The Closed Web

The Closed Web

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 23, 2011

Amen. The Closed Web is here. I don’t want to sound apocalyptic, because the situation is not dire yet and because there are efforts to keep and sustain the real, open Web. When Robert Scoble, an enthusiast Web observer, wrote … Continue reading →
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Amours Imaginaires – Bang Bang

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 18, 2011

Tonight I happened to watch the movie Heartbeats (Les Amours Imaginaires), a Canadian film by Xavier Dolan (2010). I was immediately taken by the use of slow motion, color and interview dialogues. Then, the song “Bang Bang”, over a slow … Continue reading →
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Pitching Control

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 13, 2011

This ad on Campus Technology worries me. It’s from a company who I believe was on the road to extintion: Real Networks. Remember RealPlayer? They developed a product, named Helix. Their pitch goes like this: Stream lectures. Archive athletic events. … Continue reading →
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Cinemagraphs

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 10, 2011

Brian Lamb‘s tweet of today opened up a full load of awesome animated GIFs. I cannot restrain myself to celebrate a few of them, and make myself a great stealer… So, enjoy the coming weekend with some Classic Films from … Continue reading →
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Cocaine (toothache drops)

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 10, 2011

This is why blogging is so much fun. While reading Umberto Eco‘s latest novel, The Prague Cemetery, I learn that cocaine drops where used in the late 1800′s to calm toothache and earlier as a tonic. In the book, there’s … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist

by Antonio Vantaggiato
September 9, 2011

Here are the latest Skating explorations on the Wide Web: Using WordPress as a Syllabus Database: Learning is Fun | Disparate Independent Domains – Thresholds to Teaching and Learning on the Open Web | bavatuesdays Another inspirational presentation with strong … Continue reading →
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(anti)Pirates of the Caribbean

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 5, 2011

When my friend Marisol replied to my previous post on Almodóvar and his tontería about piracy and illegal downloads, she quoted a website with these words: http://popuppirates.com/ “Online piracy isn’t about altruism, it’s about income. ” “It’s difficult enough to … Continue reading →
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Not your typical rock concert

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
September 5, 2011

Even though agnostic writers of the caliber of Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa applauded the recent World Youth Days kermesse that was held in Madrid a few days ago, I am really quite of the opposite view. Not for religious … Continue reading →
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Almodóvar, piracy and a tontería

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
August 31, 2011

I am going to discuss here Pedro Almodóvar‘s opinion on piracy. Yes, piracy. And before everything else, I must say: Internet needs no regulation. Please don’t “regulate” the Internet. First, I want to state that I absolutely and unconditionally love … Continue reading →
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Myths of Teaching & Learning: The Liberal Arts

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 25, 2011

Today I am reading the very nice article Is it time to kill the liberal arts degree? from Salon. Author Kim Brooks make a fine job with her analysis, which can be summed up thus: Colleges of Liberal Arts provide … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist 06/24/2011

by Antonio Vantaggiato
June 24, 2011

Is it time to kill the liberal arts degree?A thought-provoking article on the value of college education and the liberal arts. Students Becoming Curators of Information? Curation of content, filtering and students. Talons: A Case Study in DIY Educational Technology … Continue reading →
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Myths of Teaching & Learning: Dr. Oblivion

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 23, 2011

Now I would like to dedicate this post to a certain Dr Oblivion, who stepped out of one David Cronenberg film to play the Deus Ex Machina of the current revisitation/implementation of the infamous -but contagious- MOOC Digital Storytelling course … Continue reading →
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Myths of Teaching & Learning: The Value of College

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 23, 2011

Heard about the current hot debate over the “Value of College”? I am covering it in my research on the myths of teaching and learning, so here I’ll just give a short extract of what I am writing, based of … Continue reading →
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An Interview with Clay Shirky

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 21, 2011

As part of my research on the myths of teaching and learning, I am at last publishing my interview with Clay Shirky of the past 14 June. I needed a long time to review it and transcribe parts of it in … Continue reading →
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Accidental Tourist

