Tagged: "Kickstarter"
High School Class Launches Kickstarter Project
Why are the worlds of work and school so different? That’s a question Justin Joslin asked when he started teaching Introduction to Engineering two years ago. His students, he hoped, could start thinking like engineers if they used the design process to assemble robots, build bridges, or construct water filters. Two years and dozens of [...]
Kickstarter – They’re Doing It Better Than We Are
Suddenly I have received a slew of emails asking me to support projects listed on kickstarter.com, the self-proclaimed “largest funding platform for creative projects in the world.” I’m usually on the other side of solicitations, crafting programs to generate support, and with one click I was transported to a social media fundraising tool, placed in [...]
The next big thing in Social Media?
When I hear the word diaspora I think of the Irish Studies course I have been teaching, not the next big thing in social media. On September 15th, 2010 that may all change when four students (Daniel Grippi | Maxwell Salzberg | Raphael Sofaer | Ilya Zhitomirskiy) from NYU’s Courant Institute may change the game [...]
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