Partners and Affiliates

 Vision Education & Media is grateful to have the following organizations as partners and affiliates:
 
     
MIT Media Lab - Vision Education & Media has contributed to the MIT Media Lab's documentation of Scratch. For the last two years, Mitchel Resnick, Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group, has given a hands-on demonstration at Vision Education's Stonington Retreat. Vision staff have gone up to the MIT Media Lab to assist in Scratch and PicoCricket trainings.
     
 
 NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) - Vision staff and mentors include a number of ITP students and alumni. Every semester, ITP students intern with Vision Education & Media and assist in after-school programs and professional development trainings.
  
     
 
 Columbia University - Columbia University was a partner in the National Science Foundation grant, called SoBRO TEC. Columbia provided student interns to work with Bronx high school students.
 
     
 
 Sony Wonder Technology Lab - Sony Wonder has hosted final celebrations and events for Vision's programs, from our RoboFun programs to our high school video programs. Sony Wonder is a destination of many field trips for our programs. Sony is also a lead sponsor for the Stonington Retreat.
 
     
 
 New York City Department of Education - RoboFun currently runs a variety of programs after school, as well as during the academic day, in 30+ schools throughout New York City.
 
     
   

Other partners both past and present include:

  • BELL (Building Education Leaders for Life)
  • The Big Picture Learning Network
  • The Boys and Girls Club of America
  • Dell Inc.
  • LEGO® Education
  • Fordham University
  • Museum of Moving Image
  • Newark Public Schools
  • Say Yes to Education
  • Teachers College Columbia University
  • Westchester Public School System
  • YWCA of the USA