Posts from September 2015

HCI Studio - Cal Train Observation

Homework assignment: go and observe the CalTrain experience and capture it with sketches. I did the first ones on the phone and took some photos since I didn’t have a sketchbook yet… [gallery size...

Topics in Brazilian Education

Topics in Brazilian Education

This class is going to be a great history lesson from me. My knowledge in Brazilian history is astoundingly small since studied all my life in American and British schools. Professors: Eric Bettinger,...

Intro to Teaching

Intro to Teaching

Professor: Sarah Wischnia Course Description: “This course is designed for Master’s candidates who have little or no background in teaching but who are likely to enter positions in which they need...

Technology for Learners

Technology for Learners

Professor: Karin Forssell Course Description: “How can we use technology to improve learning? Many hope that technology will make learning easier, faster, or accessible to more learners. This course...

First class! Human-Computer Interaction Studio

First class! Human-Computer Interaction Studio

So it has started for real now! First class was CS 247 - HCI Studio - a course designed to “deepen your fluency with design prototyping and critique for interactive technology”. Did a lot of ske...

Lunch with Denis

On Monday we had lunch with Denis Mizne, Lemann Foundation’s CEO, with the other Fellows to hear about what is going on, what are the projects that are succeeding and to answer questions we might ...

Rainbow Groceries

Rainbow Groceries

Today we took a “field trip” to San Francisco and went to Rainbow Grocery. My wife has been studying Raw and Functional food for the past years but we had never seen anything like this. The sheer ...

Compass Exercise - first homework!

We were asked to fill out the Compass Exercise, meant to give out a little information about ourselves, our past experiences and goals for this year. The content of this document is expected to change...