Publications and documents

Academic publication

Learning and education

Computers and digital life

Arts and Music

In the press/TV

Computer Simulation of Grain Growth

Academic publications

Chapter in books

  • Silva, Marco and Ramal, Andrea (org.) – Online education. Ed. Loyola, Rio de Janeiro (to be published in 2003).

Papers

  • Blikstein, P.; Cavallo, D. "God hides in the details": design and implementation of technology-enabled learning environments in public education. being reviewed for Eurologo 2003, Porto, 2003.

  • Blikstein, P.; Cavallo, D. P. Technology as a Trojan Horse in School Environments: The Emergence of the Learning Atmosphere (II). ICL Workshop, Austria, 2002.

  • Sipitakiat, A., Blikstein, P.; Cavallo, D. P. “GoGo” and “Espion” boards: a path to highly-available digital technology for innovative learning environments. ICL Workshop, Austria, 2002.

  • Blikstein, P. and Cavallo, D. P. Technology as a Trojan Horse in School Environments (I). Proceedings of the UNESCO Informatica 2002 conference, La Havana, Cuba, 2002.

  • Blikstein, P. and Tschiptschin, A. Simulation of Grain Growth: two-phase alloys. in proceedings of the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy and Materials Science Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, 1999. Finalist in its category for "Best Paper" award in the conference.

  • Blikstein, P. and Tschiptschin, A. Monte Carlo Simulation of Grain Growth (II). in Materials Research, Vol. 2, No. 3, 133-137, 1999.

  • Blikstein, P. and Tschiptschin, A. Monte Carlo Simulation of Grain Growth (I). in proceedings of the IASTED Modeling and Simulation Conference, Honolulu, USA, 1998.

Presentation in conferences

  • Blikstein, P., Zuffo, M. K. and Cavallo D. Transdiciplinary Science and Technology Ateliers. UNESCO Informatica 2002 conference, La Havana, Cuba, 2002.

  • Cavallo, D. and Papert, S. Learning Hubs: a call or action at the local and global level. Presented the paper replacing the authors. UNESCO Informatica 2002 conference, La Havana, Cuba, 2002.

  • Blikstein, P., Zuffo, M. K., Cavallo D. et al. Will scientific documentaries survive? A new approach for TV and video in learning environments. CAL 2001 Conference, Warwick, England, 2001.

Posters

  • Blikstein, P. and Tschiptschin, A. New software tools for Materials Science and learning. PIBIC-USP conference, 1996.

  • Blikstein, P. and Tschiptschin, A. Materials simulation using the Monte Carlo Method. PIBIC-USP conference, 1997.

Learning and education

  • Entrevista ao Jornal do Brasil,  sobre educação, treinamento a distância e a 'nova economia' (fevereiro 2001)
    Interview to Jornal do Brasil, about education, distance learning and the "new" economy (February 2001)
  • Interview with David Cavallo (inside an article by Erico Guizzo): "O professor sumiu" (December 2000)
    The teacher disappeared
    Published in Negócios Exame
  • Sobre educação e sabonetes - E-educação ou não-educação? (Dezembro 2000)
    About education and soap  - E-learning or Not-learning? (December 2000)
    Published in Negócios Exame
  • Brasileiro rumo ao MIT (entrevista ao site Starmedia, outubro de 2000)
    Brazilian is heading MIT (interview to Starmedia, october 2000)
  • Discurso de formatura (1998)
    Commencement speech
  • A Escola dos Homens Tristes (1996)
    The school of the sad men
     A criticism of the teaching approaches in the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo.
  • Os Sentidos da Poli (uma reflexão necessária sobre o ensino da Engenharia, 1996-98)
    The meanings of the Engineering School
     A reflection about the teaching of engineering

Computers and digital life

Informática vai esvaziar fábricas (September 1998)
Computer will empty the factories
Published in Folha de São Paulo, about the IASTED Modeling and Simulation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii.


Affective Computing (March 2000) cover   page 1   page 2
Published in Folha de São Paulo, about the work of the Media Lab

Interview with Henry Lieberman: "Computadores não esquecem" (November 2000)
Computers do not forget
Published in Negócios Exame


Computador simula o fim do mundo (March 2000) cover   page 1   page 2   page 3
Computer simulates the end of the world
 Published in Folha de São Paulo, about supercomputing

Arts and music


Léo Ferré (1998)
Published in Jornal da USP, about the famous french composer in his 80th birthday.


Jacques Brel (1996)
 Published in Jornal da USP, about the famous french composer, 20 years after his premature death.

In the press/TV

Linking their thinking
"Conectando o pensamento"
Published by Education Week (February 2002), about projects around learning in the MIT Media Lab

Encontro discute parceria para uma cidade melhor  (Outubro 2001)
Meeting discusses partnership for a better city (October 2001)
Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Paulo

MIT implementa projeto de tecnologia no Brasil (agosto 2001)
MIT implements technology project in Brazil (August 2001)
Published in O Estado de São Paulo.
 

Internet: aprendendo a ensinar (August 2001)
Internet: learning to teach (agosto de 2001)
Published in Istoé

Pensamentos do dia (Fevereiro 2001)
Thoughts of the day (February 2001)
published in Jornal da Unicamp
 


Rumo ao MIT (June 2000)
"Going to MIT"
Published by Istoé Dinheiro (June 2000), about the admission to the Media Lab

Dois apartamentos e muitas idéias (2000)
Two apartments a a lot of ideas (2000)
Published in Revista Telecentro

 


A vida pelo método de Monte Carlo (1999) scanned page
"Life and the Monte Carlo method"
Published in Jornal da USP, about the transdisciplinary undergraduate thesis


Entrevista à Márcia Peltier, about education and the Media Lab (July 2000)
Interview to Márcia Peltier (TV Bandeirantes)


Entrevista à Fátima Turci, sobre comunicação empresarial e educação (July 2000)
Interview to Fátima Turci, about business communication and education (TV Bandeirantes)