michael Smith-Welch, Little Red Schoolhouse
Susan van Gelder, St. George's School
moderator:
Robbie Berg, Wellesley College |
| 2:30 – 3:30 |
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"Sand Castle Viewing" throughout the Construction Zone |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
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Town Meeting
Reflections on MindFest — and looking ahead |
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