The American Founding Fathers: Greatest Social Experiment in History
This video was created to encourage people to read the Constitution and read the words of the men that created our founding documents. It is an amateur video that has slides and lots of text with quotes from many famous people. It is a good quality video with many good quotes.
Report Card on President Obama: MIT Experts Assess President Obama on Afghanistan, Climate, and the
President Obama scored abysmally on his mid-terms. A trio of MIT professors renders harsh judgment on the president half-way through his administration, and their assessments may leave listeners “weeping or depressed,” in the words of moderator
Richard Samuels.
National security expert Barry Posen reviews
SP.725 D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World (MIT)
D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how to design medical technologies that address those problems. Students may travel to Nicaragua during spring break to work with health professionals, using medical technology design kits to gain field experience for their device challenge. As a final class deliverable, you will cr
Icle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
A computer animated video version of Shel Silverstein's poem "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Yickle Me too."
Doing business in Moscow
Do not fear the vodka bottle
Schoolhouse Rock! Interplanet Janet
This classic music video from School House Rock sings about the solar system and individual planets. The song will address many facts such as which planet is known as the red planet, which planet has a funny tilt, and what is the largest planet. Although the song is outdated (naming Pluto as the 9th planet) it is still an enjoyable and informative song. (03:06)
11.124 Introduction to Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (MIT)
This course provides an introduction to teaching and learning in a variety of K-12 settings. Through visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and hands-on activities, we explore the challenges and opportunities of teaching. Topics of study include educational technology, design and experimentation, student learning, and careers in education.
11.380J Urban Transportation Planning (MIT)
This class is an introduction to planning transportation in metropolitan areas. The approach, while rooted on the analytical tools which estimate outcomes and alternatives, is holistic. This means starting from a scan of the site, its history and its current trends, in order to frame properly the problem, including the relevant actors, institutions, roles and interests. The design and evaluation of alternatives considers this complexity, in addition to construction, operation and maint
The week ahead: January 13th 2011
Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, a cabinet reshuffle in Japan, the Detroit motor show opens to the public and a newspaper for the iPad
Vanderbilt expert: Keep partisan politics out of Tucson tragedy
[Vanderbilt has a 24/7 video and audio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with Vanderbilt experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] Blaming the Tea Party or heated political rhetoric in general for the Tucson mass shooting would be the wrong response to a terriblekeep reading »
Portuguese Gender
Thunderbird School of Global Management student Brody Hatch teaches survival Portuguese to his classmates Jan. 5, 2011, on the Brazil Winterim in Sao Paulo.
EU Competitiveness: Are we on the right track?
In January 2007, Alexandr Vondra was appointed the Czech Republic's Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs. He is responsible for preparing the agenda for the Czech EU Presidency. Prior to this position he was the Foreign Minister (2006-2007), Special Representative for the NATO Summit in Prague (2001-2002), Ambassador to the USA (1997-2001) and foreign policy advisor to former President Vaclav Havel (1990-1992). Alexandr Vondra played a central role in leading the Czech Republic to EU and N
Tristin and Tyler's Tales from the City! - Recycling Umbrellas
Tristin & Tyler meet a Brooklyn designer who uses recycled umbrellas to make beautiful clothing and accessories!
Flooding worsens in Brazil
Aabout 60 miles north of Rio de Janeiro - torrents of mud and water set off by heavy rains left a trail of destruction - toppling houses, buckling roads and burying entire families. Jon Decker reports.
Le clou ou la pièce inébranlable (video)
Un clou ou une pièce inébranlable illustre la notion d’inertie pour un objet au repos.
MIT Social Media Club Event (http://socialmedia.mit.edu/)
Featured in this video:
Azamat Abdymomunov and Rafael Maranon, founders of the MIT Social Media Club ( http://socialmedia.mit.edu/ ).
Dear club members and friends,
Thank you for supporting MIT's newest club -- MIT Social Media Club. We are pleased to initiate our first meeting. This is not yet official meeting of the club since our status will be finalized within the next two weeks by MIT Association of Student Activities (ASA).
During last couple of weeks and espe
Testing the limits of quantum mechanics: Motivation, state of play, prospects
Prof. Anthony J. Leggett (University of Illinois)
MoLeDEV - Creating Quizzes
The Internationalization of Spanish Companies: Ferrovial, The Rise of a Multinational
Move over, Italy. Rafael del Pino is here to claim Spain’s rightful spot as a major European player in the global infrastructure market. Founded by del Pino’s father in 1952 as a builder of sleeper cars for trains, Ferrovial has diversified into a conglomerate with a hand in construction, real estate, road bui
Self-excitation and global inhibition
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