First Ever Kreyòl Alphabet Songs and Videos
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla., June 22, 2015 | PRNewswire The first ever Kreyòl (Haitian Creole) alphabet songs as educational videos have been created and made available online, it was announced today. The groundbreaking project is the result of collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Linguistics Professor Michel DeGraff and recognized Kreyòl advocate Mandaly Louis-Charles. The [...]
Professor Guerda Jean-Guillaume talks about MIT-Haiti Initiative
(Video is in Kreyòl) Professor Guerda Jean-Guillaume talks about her experience as a mathematics teacher in the MIT-Haiti Initiative. MIT Professor Haynes Miller http://www-math.mit.edu/~hrm and his team in MIT's Department of Mathematics http://math.mit.edu have developed a software package called "Mathlets" http://mathlets.org , some of which have been translated by Pierre Michel Chéry and Paul Belony [...]
Laurent Lamothe at MIT Sloan on MIT-Haiti Initiative
(Video is in English) Laurent Lamothe (Former Prime Minister of Haiti, 2012-2014) at MIT Sloan on April 13, 2015, giving "Dean's Innovative Leaders Series" lecture. This excerpt is from the question-&-answer period during which Laurent Lamothe discussed how the MIT-Haiti Initiative is opening up access to quality education in Haiti---thus, dismantling Haiti's centuries-old linguistic apartheid. [...]
DeGraff accepts MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award
Comments on My Acceptance of the MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award By: Michel DeGraff I am from Haiti. In Haiti, when we enter a room and greet our audience, we say, in Haitian Creole, “Onè,” which means that we honor each and all of you in the audience. And the audience responds “Respè” [...]
Symposium 2010 Video
Slideshow video from 2010 Symposium
Professeur Jean-Marie Théodat talks about a Vision and Goals for Reconstruction of Haiti
Professeur Jean-Marie Théodat talks about a vision and goals for reconstruction of Haiti. Videographer: Prof. Michel DeGraff