March 2017: MIT-Haiti Symposium
Prof. Michel Degraff speaks with Carel Pedre at Chokarella on the last MIT-Haiti Symposium, which took place March 27-28, 2017 at the Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince.
The MIT-Haiti Initiative: An International Engagement
By: Haynes Miller I had the following dream the other night. I was getting my 10-year-old daughter ready for school. School was important: an education was the only pathway to a better future for her. She showed me her homework from the night before. I thought it was well done, though I couldn’t understand most [...]
Register for the June 2016 Workshop
MIT-Haiti Workshops on Technology-Enhanced and Open Education Université d’État d’Haïti, Campus Henry Christophe Limonade Monday–Thursday, June 13–16, 2016 MIT-Haiti/CHCL Workshop on Technology-Enhanced and Open Education Université d’État d’Haïti, Campus Henry Christophe de Limonade (CHCL) Monday–Thursday, June 13–16, 2016 Organizers: Audalbert BIEN-AIMÉ (Université d’État d’Haïti, Campus Henry Christophe) Michel DeGRAFF (MIT-Haiti Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) [...]
StarGenetics Tutorial 1 English
In this video, StarGenetics users will learn about the different visualizers available with StarGenetics, how to download and open the program, and how to open exercises in two ways.
MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM education
Initiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office April 17, 2013 MIT and Haiti signed a new joint initiative today to promote Kreyòl-language education in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, part of an effort to help Haitians learn in the language most of them speak at home. [...]
A Voices from Haiti
Michel DeGraff: Our Word is Our Bond A VoicesfromHaiti InnerView with Michel DeGraff, MIT Linguistics Professor Children Enjoying Learning (Photo: M. DeGraf Imagine a classroom in Haiti where students are forbidden to speak their mother tongue, Kreyòl. Instruction in most subject areas is in a foreign language: French. Students who lapse into Kreyòl are punished [...]