11.122 Environment and Society (MIT)
Modern industrial activities - which MIT engineers and scientists play a major role in - have significant environmental and social impacts. Trends towards further industrialization and globalization portend major challenges for society to manage the adverse impacts of our urban and industrial activities. How serious are current environmental and social problems? Why should we care about them? How are governments, corporations, activists, and ordinary citizens responding to these problems.
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Leadercast: Patrick Kron, CEO of Alstom
In what has been called one of the more successful corporate turnarounds of all time, Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom reveals how he managed to deliver the previously-troubled company from a commercial crisis.
Spanish Alphabet
This video will help you learn the letters in the spanish alphabet and how they are pronounced. (2:31)
Suresh – Lesson 46 – Health
HINDI LESSON 46 स्वास्थ्य: Swasthya = Health (See all the lesson from Suresh; See the First Lesson from Suresh; Build Your Vocabulary By Mastering 4 Words a Day) (Looking for [...]
Vergil - Bucolica Bilingual - Eclogue I lines 1 - 40
TWC Edwards compiled a very useful text of the Bucolics of Vergil, published in London in 1825 - little studied or read in his day, and even less so nowadays.
The poems are broken into sections - the vocabulary (English and Latin), the Syntactic Order is given in Latin, and finally, the poem itself.
I am very impressed with this little book as a learning tool, but have found few others that use the same methodology.
Managing Human Resources for Health Module Guide Human resource management is one of the key functions within the broader scope of human resource development. If you are or want to become a manager in the health services, you will in all likelihood have some responsibility for managing peopl
The Presidents Song!
A song to remember the names of all the Presidents of the U.S, set to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
I love IT : Editie 3 Op deze website kan je informatie vinden over de 3e editie van het I love IT project. I love IT wil jongeren van de 2e en 3e graad secundair onderwijs (ASO, KSO en TSO) enthousiast maken voor IT en hen prikkelen om de brede waaier aan …
ED*IT Online : Onderwijs makkelijk gemaakt ED*IT is een educatieve database die toegang biedt tot tienduizenden originele video’s, film- en geluidsfragmenten, artikelen en foto’s uit het Nederlands cultureel erfgoed. Het platform biedt toegang tot duizenden en …
Eet je Fit : Gezonde voeding Eet je fit is een vakoverschrijdend spel dat leerlingen leert nadenken over een gezonde levensstijl, met als belangrijkste pijlers: een evenwichtige voeding, een dagelijks ontbijt en voldoende beweging. …
Blended Learning Revisited
Even when children are high achievers and facile with new technology, many seem gradually to lose their sense of wonder and curiosity, notes John Seely Brown. Traditional educational methods may be smothering their innate drive to explore the world. Brown and like-minded colleagues are developing the underpinnings for a new 21st
Humanities in the Digital Age
Reports of the demise of the humanities are exaggerated, suggest these panelists, but there may be reason to fear its loss of relevance. Three scholars whose work touches a variety of disciplines and with wide knowledge of the worlds of academia and publishing ponder the meaning and mission of the humanities in the digital age.<
An MIT Christmas: Enjoying the Weather with Traditional Construction Methods
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Integration of Foreign-Born Faculty in Academia: Foreignness as an Asset
Athanase Gahungu
Each year, the U.S. invites thousands of foreign-born and foreign-educated professionals as immigrants and on temporary visas, including academicians. In some academic programs such as science, […]
How to Check Your Skin for Skin Cancer
How to Check Your Skin for Skin Cancer. Part of the series: Cancer Facts. Check your skin for skin cancer by looking for any lump or rapidly changing spot that has multiple colors on the body. Protect against skin cancer by wearing a hat and sunscreen when going in the...
GAMBIT Research Video Podcast Episode 11, Part 2 "Local Engagement Games"
In Episode 11, Part 2. LOCAL ENGAGEMENT GAMES.. Steven Schirra, from the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College, talks abouttheir latest project, Community PlanIt, which is in development. CommunityPlanIt is a location-based mobile game platform, designed to engage neighborhoods in official planning processes, while forging geographically-based communities and advocacy groups around local issues. Founded in 2006, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab sets itself apart by emphasizing the creation o
Transparency in the Obama Administration: A Third-Year Assessment - Panel Two: Do the Bucks Stop Her
Lucy A. Dalglish, Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Elizabeth Goitein, Director, Liberty and National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law; and Sean Moulton, Director, Federal Information Policy, OMB Watch (moderator)
Exploding plants
Watch plants launch pollen in record time. Read more here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827920.200
