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NEW CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT! CS.forward(): trace the past, plot the future of K-12 CS education
The lab is excited to announce a new class that will be offered this fall! CMS.S61/S97 – CS.forward(): trace the past, plot the future of K-12 CS education. Meeting times: Tuesday/Thursday 1-2:30 pm (in room E25-117) Pre-reqs: Basic programming experience (6.100A or Read more
FREE EVENT ON CAMPUS, APRIL 12th! “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.”
April 12th, 5pm-7pm Registration is encouraged, but not required. http://bit.ly/3lEGNbb nd Y
“Just Atoms and Molecules? Or Something More?” Screening and discussion of Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science
April 12th, 5pm-7pm Join us for a screening of clips from “SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science” and comments from MIT’s Alan Lightman, Nancy Kawisher, Kieran Setiya producer/director Geoff Haines-Stiles (Carl Sagan’s COSMOS)…and YOU! Lightman, MIT Professor of the Practice of Read more
DAILy AI Curriculum and STEP Researchers in the NY Times
Natasha Singer, a technology reporter in the Business section of the New York Times, highlighted the work of the MIT STEP Lab’s Everyday AI PD program in the article “At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots.” The Read more
Members of the STEP Lab are running a special issue of well played!
Posted on the Carnegie Mellon University ETC Press Website: https://press.etc.cmu.edu/news/well-played-journal-special-issue-cfp-ar-and-vr-games Well Played Journal Special Issue CFP: AR and VR Games Posted by: etcpress January 17, 2023 Edited by Ira Fay and Dan Roy AR and VR games are growing in popularity Read more
Advice and responses from faculty on ChatGPT and A.I.-assisted writing
The full post can be found on the CMS/W website here: https://cmsw.mit.edu/advice-and-responses-from-faculty-on-chatgpt-and-a-i-assisted-writing/#future-of-writing “Several faculty members in CMS/W have expertise, both technological and pedagogical, in what the use of ChatGPT and other A.I. tools may mean for the instruction of academic writing. Because Read more
Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 2023- Applications Open
The application is live for our Science and Engineering Program for Teachers! Please check out our site (https://sept.mit.edu/apply) to download the application and apply. Decisions will be made by Pi-Day (03.14.23). Applications are due by February 15th, 2023. SEPT 2023 Read more
School Stories
“School Stories”, a special subject course in literature that explores education equity through the eyes of creative writers and critical theorists, is looking to partner with MIT education outreach programs this spring to provide an experiential learning component to the Read more
Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 2022
Due to the continued impact of Covid, which led to restrictions on travel and being on MIT’s campus, the Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT) offered a remote conference, the past two summers. We were thrilled to host the Read more
MIT STEP Lab Visits AERA
The experience of attending the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Conference (better known as AERA) often feels much closer to diving into a tidal wave than it does attending a conference. With literally thousands of presentations spread Read more