A Porfolio
The first barcamp Sao Paulo will be held on the weekend of March24th/25th at Casper Libero, a school for communication and new media. A barcamp, very much like an unconference, brings together people who are interested in technology and internet and who are willing to exchange ideas, experience, collaborate. It is an informal event with … Read more
Connect is the buzz word at the moment. It is what is going to be discussed during the conference organized by Georges Siemens on Connectivism starting tomorrow at the University of Manitoba It is also the theme (ConNECT – Conversations about Networking, Education, Communities and Technology) of the WiAOC (Webheads in Action Online Convergence) happening … Read more
Last day of classes, end of the year … people celebrating everywhere. Tonight, I am taking part in my first Brazilian Edubloggers f2f encounter with about 30 teachers from Sao Paulo. Others are doing the same all over Brazil. Here it is going to be at the Fran’s Cafe – one of the few wifi … Read more
Here is THE great online learning experience of the year. It is all free, you meet a lot of interesting people and you do not have to be a member of any group to participate. For six weeks from January 15th to February 25th, participants can engage with other ESOL members in collaborative, online discussion … Read more
I have enrolled for the 3rd Online Congress for Cybersociety,organized by Fobsic (an organization from Catalunya). I do not have much to say but very interested in following the conversations in the different forums. You are allowed to choose 6 to participate in but can read what is happening all over. Here are the ones … Read more
Personal vs. business dimensions of employee blogging: my weblog Originally uploaded by beewebhead. Josie Fraser announces for the third time the Edublog Awards, which recognizes and promotes excellence in the educational use of social software. I won it in 2004 and Dekita got the award in 2005. It is nice to have your work in … Read more
Ewan McIntosh has just skyped me and invited me to take part in the K12 conference Fireside Chat, a warm-up for the K12 Online Conference Week 2 . Lots of participants in the room: Will Richardson, Darren Kuropatwa, Cheryl Oakes, Julie Lindsay, Dave Cormier and many other great bloggers and social tool users. A celebration … Read more
Just back home, exhausted and jet-lagged but extremely happy to have integrated the 10-day FLNW unconference in New Zealand. Unlike regular conferences, during which presenters pour their words to an audience , the unconference or open space conference boosts the energy by increasing contact and contributions from participants and encourages interaction and connections. We moved … Read more
What a rush! I’m now in Santiago do Chile for the 2-day 9th IATEFL conference and only now got a free moment to report on the week in Brasilia (from July 7th to 11th). Got there Friday evening (7th) and Isa Peixoto, who kindly offered to host me for the whole week, came to fetch … Read more
In two hours I’m flying to Brasilia for the BrazTesol 10th National Convention. I’m looking forward to meeting the coordinators from the other Special Interest Groups and find out how the EduTech SIG can connect and help them bring more teachers online to learn about educational technology. Tomorrow we start with the pre-convention meetings, during … Read more