Monthly Archives: August 2008

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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. … Continue reading

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An intense blended experience

One of the advantages of being on a sabbatical is that you have time on your hands and the possibility of reading all the books you have always wanted to dive into, going to conferences and workshops you’d barely have … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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.

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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