Hi guys! This is to thank Maíra and Rach for the amazing insights!! Very useful indeed!!


 Also, I'd like to show you this two beautiful things I've found, and that could make great digital immersion projects:

One Moment in Time:

On May 2nd the New York Times website launched the web-based event called "A Moment in Time". Wherever people were, provided that they had a camera — or a camera phone — in hand, they would be taking a picture to send to Lens that would capture this singular instant in whatever way. The photos would, then, be added to a marvelous global mosaic; a Web-built image of one moment in time across the world. And here is the result!!

 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/03/blogs/a-moment-in-time.html#/4bde48110bca253c38000019


This material comes in handy when we think about "describing the pictures". Also, a follow-up discussion would be "If you could only photograph a single moment in time, what would it be?" Students could also set up one day and time to do the same and bring their photos to class, what do you think?

#140conf
Another interesting event is the #140conf  http://140conf.com/, organized by the technology anthropologist Jeff Pulver (his blog http://jeffpulver.com/)  This event is the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people. Speakers have from 5 to 15 minutes most to speak their mind. Here is the blog of a doctor named Krupali who registered for a 5-minute speech in the event( http://krupali.blogspot.com/2010/05/incredible-twitter-incredible-people.html) and wrote about her experience. She spoke about how Twitter helps her change the life of terminal patients with cancer.


Here's a nice opportunity to work with Public Speaking, and maybe discuss: "If you had only 5 minutes to speak your mind to a great audience, what would you talk about?" And, maybe, students could have their real 5-minute speeches in front of the class.


That's it for today!
xoxo