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STEMmED People Make Me Proud

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Make me proud of the joyful collaborative spirit that produced eight years of extraordinary life. Well, it’s time now to fold our dear project STEMmED (STEM EDucation) which has been running since 2009 in two editions separated by one year … Continue reading →

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The riddle 50% of Harvard students got wrong

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Does it mean they are stupid? No, it actually means they are not pondering the question. Instead they get distracted by intuition and do not get to see there is a deeper sense to the problem. The problem itself, devised … Continue reading →

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TEDxUSagradoCorazón

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

We did it again! Past November 14 we hosted our second TEDx event, completely and independently organized by us. The focus this time was Reversing the Implosion, meaning we explored ideas and projects which tell us how to get out … Continue reading →

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Zen of Teaching Interview with Trace Jordan

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antonio Vantaggiato

[NYU, June 2012] Like with previous interviews, the awesome Gabriela Rivera Torrado has carefully reviewed the video and summarized its most important points here. Trace Jordan is a scientist and distinguished professor at New York University (NYU). He is also … Continue reading →

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Rasperry Pi, not Pie

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Doing a bit of backlog reading of @dreig’s posts at El Caparazón, I just viewed this video. Watch it, buy the Raspberry Pi for $25, because it is a full computer with HDMI output and join the Scratch community by … Continue reading →

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