jdriscoll – MIT Center for Civic Media https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:31:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png jdriscoll – MIT Center for Civic Media https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 Dan Gillmor nudges media chicks from their shells with his new book, “Mediactive” https://civic.mit.edu/2011/02/23/dan-gillmor-nudges-media-chicks-from-their-shells-with-his-new-book-mediactive/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:31:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2011/02/23/dan-gillmor-nudges-media-chicks-from-their-shells-with-his-new-book-mediactive/ Anatomy of a Shutdown https://civic.mit.edu/2010/10/20/anatomy-of-a-shutdown/ Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:52:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/10/20/anatomy-of-a-shutdown/ ‘Groping’ tickles https://civic.mit.edu/2010/10/03/groping-tickles/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:51:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/10/03/groping-tickles/ Patchwork Approach https://civic.mit.edu/2010/09/27/patchwork-approach-0/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:41:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/09/27/patchwork-approach-0/ The Need to Know https://civic.mit.edu/2010/07/03/the-need-to-know/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:46:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/07/03/the-need-to-know/ The Handbook for Citizen Journalists: Catching the Journalistic Attitude https://civic.mit.edu/2010/03/11/the-handbook-for-citizen-journalists-catching-the-journalistic-attitude/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/03/11/the-handbook-for-citizen-journalists-catching-the-journalistic-attitude/ You don’t have to hang around MIT long to find out that the concept of learn-by-doing is alive and well. One tangible example is the UROP program (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), started in 1969 by the late Prof. Margaret MacVicar, MIT’s first dean of undergraduate education, who acted on a suggestion by Dr. Edwin H. Land, inventor of instant photography (Polaroid), who believed every student should have a faculty mentor, doing research projects at the […]]]> Shy Bloggers https://civic.mit.edu/2008/10/27/shy-bloggers/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:42:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2008/10/27/shy-bloggers/