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Nouveau dans Afrique Virtuelle/ New in Virtual Africa

Leonardo/Olats sont heureux de présenter, dans le cadre de leur projet « Le Génie et pouvoir de l’eau », l’oeuvre d’Annette Weintraub :
« Le Miroir qui change », une recherche de l’architecture en tant que langage visuel.
Annette Weintraub est une artiste qui travaille avec les nouveau média. Ses projets sont composés de récits qui se superposent à l’intérieur
d’un environnement architectural. Son travail a été présenté à la 5ème Biennale des Media et Architecture de Graz, Autriche (2001), à la Biennale
de Whitney (2000), au Festival International du Film, Rotterdam (2001) et dans plusieurs autres expositions nationales et internationales.
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Leonardo/Olats are pleased to present, within the context of their project « The Spirit and Power of Water », Annette Weintraub’s work
« The Mirror that Changes », an investigation of architecture as visual language.
Annette Weintraub is a media artist whose projects embed layered narratives within an architectural environment. Her work has been presented
at the 5th Biennial of Media and Architecture in Graz, Austria (2001), The Whitney Biennial 2000, International Film Festival Rotterdam (2001),
and in numerous other national and international exhibitions.
(Text in English)

Media Literacy: FluidArts reports from the front lines.

Against All Odds!Teaching Computer Graphics in Brazil:
Educator Rejane Spitz reports on the birth of computer graphics at
PUC Rio.
The Fight
Connectivity in Colombia: Follow web warrior and fine artist Alejandro Duque and his students as they do battle with the "digital invasion."
An ongoing report by Deborah Phelan.
Jamaican IT 
Profile of a Greenstar project: The Swift River, Jamaica.
Special to FluidArts by John M. Leighty
Sweatshops and Butterflies (also from Greenstar)
Cultural Ecology on the Edge: Michael North and Paul Swider report on life "off the grid." This compelling
portrayal of the "complete disconnect"between the emerging global class systems makes a powerful case for culturally determined forms of sustainable development.
BeeMarket 
The Mobile Kiosk in India. On the road with IT. Rural India, technology, and "comprehensible input."
Special to FluidArts by John M. Leighty
Integrating MI Theory and Technology
Brain Based Learning in the Digital Age, Cognitive learning theory melds with technology to create "a match made in heaven."
Part 1 in a series on Evolving Trends in Education by Deborah Phelan

The Danube: A Study of River Morphing
On the fertile banks of the WaterRoots project, FluidArts Japanese collaborator Masami Kikuchi follows the Danube through its numerous appellations. An initial foray into the etymology of the word "Water."

Fine Tuning the Digital Orchestra:
Amman, Jordan. Mohammad Abbas, founder of schoolarabia.com. Fostering digital equality through culturally contextualized content.

Archive:
Educator Bonnie Bracey, a George Lucas Fellow, reports on global arts and education.
"Educational Technology in the World Today"

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Reviews: Books, Exhibitions and Electronic Publications

Life-span and Life-space Literacy: Research and Policy in National and International Perspective
Daniel A. Wagner, National Center on Adult Literacy University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
This paper was originally presented at the Conference on "Literacy, identity and mind," at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1991. Parts of this paper are derived from Wagner, D.A. (1992). Literacy: Developing the future. International Yearbook of Education, Volume 43. Unesco/International Bureau of Education, Geneva. The complete paper will appear in : D. Keller-Cohen (Ed.) Literacy: Interdisciplinary conversations. New Jersey: Hampton Press. Copyright 1992 National Center on Adult Literacy.

Archive: Teaching Art History in the Age of Technology:
Divergent Approaches at The Getty Museum and SFMOMA
Special to FluidArts by Barbara Lee Williams.