Category: EdTech Fair 2009

  • Cultura: A Web-Based Telecollaborative Project Between MIT Students and Students at A French University

    Poster Presentation/Demo Abstract Cultura is a Web-based, intercultural project, started at MIT in 1997 thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It connects MIT students taking a French class with students in France taking an English class for the duration of a semester. Its goal is to help students understand the…

  • Educational 3D Visualization of Astronaut Motion in Microgravity

    Poster Presentation/Demo Abstract Educators teamed up with visual artists to create a series of 3D interactive animations of human motion in microgravity, which now enable students to learn core curriculum concepts, such as conservation of angular momentum, through latest findings from astronautics research at MIT. Description Poster Description of activity, project, solution, and outcome In…

  • MIT GIS Services

    Poster Presentation/Demo Abstract MIT GIS Services, a collaboration of the MIT Libraries, DUE’s office of Educational Innovation & Technology, works to support GIS use by the MIT community.  We offer workshops, regular open office hours in the GIS Lab, access to the MIT Libraries Geodata Repository, and collaborate with faculty to implement GIS exercises in…