Monthly Archives: September 2010

Humanistic Provocationz

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. — Charles Darwin I was lately thinking of the importance of reading, being myself an avid reader: of both stories and essays, papers, … Continue reading →

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Attraversiamo

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Image via Wikipedia What do you want to do? What are the biggest answers? Most important, what are the greatest questions? This is what Elizabeth Gilbert asked herself on her quest which was to bring her to a discovery trip … Continue reading →

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Three persons; one passion to learn and change

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

After one week has passed since the New Web Symposium of Sept. 3rd, I cannot but remember our three speakers and their different backgrounds. I linked their presentations and wrote a summary of other people’s notes of their talks here: … Continue reading →

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Wanted, but not Welcome

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Wanted, but not welcome This is the video presented some days ago in Milan, completely shot with migrants’ cellphones. It tells the hard story of people who escape their fate in Africa and try their fortune going north. They first … Continue reading →

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Teachers: can we be replaced by machines?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A Quote by Sugata Mitra, from his talk at TED,  Feb. 2007. Whenever you go to a teacher and show them some technology the teacher’s first reaction is, you cannot replace a teacher with a machine — it’s impossible. I … Continue reading →

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