Jun
23
La Política es como una acequia
June 23, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Hace pocos días hablé con mi padre por teléfono y me comentó sobre la política en Chile. Sus palabras me quedaron dando vueltas y decidí escribirlas para no olvidarme. Según él, la política es como una acequia sucia llena de muñecas rotas, pañales, cáscaras de plátanos y hasta guaguas muertas. Y de pronto, entre toda esta inmundicia, surge bajo la superficie una suerte de colador en donde el agua fluye no tan sucia, y espesa, un poco más clara y transparente. Personas no tan conocidas en el mundo mansillado de la política serían aquellas que surgen desde estas aguas subterráneas dándole al ambiente contaminado una atmósfera de frescor, aunque solo sea aparente.
Jun
19
Turning the Pages Online
June 19, 2009 | Tagged books | Leave a Comment
Thanks to today’s Scout Report I came across Turning the Pages Online, an initiative of the British Library and the US National Library of Medicine that virtually you can turn the pages of “rare and beautiful” historical books in the biomedical sciences.
The site contains six important texts, including Vesalius’ seminal work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica and Conrad’s Historiae Animalium.
Andreas Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica 
Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium
May
29
Google Wave
May 29, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
I just watched the Google Wave demo and really got impressed with the seamless of its communication abilities. Cannot wait to start the wave and teach students to use it for collaborative projects.
May
23
ALA District Dispatch about Open Government
May 23, 2009 | Tagged Open Government, transparency | Leave a Comment
Thorough and email from the Oregons State Library listserv I got the direct dispatch concerning “Transparency and Open Government: Opportunity to participate in the process” published yesterday at the ALA District Dispatch blog. Here are the details. I think it’s worth to spread the word since comments are going to be accepted only until June 19, 2009. This could be a great end of the year assignment for our students.
The dispatch says that “after 120 days have passed since President Obama’s first day in office and his signing of the memo, Transparency and Open Government., the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) began a process to allow the public to participate in the creation of the recommendations that the Chief Technology Officer, Office of Management and Budget, and the General Services Administration will make that will inform an open government directive.
To make certain that as many people as possible are able to participate in this process, the OSTP have created a Web site explaining the process where comments can be submitted. For those who prefer a different method of submitting their comments, there are two other options: 1. e-mail: opengov@ostp.gov and 2. Mail: Office of Science and Technology Policy, Attn: Open Government Recommendations, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 20502. All comments must be received by June 19, 2009.
This process is comprised of three phases. The first of which, “Brainstorm,” has already been explained above. The second phase, “Discuss,” begins June 3. This phase is a time to “dig deeper on the ideas and challenges identified during the ‘Brainstorm’ phase.” The third phase, “Draft,” begins June 15. Draft is the phase that allows time to “collaborate on crafting constructive proposals to address challenges from the ‘Discussion’ phase.”
May
23
Two Stereotypes tied together: Blond Girls and Shushing Librarians
May 23, 2009 | Tagged librarians blondies stereotypes | Leave a Comment
I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw this add. And it’s so true, librarians are always portrayed as not very pretty and slim (to say the least), sort of disdainful with the ignorant, and masters on shushing people out if they are too loud. And blondies, oh, yes. Pretty, naive, ignorant, well dressed, succesfull but dumb as a door. If you blend them together we could have the average human being 
My thanks to Nosololibros, Bibliorios’ blog where I found first this video.
May
7
Testing ScribeFire
May 7, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
So long I haven’t written in this blog. Things are kind of crazy this year. I hope to restart blogging. Sometimes, I feel there are so many smart people writing online that who cares about what I write! maybe, only me and my ego
Nov
9
News Visualizations
November 9, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
Here are two great news visualization I came across at Jennifer Dorman´s blog.
1.- One is a widget that shows World headline news from NPR through an interactive globe
2.- The other one is Newsmap, an application that according to their site “visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator.” Visit newsmap at http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
Oct
14
Children + Technology
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Sep
26
Article:The Myth about Student Competency “Our Students Are Technologically Competent.”
September 26, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
I found this article published at Educause two years ago and still identify me completely. I keep telling people in my district that my job is to help teachers to prepare students to be efficient, effective, and responsible users of information while developing a life-long enjoyment for reading and learning.
The Myth about Student Competency “Our Students Are Technologically Competent.” by Diana G. Obligenger and Brian L. Hawkins http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0627.pdf
Aug
30
Running Log, August 30, 2008 4 hours 20 min 36 secs
August 30, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
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