MIT-related Global Action Labs in Spring 2008

There are several key classes this Spring 2008 at MIT & peer schools, including...

• 21M.565 Writing for Computer Performance -- Barry Vercoe -- Music on OLPC XO Laptops;
  
• 15.990 Projects for Change -- Anjali Sastry -- Organizing for action;
• SP.233 Think Tank: Global Solutions -- Alex Slocum, Zahir Dossa -- Solutions for some of today's most urgent global crises;
  
• SP.719 X PRIZE Grand Challenges Design Workshop -- Erika Wagner, et al -- Prizecrafting for global healthcare;
• Water & Sanitation -- Susan Murcott -- Developing country infrastructure & support;
• SP.722/2.722J D-Lab II: Design -- Amy Smith -- Experimenting & prototyping solutions;
• SP.723 D-Lab III: Dissemination -- Susan Murcott -- Ramping up distribution, planning the organization;
• SP.716/6.976/MAS.962/HST.481/STS.486 Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) -- Jhonatan Rotberg, et al -- Design & development of ICT, web, & mobile apps;
• SP.714 Developing World Prosthetics -- Gautam Reddy, Hugh Herr -- Rehabilitation technologies;
• SP.784 Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries -- Amos Winter, Amy Smith -- Improving mobility for the disabled;
• HST.939 Designing & Sustaining Technology Innovation for Global Health Practice -- Jeff Blander, Utkan Demirci -- Entrepreneurship and health care delivery;
  
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