About the Project
About
Project Gado was originally launched in 2010 as part of the Johns Hopkins University Center For Africana Studies’ East Baltimore Oral History Project, which is in turn part of the Diaspora Pathways Project. For more on what a Center for Africana Studies might want with a robot, see Mission. For technical information, code and plans, …
Mission
Everyone knows the old adage about a picture being worth a thousand words. In the case of teaching and learning, this could not be truer or better documented. Educational research has also documented the ways that limited use of images based on existing stereotypes are equally powerful, underscoring entrenched ideas students may have. Teachers and …
Press
The Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/technology/bs-bz-project-gado-robot-20120413,0,7161949.story Technology reporter Gus Sentementes of the Baltimore Sun covers Project Gado. Linux.com: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/559479:archiving-images-with-an-open-source-scanning-robot Project Gado is featured on the industry website Linux.com Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/the_kickstarter_chronicles_32311.php Columbia Journalism review features Project Gado’s Kickstarter on its weekly Kickstarter review. The Wall Street Journal Blog: http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/02/17/robot-rescues-black-history/ The Wall Street Journal hails Project Gado …
Sponsors/Partners
Major Sponsors The Abell Foundation JHU Sheridan Libraries Adviser and Fiscal Agent Center for Social Concern Partner Organizations The Baltimore Afro American Newspaper JHU Center for Africana Studies JHU Center for Educational Resources Emerging Technology Centers Ebers Smith and Douglas Associated LLC In-Kind Sponsors JHU IT Recycling
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