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 [...]
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 [...]
Also tagged Miscellaneous, newyork, Technology, Tesol, tesol08, webheadsinaction, wianyThis 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 gap!
My thoughts [...]
Also tagged Personal, TechnologyI got this excellent video from Neli Mengalli on Friendfeed about privacy in social networks like for instance Facebook and Orkut. Most people do not realize what lies behind the apparent ” free safety” of these closed gardens.
This video made by Privacy Commission of Canada complements what Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, defines as [...]
Getting ready to spend my week inside Campus Party Brazil. For a whole week (from February 11th to 18th 2008), thousands of participants interested in the digital world will come for one of the largest events of the electronic/digital world. At the same time, the Mobile World Congress is taking place in Barcelona [...]
Also tagged Barcamp, campus party brasil, campusparty, campuspartybr, cparty, Technology, TrendsAccording 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 [...]
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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)
Also tagged Digital story telling, elearning07, Events and Conferences, nswlearnscope07, spaces and places, Technology, ToolsI have prepared some appetizers, some food for thought throughout this week before the keynote. If you have a little time, please throw in your two cents. The questions will be posted in the various social media (twitter, Facebook, lists) and collected for the conference. You can post the answer here, on the wiki (open) [...]
Also tagged , Aggregating, elearning07, Memes, newlearnscope07, TaggingRobyn Jay (a.k.a. Bubbling Brooks) and Alexander Hayes (a.k.a Limitless Infinity) invited me to deliver the closing keynote for the Sydney E-learning event organized by Learnscope NSW on November 2nd (check your time). Here is a more complete program of the workshops offered and a link to the NSW Learnscope Blog
I will be interacting from [...]
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