Antonio Viva

Month: January, 2009

A Conversation About Social Media & Education

A Conversation About Social Media in Education from Antonio Viva on Vimeo.
I was invited to speak with administrators from the Asheville School this week by my good friend and colleague, Peter Baron from Admissions Quest. The conversation lasted about 30 minutes and we discussed a variety of topics including; using social media in the classroom, [...]

Using Social Media to Define the New Humanities Classroom

This presentation was made at EduCon 2.1 in Philadelphia on Saturday, January 24th.
Using Social Media to Define the New Humanities Classroom
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Can we harness the power of social media to provide students with a vehicle for exploring and creating original content? WA Mash (Worcester Academy Mashup) [...]

EduCon 2.1 Sunday Morning Reflections

This is my first time attending EduCon and I must admit that it has on the whole, delivered in every way. As I sit here in a Starbucks trying to catch my breath and enjoying a Vanilla Rooibus Tea latte I am thinking about the depth and breadth of conversations I have been able to [...]

Redefining College Prep

We recently held a professional development day where a portion of the morning program was devoted to the topic of differentiated instruction. Our very talented and capable Center for Learning Director worked with her equally talented and capable staff to design an hour long presentation intended to serve as a follow up to their presentation [...]

Monday Morning Meditation – Balance

Last spring I worked on a weekly series called “Monday Morning Meditation” where I would try to connect some thoughts, ideas and perspectives about leadership to the teachings of Zen. It is my hope that by devoting some time to the complex and very human interactions associated with leadership, we can find new ways to [...]

There is Never Enough Time

One of the first things I remember learning in my graduate work in education was that no matter what I did or how well I planned, there would simply never be enough time for me to get everything done. It just wasn’t possible, there were too many demands, too much work, not enough time. In [...]