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1st Web Curriculo

Last week (it’s already old news), we had the 1st WebCurriculo conference, which took place at PUC SP and was blogged and streamed live. I submitted a paper about my 10-year school experience using social tools, networks and interaction  in the classroom to complement, extend and transform the curriculum. 
This was a challenge I set out [...]

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The influent blogueuse

Vile gueuse! Des biens étranges affaires… From Loic Le Meur’s blog, a hilarious parody (in French) on navel gazing blogging. Delicious. À croquer.  Just one of the many different communities and ways of seeing the world on the web. Food for thought coming from the many conversations overheard on the “miss-influences” and behaviour of the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 Lab, led by Professor Rogério da Costa.
I was pleasantly surprised by the modern, very organized [...]

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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 the Cmap Tools. Teachers will act as catalysers while Microsoft will intervene as technology experts.
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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 the strength or energy to attend and being available to meet and talk at length [...]

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Educacamp

The first Educacamp in São Paulo which will bring together edubloggers takes place at Espaço Gafanhoto next Saturday, June 28th. It has been organized by Lucia Freitas (read Ladybug), Ceila Santos and Cybele Meyer. It will be a good opportunity for me to get acquainted with more local educators and find out what how they [...]

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International Educational Perspectives_2

The first International Education and Educational Technology Meeting was opened by Marcos Teles, from Mentat, who introduced, welcomed the international guests and announced the common structure to be covered: context, main educational indicators and best practices for application of technology in basic education of respective countries. Denise Aguiar, the grand-daughter of Amadeu Aguiar, Bradesco Bank [...]

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International Educational Perspectives

As a member of the Praxis Community, I was invited to participate in the 1st International Education and Educational Technologies Meeting, sponsored by Fundação Bradesco.
The presenters, who will be also taking part of the 8th International E-learning Congress in Brazil the following days, are: Paula de Waal, from Padua, Italy; Kwanyoung [...]

Campus Party Colombia

Campus Party Colombia starts today in Bogotá and features a round of interesting conferences, activities and workshops aimed at the public who visits the event. Carolina Botero is in charge of Campus Blog and Teemu Leinonen (read Flosse Posse) will be presenting on Inquiry Learning Online - Utilizing Network for Capacity Building.
Last February I took [...]

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