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 20, 2011

I am not a Newyorker, so everything that happens a Sunday afternoon in Washington Square Park is for me a true happening. Today I got a rich menu: First the Crazy Piano Guy, who placed a Yamaha baby grand just … Continue reading →
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Myths of Learning & Teaching – 6

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 12, 2011

Lectures, explanations, and the illusion of learning What happens in the following real-life class scenario? An instructor explains some class material. She assigns then some readings to her students. Then, she will administer a test (a quiz) to the students. … Continue reading →
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Research at NYU’s Faculty Resource Network

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 11, 2011

Just a little thought on how amazing is this stay in NYC. I walk every morning down from Union Square (my dorm is at the Palladium) to Washington Square Park, salute Garibaldi, and fall into the magic space of NYU’s … Continue reading →
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The man who screwed an entire country

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 10, 2011

This speaks for itself. However, what about all those who actually voted for him and his fake party? What responsibility shall they carry for the disaster? Because they will surely deny any. This is one of the rotten things about … Continue reading →
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World Wide Web’s birth

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 10, 2011

This is how it all began. 1991, Geneva, CERN. And this is a replay: the machine Tim Berners-Lee used to develop his first Website was a NeXT, another Steve Job concoction from the time he was away from Apple. The … Continue reading →
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The Silk Road, music, magic & learning

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 9, 2011

Two nights ago I had the pleasure to listen to Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble performing in Central Park. They mounted up a Night at the Caravanserai, a show where we all participated of a night of … Continue reading →
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In New York City!

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
June 9, 2011

It’s already three days, in New York. I am well settled at the Palladium, NYU’s residence of old dancing memory, I am told. I finished working on my last things just by the end of past week, just in time … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist 06/09/2011

by Antonio Vantaggiato
June 4, 2011

Call for TED-ED submissions It’s the new initiative from TED: opening up a space of ideas on education. After the first stage of brainstorming, there is niow a call to produce or seek videos… tags: ted call forBlog delicious Paul … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist 05/24/2011

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
May 24, 2011

And the latest delicious resources/links as they were stored and tagged in diigo/delicious are: 5 Tools for Building a Next-Generation ‘Hybrid’ Class Website – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education It’s a nice article showing a new interesting do-it-yourself … Continue reading →
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Southern Voices

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
May 14, 2011

Strange week, a bit more relaxed than the previous. Readying up for my New York stay in June (later post on that). Finishing up my courses: I am putting together some stats because I want to see and show how … Continue reading →
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The University they (we?) are a-changing

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
May 10, 2011

Howard Rheingold‘s recent post on his Pop-up University was delicious. First, he makes a strong case for non-credit valuable instruction. Actually, we all already knew that, but Howard’s point is perhaps to be projected to the near future, when more … Continue reading →
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Welcome back, Skate

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
May 5, 2011

Over one month from my last post. Hmmm. It has been a hell of a month. I have been working day and night to put together a new Grant for the US Dept. of Education, which went out last Friday, … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist

by Antonio Vantaggiato
April 13, 2011

Turning the Classroom Upside Down – WSJ.com tags: articles education revolution education2.0 delicious forMyBook forPresentations forProposal Map of a tweet tags: twitter visualization maps delicious Find PDF Books: search over 250 million PDF documents (articles, manuals and books) tags: books ebooks pdf … Continue reading →
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Martha Burtis on Yahoo! Pipes

by Antonio Vantaggiato

| Syndicated
April 4, 2011

Last Thursday, March 31st, my students from #nmd2011 and #mcw2011 and I had the pleasure of a beautiful and gracious online class by Martha Burtis from UMW. The class was on Yahoo! Pipes, since I wanted my students to have … Continue reading →
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delicious Zeitgeist 04/01/2011

by Antonio Vantaggiato
April 1, 2011

DESCARGA DE LIBROS COMPLETOS : Ignoria tags: books download delicious free open Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are h...
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delicious Zeitgeist 03/23/2011

by Antonio Vantaggiato
March 23, 2011

twistori Desktop Edition tags: twitter visualization tools screensaver delicious BOTIZE – Tu Bot en Twitter tags: bot twitter tools delicious isbn.nu: search for books and compare prices — fast! search for books and compare prices tags: books isbn search tools shopping delicious … Continue reading →
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