Firewalls of the Mind

Firewalls of the Mind, originally uploaded by bee1. In Lesley’s Graham’s Peregrinations, I found the tip to Letter James, which allows you to insert a personalized text on a given picture motif. I first heard the expression firewalls of the mind used by Vance Stevens . As I looked at the Berlin Wall photo, I … Read more

The Mug Shots Project

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mug Projeto Tamar, originally uploaded by bee1. Sergei Gridushko from Belarus started the mug shots project with his university students and I decided to join him with my 10th graders in Brazil. … Read more

2005 – Collaboration Year

2005 starts under the sign of collaboration 🙂 After two quiet and rainy weeks in the countryside, here I am back to blogging with a revenge! Planning and preparing the design and content of the 6-week weblogging session for Evonline 2005 has been a shot of pure collaborative adrenaline. Since September, when I invited teachers … Read more

Hawaiian Greeting

May happiness, like trade winds, daily wake thee. May laughter, joyously, as breakers, shake thee. May strength, like coco palms storm-bent, sustain thee. The ancient shark of discontent, disdain thee. May tribute, rich as island chief’s, be paid thee. Canoes, designed of wisdom’s wood, be made thee. And may the star of friendship help thee … Read more

Making a difference!

Mother rang me to announce the winners of the 2004 EduBlog Awards (The Eddies) while I was away (without the net) in the countryside during the weekend . She’s 76 and although not very keen on computers (my father keeps control over the PC), she got all excited about it. Bee-coming a Webhead had come … Read more