While preparing the URBACT Biannual report, we came upon an interesting innovative educational tool – ATLAS OF DIVERSITY. Composed of a network of schools, the ATLAS uses mutual collaboration to generate one of the most important and world extensive database on cultural diversity.

The ATLAS creates a virtual space that, with the sense of judgement and subjective point of view of its participants, aims to bring together the particularities of each place. It is also a meeting place for reflection and collaborative learning, supported by ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) such as the Internet, geolocation and social networks.

Students create cards and pieces of knowledge that are available to the rest of the community. These cards can relate to different topics: geography, literature, cultural traditions, languages, musical instruments, architecture, gastronomy… Thanks to the active participation of students, teachers and family members, a large multimedia library linked to different fields of study is generated.

The use of geolocation, an innovative technological resource, allows linking the cards to specific geographic locations. The process not only enriches the participants as creators of knowledge, but also teaches them to appreciate other cultures, realities and ways of life. Thus, ATLAS is a meeting place for reflection and collaborative learning.

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Credits: the first photo was taken by One Leptop per Child | License: CC BY 2.0
The second photo was taken by San Jose Library | License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Como comentaba al final de la semana pasada, euabierto.com empieza a funcionar. Ahora estamos buscando voluntarios para coordinar y representar ciudades y escuelas del mundo. De momento ya tenemos los representates de dos ciudades: Ciudad de mexico y Granada.
Se trata de Eva Chacon para la ciudad de Granada y y los chicos de Mangum se encargarán de Ciudad de Mexico.
En euabierto iremos activando páginas especiales dedicadas a ciudades y escuelas, así que las primeras son: Granada y Ciudad de Mexico.

Recuerdo que los interesados pueden ponerse en contacto conmigo escribiendo a euabierto@gmail.com

Tengo el placer de comunicaros que por fin está activo la nueva social network “www.euabierto.com“, dedicado a los “creativos” interesados por la sostenibilidad urbana.
El objetivo es crear una red internacional de personas y proyectos, caracterizados por una idea de la arquitectura y de la ciudad, alternativa a los modelos dominantes.
La perspectiva es que poco a poco se consolide como una red de contacto entre aquellas personas que se mueven directamente (o no) para promover y producir otro tipo de arquitectura, otro tipo de ciudad, otro tipo de espacios públicos.
Nos gustaría que a través de esta red los estudiantes de diferentes escuelas, puedan compartir trabajos y reflexiones; que los profesionales puedan contactar con otros profesionales que trabajan y desarrollan propuestas creativas en otras ciudades.
Para esta red buscamos voluntarios que estén interesados en representar su entorno más cercano.
En el caso de los estudiantes buscamos un voluntario por cada escuela de arquitectura, diseño y urbanismo. En el caso de los profesionales nos interesa un representante por cada ciudad.
Estos voluntarios se encargarán de promover las actividades y los proyectos más interesantes que se desarrollan en el entorno que “representan”.
Los interesados pueden contactarme en esta dirección : euabierto@gmail.com.

Thecubestop.com is the only place where is possible to join in, open a blog, dip into a virtual place on second life and come in an operative community who shares passions and plans to develop and do over again , together.To do it thecubestop.com gives you your own place BLOG, your own room in Second Life and your own channel MEDIA TV by which you’ll be able to create topics overseen by experts.

Blog
A blog makes anyone having internet connection able to create a web page, where is possible to publish story, information and opinions in complete autonomy.
Each article is generally tied to a “thread”, in which readers can write their comments and leave message to the author.
The blog is a place where people can be (virtually) together and express own personal thinking.
By the blog we meet people living so far but close to our ideas and points of view, with who we can share observation and consideration about several arguments because it never concern one topic only.
Own creativity could be expressed interacting directly with other bloggers.
A blogger is someone who write and manage a blog, so all the blog together are called blogsphere, in which every article is numerate and can be found by a permalink , a link conducting exactly to that article.

Web TV
The Web TV makes users able to watch tv channel on web in streaming.
It’s a real tv only available on internet!
In this case,the main medium is Personal Computer and the interaction with the watcher who is becoming user.
A web TV allows the creation of a personal programming, the cut of downtime, the reproduction no limits of video and audio theme, a better involvement in stories and programs than simple and usual calls to editorial offices.
The main advantage is that anyone will be able to use a connection all around the world without geographical limits or limits about channels and governmental permissions or other.

Second Life
Second Life is a three-D virtual world created in 2003 by the American society Linden Lab.
This system gives its users(called residents) the tools to add and create in the virtual world of Second Life new graphic theme: object, setting , character’s feature, ecc…
The main feature of Second Life is let users enjoy the copyright on their creations.

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