Alex Hayes, Janet Hawtin and other members of the TALO list are mobilizing a “Learning in the 21st Century” f2f round table and discussion on Safety and Privacy online. It will hopefully involve not only educators but also parents, students, IT staff, management and other members of the community. It is extremely important that people … Read more
I am back home in São Paulo after an exhausting but delightful 10-day stay in the Big Apple, where I not only had the opportunity to attend some great presentations, meet up with the webheads in action, extend contacts and conversations but also talk to ex-students of mine, see my cousin, walk around, photograph and … Read more
This post is long overdue thanks to demon PROCRASTIGNAT, which Augustine, I and many others have more than often met. As she warns us, mind the gap! long gaps of time without writing make you feel guilty and now the gap has stretched so wide that it’s almost an ocean… So eaasy to insert a … Read more
Juliano Spyer has just directed me to the “Once upon a school” presentation made by David Eggers, Ted Prize Awards 2008 winner. Eggers speaks about 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, and urges more people to get involved with their local schools and share their stories through his website … Read more
Howard Rheingold makes a presentation at TED Awards about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action.
This is my 2nd day at CParty, interacting with mostly youngsters from different tribes (gaming, bloggers, barcampers, open source geeks, robotics, digital divide activists, greens), who are camping and mingling at the Bienal building. A show of cameras, journalists, ego massage but also sharing and lots and lots of conversations. I have documented some of … Read more
According to an article in Education World, serendipitously found on Google, on the first day of school, the secret to success is in the planning. It is also suggested you get a few personal items to help you make it through the year. They include: a diary, a personal appointment calendar, a personal survival kit … Read more
| View | Upload your own For those who did not manage to see in SL the slides sent to the Sydney e-learning 2007 organizers. Answers to the questions asked as appetizers can be found on the wiki. Updated: The recording here.
Some context on the spaces/places I am immersed in (full screen)
Here are the links of the venues of the e-learning presentation I have just got from the NSW Learnscope blog For those of you unable to attend the face-to-face Elearning07 event there are two opportunities for you and your team colleagues to get involved, both dependent on internet connections and your local firewall settings : … Read more