Socializing and Connecting As I joined late, I had a certain difficulty in finding who the other people from the course were for there was little interaction with them in the first phase. There is an introduction thread in the discussion area of the wiki but this, from what I gather, served mostly for people … Read more
I had seen the FOC08 course on Wikieducator but did not realize it was happeningt until Alex nudged me. The opportunity for conversation that drew me in – educators I know f2f , others with whom I have collaborated online, names I have seen in other spaces and places and finally the possibility of meeting … Read more
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 … Read more
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
The two other presentations took place in the afternoon after lunch and Praxis members were invited to meet the presenters “en petit comite” for a round of questions at the end of the e-Learning event at WTC the following day. Prof. Kwanyoung KIM represents the International Cooperation and Research Center of Korea Education and Research … Read more
Blogging about these presentations makes me go over my very brief notes à la Twitter and it is a formal exercise I have imposed on myself. I describe the sequence of events/what I have heard as objectively as one possibly can so as to later analyze this in the best Cartesian tradition. I must admit … Read more
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 … Read more
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 Kim from South … Read more
On May 30th (this coming Friday) I will be in Brasília for the Braz-Tesol Goiânia chapter one-day conference. You are all invited to join us virtually at 9:15 am for my keynote or at 14:00 for the workshop. Check your local time and where. On the same occasion (at the end of my workshop on … Read more
I got a Twitter follow message from John Smith (Learning Alliances). I reciprocated and a link on one of his tweets led me to the CPsquare workshop Susan Nyrop had referred to in a Skype chat some time before. It was the same one Bronwyn Stuckey had been talking about when we shared the room … Read more