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Xtremely Drug Resistant TB

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

XDRTB.org Xtremely Drug Resistant TB. Watch the video: it’s real. From photographer James Nachtwey the shocking story of a deadly new strain of TB, caused by untreatment. XDRTB: TED Prize to photographer James Nachtwey more about “2007 TED Prize Winner … Continue reading →

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thoughtware.tv: science at one’s fingertips!

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I am very proud of Andrés Colón, who was a student of mine and worked with me for a while. He is brilliant and a very modest person. But he developed a Web wonder, a video-sharing system for scientific advance. … Continue reading →

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Opening Up Education: Webcast and Book

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

The Carnegie Commons – Community Event: Opening Up Education Join the editors of Opening Up Education, Toru Iiyoshi and Vijay Kumar, and John Seely Brown, who wrote the book’s foreword, to talk about future possibilities for the open education movement … Continue reading →

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A Few Tools to Create (Web) Tutorials

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A Few Tools to create Tutorials I mean, Web, screencast tutorials. I usally love those tiny, short screencasts that teach how to press this button or close that window! Especially when there is some voice explaining this, and labels and … Continue reading →

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Do Schools kill Creativity?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

From TED.com Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of. This is a wonderful, charming and wit presentation on … Continue reading →

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