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Learning and Discovering: From Paper onto the Web

January 12, 2020January 13, 2020 By Antonio Vantaggiato

I love wandering through the Web. And I have a pretty standard routine reading every day the mainstream press online. It’s basically four titles: El Nuevo Día (elnuevodia.com), Puerto Rico’s main newspaper; La Repubblica (repubblica.it), Italy’s most important (together with … Continue reading →

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Manhattan (the film) and 2020

January 10, 2020January 13, 2020 By Antonio Vantaggiato

Well, it’s a new year. I’ve been watching a few Woody Allen films, lately (on the home screen), and I shot photos at some frames worth remembering. Thanks to subtitles, I got a scene’s context and dialog. I thought these … Continue reading →

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Springtime Questions?

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 By Antonio Vantaggiato

Springtime in Saskatchewan, Flickr photo by Alan Levine, published in the Public Domain.

I have been working pretty hard these weeks on my classes. Almost all feature a syndication hub built within a WordPress-based Web portal. I’m talking inf103.com (Computing fundamentals) and inf115.com (New Media and social networks) [both in Spanish]. Plus I’m … Continue reading →

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Posting from Evernote [via Zapier] & some a-maze-ing women painted by Sofia Bonati

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 By Antonio Vantaggiato

[This is a post that originates from Evernote. I take note of something, then push it to an Evernote notebook. Later, an engine by Zapier [sort of like IfTTT] pushes the new stuff to this blog as a draft. Finally, … Continue reading →

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Love in the time of human networks

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 By Antonio Vantaggiato

This story has had some impact on me, both because of its grand love and its humility. It is a grand love story since it is the story of the love affaire of a past president of France, François Mitterrand, … Continue reading →

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Teaching, Learning–and Studying: The Road Less Traveled.

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 By Antonio Vantaggiato

Flickr photo by Michael Hall. CC-Licensed BY-NC-SA.

A book review on Repubblica.it reminds me of a singular issue in the teaching & learning community: Studying, the road less traveled. In it, studying is compared to a sort of rebel passion. Studying is disappearing, writes Paola Mastrocola, author of the … Continue reading →

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