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Week
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Date
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Topics
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Assignments
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1
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8
Sep
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Introduction
Appropriate Technologies in the Developing
World
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Reading Assignment
1:
-Excerpts from Small is Beautiful, Ernst Schumaker
-Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts, Barbara Crosette
Writing Assignment
1:
-Reaction piece to Small is Beautiful
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10
Sep
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Appropriate Technology
Intermediate Technology
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Reading
Assignment 2:
-Power to the People, Peter Hawthorne
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 3 - 34, 86 - 103 |
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2
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13
Sep
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Participatory
Development
Stakeholder Analysis
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Reading Assignment
3:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 35 - 66
-Beyond Couch Potatoes, G. Fischer
Homework Assignment 1:
-Stakeholder Analysis
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15
Sep
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Perspectives
on Development
Guest Speakers: Jan Wampler
Mitch Resnick
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Reading
Assignment 4:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 69 - 85 |
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17
Sep
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Projects
and partners |
Homework
Assignment 2:
-Project selection
Reading Assignment 5:
-Water for People, Water for Life, UNESCO |
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3
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20
Sep
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Water
issues in the developing world
Water Lab I
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Reading
Assignment 6:
-Managing Water in the Home: Accelerated Health Gains from Improved
Water Supply by M. Sobsey pp 1 - 49
Homework Assignment 3:
-Water testing |
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22
Sep
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Water
treatment systems
Guest Speaker: Daniele Lantagne, CDC
Water Lab II
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Reading
Assignment 7:
-Disacare Case Study |
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24
Sep
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Project
team meetings
Language 1
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Homework Assignment
4:
-Current events
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4
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27
Sep
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Manufacturing
in Developing Countries |
Reading
Assignment 8:
-Manufacturing Enterprise, ITDG
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 171 - 186 |
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29
Sep
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Manufacturing
Lab |
Writing
Assignment 2:
Sector Paper: Topic Selection & Outline
Reading Assignment 9:
-Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide, Mark Warschauer |
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1 Oct
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History,
economics, politics and current events |
Homework
Assignment 5:
-Team Presentations |
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5
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4
Oct
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ICT4D
(Information and Communications Technology for Development)
Guest Speaker: Leo Burd
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Reading
Assignment 10:
-Serving the Poor, Profitably, A. Hammond & C.K. Prahalad |
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6
Oct
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R
& D for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
Guest Speaker: Anil Rajvanshi, NARI
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Homework
Assignment 6:
-Digital Dividends Clearinghouse |
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8
Oct
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Marketing
to the Bottom of the Pyramid
Guest Speaker: Allan Hammond, WRI
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Reading
Assignment 11:
-Grameen Bank: Taking Capitalism to the Poor, E. Mainsah, S. Heuer,
A. Kalra and Q. Zhang |
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6
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11
Oct
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Columbus
Day: No Class |
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13
Oct
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Poverty
Reduction Schemes |
Writing
Assignment 3:
-Practicing Poverty |
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15
Oct
|
Team
Presentations |
Reading
Assignment 12:
-Meeting a Pressing Need, A. Hynd |
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7
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18
Oct
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Agricultural
Technology Showcase I |
Reading
Assignment 13:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 104 - 136 |
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20
Oct
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Agricultural
Technology Showcase II |
Reading
Assignment 14:
-The Case for Genetically Modified Crops with a Poverty Focus, H.
Atkinson, J. Green, S. Cowgill and A. Levesley
-The GM Mirage Will Not Help the Poor, A. Wijeratna
Writing Assignment 4:
- Reaction piece on genetic modification articles |
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22
Oct
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Cooking
Lab |
Reading
Assignment 15:
-Energy Resources and Global Development, J. Chow, R. Kopp and P.
Portney
-World Energy Assessment, pp 29 - 38 |
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8
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25
Oct
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Quiz
1
Energy issues in developing countries
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Reading
Assignment 16:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 137 - 153
Homework Assignment 7:
-Energy worksheet |
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27
Oct
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Energy
lab I |
Reading
Assignment 17:
-World Energy Assessment, pp 39 - 60 |
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29
Oct
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Energy
lab II |
Writing
assignment 5:
-Sector Paper |
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9
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1
Nov
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Photo-voltaic
system design
Photo-voltaic electronics lab
Guest Speaker: Jim Bales
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Reading
Assignment 18:
-The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill, Evan Mills |
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3
Nov
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Case
study: Home illumination systems
Light Lab
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Reading Assignment
19:
-Inheriting the World: The Atlas of Children's Health and the Environment,
B. Gordon, R. Mackay and E. Rehfuess
-Selections from Health and the Developing World, J. Bryant
-Dying for Growth, pp 3 - 10, J. Millen, A. Irwin, J. Y. Kim
Writing Assignment
6:
-Reaction piece to Health and the Developing World
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5
Nov
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Language
2
Project Planning
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Homework
Assignment 8:
-Trip Application |
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10
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8
Nov
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Health
Issues in the Developing World
Guest Speaker: Claire Pierre
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Reading
Assignment 20:
-Smoke: The Killer in the Kitchen, H. Warwick, A. Doig |
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10
Nov
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Health
Issues in the Developing World
Guest Speaker: Kush Parmar
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Reading
Assignment 21:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 200 - 213 |
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12
Nov
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Cross-Cultural
Training
Cultural taboos
Cultural implications of development projects
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Reading
Assignment 22:
-Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable
Development, N. Hafkin, N. Taggart |
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11
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15
Nov
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Gender
Issues
Guest Speaker: Christine Walley
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Reading
Assignment 23:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 189 - 199 |
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17
Nov
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Technology
Transfer
Guest Speaker: Linda Plano
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Reading
Assignment 24:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 214 - 245 |
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19
Nov
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Project
Planning
K-12 International Projects
Guest Speaker: Josh Schuler
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Homework
Assignment 9:
-Final Presentations |
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12
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22
Nov
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Field
Project Logistics
Trip Planning
Travel information, health,safety
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Reading
Assignment 25:
-Artisan Profiles, Aid to Artisans |
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24
Nov
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No
Class: Thanksgiving vacation |
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26
Nov
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No
Class: Thanksgiving vacation |
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13
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29
Nov
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Small
enterprise development
Artisans and crafts
Guest Speaker: Jeff Kerzner
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Reading
Assignment 26:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 154 - 170 |
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1
Dec
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Building
Technology & Sustainable Architecture
Guest Speaker: Jan Wampler
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Reading
Assignment 27:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 246 - 261 |
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3
Dec
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Project
Planning |
Homework
Assignment 10:
-Field Project Preparation Worksheet |
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14
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6
Dec
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Final
Presentations |
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8
Dec
|
Final
Presentations
Evaluations
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