Amy Smith's course on Appropriate Technology at MIT


	Amy Smith's course on Appropriate Technology at MIT

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3-28-2007 8:48 PM

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Gain awareness of third world communities and the technical challenges they face</SPAN></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Learn about appropriate technologies for developing communities, their impact, and how they can be conceived, designed and implemented</SPAN></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Understand the role MIT can play in helping and advancing developing communities throughout the world</SPAN></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Learn the hands-on skills required to implement selected development projects</SPAN></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Gain exposure to the culture, history, economic and developmental state of the host countries</SPAN></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="bodycopy">Work with community organizations to prepare field projects for the IAP fieldtrips</SPAN></LI>
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