Blogcamp SP

Off to the second day of Blogcamp SP, an informal gathering of bloggers, journalists, midia crowd and social activists which is happening again at Espaço Gafanhoto. This year, besides the usual list of suggestions posted at the entrance, networking and conversations,  a number of workshops will be offered for those willing to learn more about … Read more

A hectic haptic heretic week

The immersion process started this week at Fapcom with the 3rd Communication Symposium.  I had never heard of the place before this – a recently built Catholic college offering new media studies. They have recently partnered with PUC Collective Intelligence Lab, led by Professor Rogério da Costa. I was pleasantly surprised by the modern, very … Read more

From Meaningful Learning to a World Collaborative Net of Knowledge Builders

Last Wednesday, Dr Alberto Cañas’ presented on Cmap Tools at PUCSP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica) The event was sponsored by Microsoft, which has recently partnered with the university to develop a collaborative portal (Potencial Ilimitado) for students to develop knowledge using the Cmap Tools. Teachers will act as catalysers while Microsoft will intervene as technology experts. … Read more

Web Ideologies – a Regional Map

Through Pedro Markun. GJOL and the Italian blog Vision Post, a clickable map (still in Italian but to be translated into English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages soon) depicts 15 years of theories, encounters, utopias and projections on the Web. (click on the map below to enlarge and again on the other page for the … Read more

Why teach social media?

Howard Rheingold tells us in this short video snippet why he decided to start teaching courses about social media, using social media. Is the message effective and is the video the best way to transmit it? update: and how he does it Re: Participatory Learning and Social MediaHow I structure my classes in person and … Read more

Tweets on 2008-08-08

#080808 Grey and rainy day in São Paulo, Brazil. # #080808 Loved symbology, colours, allusions to Chinese culture,different sketches, focus on arts,creativity, education, inventions & people # watching opening Olympics – fantastic! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

DIY

We have just started the second semester of 2008 and my intended quiet and leisurely sabbatical has turned into frantic activity again – as intense as when at school with my students (miss them but not the system). I’ve had some busy weeks lately trying out, creating and deleting databases and scripts, surfing in circles … Read more

Tweets on 2008-08-06

@jasper @markun @tdoria @avorio vou no Mercado Municipal com ele para o almoço – qual sugestão para a ultima noite dele aqui? # @jasper @markun @tdoria @avorio desculpe gente – peguei transito horroroso e ainda de taxi – vamos combinar algo para amanhã? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Tweets on 2008-08-05

happy hour e provavelmente jantar no Josephine na Jacques Félix 253 # @tdoria @markun @avorio @carrapatoso estou com Jay Cross http://www.jaycross.com/ hoje à noite – drinks? # 2 pm and almost night outside – lights on – watching out of the window – signs of a phenomenal rainstorm approaching # Welcome to twittersphere, @susanmarandi and … Read more