Make a difference with an MIT K-12 Outreach Project - Volunteers Needed!

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Forwarded to MIT postdocs on behalf of the MIT Postdoctoral Association 
and the MIT School of Engineering:

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*From:* Rebecca Cassler Fearing [fearing at MIT.EDU]
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Dear Post Docs,

The School of Engineering would like to ask for your help and mentoring 
in an outreach project for K-12 students.  We are sponsoring 
undergraduate and graduate students to make 5-8 minute educational 
videos to engage K-12 students in science, technology, engineering and 
math concepts.  It is incredibly important that all of the technical 
content in the videos be correct.  This is where we would love your help.

We are looking for post docs from across the Institute to volunteer to 
have mentoring sessions with video-makers in 2 hour blocks throughout 
the month of January (1/2-1/27).  We would love for undergraduates and 
graduates to come to you to review, correct and validate the technical 
content of their videos before they film.  We are looking for your 
expertise in physics, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and all the 
engineering fields.

After the videos have been submitted, we'll need to review the content. 
  So we'd also appreciate your assistance reviewing the videos and 
ensuring the quality and accuracy of their content during the week of 
January 30th.

If you are interested in volunteering, please give us some information 
using this link 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE83ZXd4YkpFSDlTQXRGb05XY3FYREE6MQ>. 
  For more information about the project and to view example videos, 
please see: http://k12videos.mit.edu/

We are so excited about this project and incredibly appreciative of your 
engagement.

Sincerely,
Becky

Rebecca Fearing
Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives, MIT School of 
Engineering
Executive Director, Transportation at MIT Initiative
fearing at mit.edu <mailto:fearing at mit.edu>

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