MIT RAISE

?? Student Applications for #MITFutureMakers 2025 Are Now Open! High school and early college students — this summer, it’s your turn to build with #AI! ?? SureStart is once again collaborating with MIT RAISE for the MIT FutureMakers Create-a-thon—a 6-week, part-time, fully virtual program designed to help students learn AI, machine learning, app development, and data science by actually building with them! As a student, you’ll: ?? Work in teams to develop AI-powered projects that create real-world impact ?? Choose from three tracks: App Development, Data in Action, or AI & Machine Learning ?? Get hands-on mentorship from FutureMakers alumni and industry experts ?? Compete in the Create-a-thon and showcase your work to a panel of judges No prior coding experience? No problem! This program is designed for students at all levels. If you’re ready to explore AI, develop real-world projects, and connect with a community of future tech leaders ?? apply now! https://lnkd.in/eyjKFN_c

?? MIT RAISE at ASU+GSV Summit 2025! ! ?? MIT RAISE is heading to ASU+GSV in San Diego (April 5-9), and we’re excited to connect with fellow educators, innovators, and leaders who are passionate about AI literacy, education, and the future of learning. Join us at our featured sessions, where we’ll showcase how we’re empowering students and educators through AI education, project-based learning, and hands-on innovation: ?? April 6 ?? 10:20 - 11:00 AM | MIT FutureMakers Student Innovators Showcase ?? 12:20 PM | SureStart x FutureMakers Student Showcase: Empowering the Next Generation of AI Entrepreneurs ?? 2:10 PM | Day of AI: Bringing AI Literacy to Students Across the Globe ?? April 8 ?? 10:10 AM - 10:50 AM | Panel: Our New Reality: XR, Gaming, and AI as New Computing Paradigms – moderated by Eric Klopfer from MIT Scheller Teaching Education (STEP) Lab. See you there!

And now the audio is up! https://lnkd.in/eXSs4Vun

Are you at #SXSW today? Join MIT RAISE's Cynthia Breazeal at 4pm CT along with Peter Stone.

Calling all high school students in the US (and their parents): applications are open now for the MIT FutureMakers summer learning program. You can learn more about the program and apply online through our website portal! Applications are due Friday April 18: https://lnkd.in/edb76qm2

Applications for MIT #FutureMakers 2025 are now open! In collaboration with SureStart, this is MIT RAISE's 6-week, 100% virtual, FREE summer program designed to inspire and train students from under-resourced school districts across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to create apps with AI that deliver real-world impact in their communities. How is FutureMakers unique? * It's for high school and early college students, working in teams, with mentors that include FutureMakers alumni * It focuses on responsible AI projects developed by participants to be relevant to their communities and other groups they're invested in * Participants get to pursue one of three tracks with their projects -- deep learning, mobile app development for AI, and data in action. Interested? Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/edb76qm2

Grant Harvey, a writer for The Neuron, eats, sleeps, and breathes AI. So, when he took MIT xPRO’s new generative AI course, we wanted to know: ?? What surprised him? ?? How did it change his perspective? ?? How can it benefit professionals across industries? This Q&A dives deep into his experience. Read the full conversation here. #generativeai #aiintheworkplace #careerdevelopment #ai #artificialintelligence https://hubs.ly/Q039bkGT0

The Global AI Hackathon is back! Presented by MIT RAISE and the App Inventor Foundation, the Global AI Hackathon is a free, virtual competition inviting innovators of all ages to use MIT App Inventor to build AI-powered apps for a cause inspired by the United Nations SDGs. ?? Winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to present their projects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI & Education Summit in Cambridge, MA, on July 16-18, 2025! ?? Open to participants of all ages, worldwide ?? Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gbMeTnhe ?? Stay tuned for updates #GlobalAIHackathon #AppInventorFoundation #MITAppInventor

Let's go! This competition hosted with App Inventor Foundation is one of the highlights of the MIT RAISE year. Registration is open now, with submissions due later this month.

MIT RAISE leadership is on a roadshow through the Philippines! On Monday, director Cynthia Breazeal and MIT Open Learning's Vijay Kumar spoke at the University of Batangas on AI literacy and universal AI, along with Open Learning's John Radovan. They're doing the same today at University of St. La Salle - Bacolod...and the roadshow keeps on moving, to the Unilab, Inc. Bayanihan Center in Mandaluyong tomorrow and the Cebu Institute of Technology on Friday. This is all on the backdrop of the continued rapid growth of Day of AI, which since 2023 has had a Philippines Day of AI.