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Line 5: + − Walter Bender is founder of Sugar Labs, a+ − member project of the non-profit foundation Software Freedom − Conservancy. Sugar Labs develops educational software used by more − than three-million children in more than forty countries. In 2006, − Bender co-founded the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association − with Nicholas Negroponte and Seymour Papert. As director of the MIT − − as tangible media to affective computing to lifelong kindergarten. In − 1992, Bender founded the MIT News in the Future consortium, which − launched the era of digital news. − + − 1977 and a masters degree from MIT in 1980, where he founded the − Electronic Publishing research group. He was a founding member of the − MIT Media Lab, where he was a Senior Scientist and holder of the − Alexander W Dreyfoos Chair. Bender has served on numerous boards and − − − − − − −
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=== bio ===
=== bio ===
Walter Bender is founder of Sugar Labs, which develops educational software used by more than three-million children in more than forty countries. Sugar Labs is a member project of the non-profit foundation Software Freedom Conservancy. In 2006, Bender co-founded the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association with Nicholas Negroponte and Seymour Papert. As director of the MIT Media Laboratory from 2000 to 2006, Bender led a team of researchers in fields as varied as tangible media to affective computing to lifelong kindergarten. In 1992, Bender founded the MIT News in the Future consortium, which launched the era of digital news. Currently, he is launching a new initiative at MIT, the Open Leaning Program, a forum for collaborative research among universities globally.
Bender received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1977 and a masters degree from MIT in 1980, where he built the Electronic Publishing research group. He was a founding member of the MIT Media Lab, where he was a Senior Scientist and holder of the Alexander W Dreyfoos Chair.
Media Laboratory, Bender led a team of researchers in fields as varied
Bender received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in
Bender serves or has served on numerous boards and committees, including IBM's mobile computing advisory board and the GNOME technical advisory board. He is on the advisory board of the Squeak Foundation, the Center for Educational Technology (CET) in Israel, and Libre Corps, a new program at RIT that builds long-term, on-going relationships between university students and humanitarian organizations. He has held visiting faculty appointments at international universities, including the University of Tampere, and continues to serve on university research advisory boards and on occasion teaches at Hult and MIT Sloan business schools. Bender's book, ''Leaning to Change the World'', on technology. learning, and social entrepreneurship was published in 2012.
committees, including IBM's mobile computing advisory board and the
GNOME technical advisory board. He has held visiting faculty
appointments at international universities, including the University
of Tampere, and continues to serve on university research advisory
boards and on occasion teaches at Hult and MIT Sloan business schools.
Bender He has written a book, ''Leaning to Change the World'', on social
entrepreneurship that was published in Q4 2012.
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