Tag: Joe Blatt

  • Nation & World

    14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants

    Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.

    7 minutes
    Collage of hurricane flooding, drought, wildfires, and melting glaciers.
  • Nation & World

    When it comes to online learning, safety first

    The Harvard Ed Portal and Harvard University IT partnered on a free Zoom event meant to address teachers’ and parents’ concerns about how much time in front of a computer is too much, how can people stay engaged while social distancing, and whether we should worry about children’s safety on the internet.

    4 minutes
    Child looking at computer.
  • Nation & World

    Learning apps for parents that help kids

    Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers Joe Blatt and Meredith Rowe conducted a study that developed learning apps to create foundations for literacy in young children.

    5 minutes
    Joe Blatt and Meredith Rowe
  • Nation & World

    From Mass. Ave. to ‘Sesame Street’

    An interview with Joe Blatt, senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, on the long and lasting partnership between Harvard and Sesame Street, the acclaimed children’s television program, on the eve of its 50th anniversary.

    13 minutes
    Blatt with his muppet
  • Nation & World

    Tips on guiding parents through media maze

    As part of the Harvard Ed Portal Faculty Speaker series, Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Joe Blatt shared his research on ever-changing technology and media’s impact on children.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Applications for Winter Break grants

    Harvard University President Drew Faust today announced the opening of the 2013 Winter Break grant cycle for the President’s January Innovation Fund for Faculty. Proposals may be submitted online until Sept. 21.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Forty years young

    In an interview, HGSE Lecturer Joe Blatt, Ed.M. ’77, director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education program, shares his thoughts on the amazing success of “Sesame Street” and its impact on education — and on the Ed School.

    1 minute