Resources for Track 1

Forms

Complete the following forms by June 12, 2023:

Complete the following surveys:

  • Pre-program Survey

  • In-Program Surveys (TBA)

  • Post Program Survey

Phase I Curriculum

Curriculum is linked in the schedule — see Schedule section above!

Communications

Join the SureStart Discord Server. Set your first and last name as your “nickname”.
(A guide for making this update)

Upon joining, a SureStart team member will invite you to join specific FutureMakers channels, but please feel free to engage in all of the SureStart community channels.

Click over to the #mit-futuremakers-general-2023 channel; introduce yourself with your name, the school you attend, and a fun-fact about yourself!

Phase II
Curriculum

In Phase 2, you will use an Entrepreneurial Approach to apply your AI, ML and data skills to develop an innovative solution to a real-world problem, that you will present in the Create-a-thon Finale to a panel of judges. For inspiration, watch past Create-a-thon winners.

Resources (to be linked on July 28):

  • Introduction to the Create-a-thon

  • The Create-a-thon Guide

  • Using the Entrepreneurial Process

  • Action Plan for Project Success

Schedule

Click on the links for each week’s schedule.

Especially note the Zoom links for the daily head mentor sessions and the Tuesday-Thursday expert seminars.

Seminars & Talks

During the program, we will host following live sessions daily and bi-weekly:

  • Daily Curriculum Sessions

  • SureStart Career Pathways Seminar Series hosted Tuesday-Thursdays — see recordings here

It is strongly recommended that you attend most of these sessions; attendance will be taken.

However, recordings for all sessions will be made available via links below, which will be updated starting July 5th, 2023.