CMU 260 | Digital Storytelling | 2026 | Sagrado
A new year is on and my new semester has already begun. Actually, I have already two posts to show for 2019. My school-is-finished laziness comes after many classes and seminars and meetings around the semester, plus a lot that … Continue reading →
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The little time left available after taxiing daughters around, improvising plumber and handyman, and other menial tasks, I experimented a bit. One little idea I found is a slow OS X screensaver. It consists of a piece of software that … Continue reading →
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In December 2015 I read a stunning novel, Viviane, by the first-time writer Julia Deck. It was originally published by the most prestigious publisher of France, Éditions de Minuit. Viviane is the story of a madwoman, or not, in any … Continue reading →
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I love cinema, and I am so happy for the opportunity to teach a class of Italian Cinema and Culture this semester. The class is ending now, and the last picture we watched and commented was Antonioni’s L’avventura. I had … Continue reading →
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Con esta asignación explorarán el mundo virtual del arte global. Google Arts and Culture es un proyecto que digitalizó obras de artes y
And it’s all worth it. Especially as Antonio Vantaggiato stay in touch through the interwebs. As he reminded me in September, it was a year since we started our plan to share his and students in Puerto Rico stories of living through Hurricane Maria, and the idea to send support via postcards. On our very […]
Para el proyecto final se formaron grupos y cada grupo identificó un área de entrevistas para investigar el tema distracción y otros malestares
El podcast será organizado y lidereado por estudiantes de la clase, según el patrón ya empezado. Los miércoles a turno una pareja
Beautiful portraits of women by Lisa Brice I got from The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/may/19/lady-in-blue-the-nudes-of-lisa-brice-in-pictures). Pleasure of the subjects, the viewer’s not sought >>> Lady in blue: the nudes of Lisa Brice – in pictures https://t.co/oX0GOepB6T — Antonio Vantaggiato (@avunque) October 28, … Continue reading →
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[I tag “delicious” on diigo all the items from my web skating that deserve to be shared here. They get auto-posted on draft. I edit the drafts and join a few of them at a time. Voilá.] This time we … Continue reading →
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El aniversario del huracán María nos trae a esta asignación, en la cual se le pide que reflexione y reporte sus propias experiencias,
A lot has been said and written on hurricane María and our experience of it and our experience of its aftermath. Today, exactly one year after its passage, let me commemorate it and all the students who with me have … Continue reading →
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I love maps (especially borderline places) and I can’t pass an opportunity to share that with students, especially since we’re studying the details of search on the Web. So, after checking Google Maps and its wondrous capacity to generate and … Continue reading →
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En la actividad de campo de la semana pasada, hiciste una serie de grabaciones de entrevistas (en su mayoría, a estudiantes) sobre Fake News, trolling y la
[Totò in Miseria e nobiltà, 1954] It’s a new semester, and I began anew my teaching activity. With pride and mostly with a high joy that comes from the attitudes, smiles and interest from my students. A new course I’ve … Continue reading →
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