OPEN FOR TRANSITION

OPEN FOR TRANSITION
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Change is part of life's natural evolution and dependency. We all seem to depend on daily events and happenings to be able to better understand our real purpose(s) in life.Transition and change go hand in hand as both present themselves in life one after the other in coexistence.

Furthermore, being open to transition and change might turn out to be both disturbing and rewarding and even chaotic since many of us naturally fear losing authority and stability when presented with a new challenge.

In order for a person to succeed in what s/he endeavors to do, firstly there ought to be a feeling, an authentic feeling of openness and conviction to standing our ground before transition and change. After all, the stage that comes afterwards could and should ideally be that what we have envisioned as our ultimate goal.Facing transition and changes in life conducive to a positive outcome is possible provided we have clear goals to reach.

© 2006 Gilberto Hernández Quirós is a TEFL professor at Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad De La Salle
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LESSONS OF CHAOS

http://mediosdigitalescr.tripod.com As part of the reading material in the Doctorate Program on Pedagogical Mediation at Universidad De La Salle that I've been undertaking for over the past two years, I have luckily been assigned to read a book titled SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS by John Briggs and David Peat. This book has created deep changes in my life with so much insight into understanding the world of chaos. SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS I've done a lesson by lesson summary for you to read and for further discussion.Each lesson summary is broken in to three parts. 1. Summary of the lesson in my own words 2. Edvidence and examples given by the authors 3. How the lesson can be applied to my everyday life SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS: Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change Lesson 1—Being Creative: Lessons of the Vortex Lesson 2—Using Butterfly Power: Lessons of Subtle Influence Lesson 3—Going with the Flow: Lesson About Collective Creativity and Renewal Lesson 4—Exploring What's Between: Lesson About the Simple and Complex Lesson 5—Seeing the Art of the World: Lessons About Fractals and Reason Lesson 6—Living Within Time: Lesson About the Fractal Curls of Duration Lesson 7—Rejoining the Whole: Lesson About the Tide of a New Perception LESSON 1 Lesson 1—Being Creative: Lessons of the Vortex 1. The first lesson highlights the nature of creativity. Chaos is nature's creativity and each of us are creative beings. Creativity is not limited to few “gifted” individuals but is inherit within all of us. Nature is chaotic but within the chaos, systems of self-organization form to create ordered vortexes. This self-organization occurs when a random fluctuation becomes amplified by creating a feedback loop that links with other feedback loops until an ordered system emerges. This is the bifurcation point—the moment when the feedback loops interconnect and transformation occurs. There are two types of feedback called negative feedback and positive feedback. Negative feedback damps and regulates activity while positive feedback amplifies activity. Society is a system of organization that sets the conditions for behavior within the system. Society creates the illusion that the system encompasses all-that-is and it should dictate the roles to be played out by individuals in order for the system to function properly. This is a negative feedback loop that holds everyone in check, so to speak. Some negative feedback loops are necessary in order to allow society to run smoothly, but it is also very limiting when we come to believe that is all there truly is. New discoveries and change come about through the positive feedback loops of creativity. When individuals descent form the confines of negative feedback and open up the creative flows of the larger whole, they initiate positive feedback loops that amplify activity towards change. This opening up to the creative flow of nature occurs when we look at the world around us from different perspectives. These new perspectives help us to escape from the confines of ordered society and put us in touch with the truth of the moment. 2. The authors give several examples of creativity and chaos at work in nature, as well as in society. The first piece of evidence presented is a model of thermodynamics. When water is heated, the hot water at the bottom of the pan rises and the cooler water at the top sinks to the bottom. The rising and falling create chaos within the pan until feedback loops form and interconnect with other feedback loops until stable hexagonal cells form a honeycomb-like pattern. Another piece of evidence can be seen in the behavior of a flock of birds. As they take off, chaos ensues as they jockey for position. They are driven by the desire to be part of the group while simultaneously trying to avoid collision. This causes a feedback loop of attraction and repulsion. The result is a transformation into a flock that appears to be a single organism. Weather patterns self-organize into hurricanes and interstellar gases self-organize into galexies and star systems. Human society is also a self-organized system. The authors refer to certain human behaviors as evidence. Our obsession with control and power, the desire to remain within comfort zones, the pursuit of repetitive actions and pleasures, and restricting ourselves to what others think of us are just a few examples of self-organization. When we let go of these restrictions and get in touch with creativity, we become aware of new perspectives and larger degrees of freedom that can eventually lead to a bifurcation point and transformation into a new self-organized system. 3. This lesson is helpful in understanding that creativity is not limited to only a few and that I am a creative being. It also helps me to understand that the systems of organization in my life are not as rigid as the appear. All I need to do in order to break free of a restrictive pattern is to get in touch with my own creativity. When confronted with challenges and frustrating repetition, I can look for a new perspective and gain a deeper understanding and ultimate truth of the moment. I can use this lesson to help me to quit smoking. By realizing this it is a mechanical habit that keeps me locked in the pattern, I can learn to let go and reach out to the creative powers of chaos for inspiration and change. I can change my perspective to see that being a smoker is only a persona and that it is not a part of my true self. I can use this new perspective to change my habitual behavior, and with creativity, set in motion a positive feedback loop that will amplify to a bifurcation point, allowing me to transform into a nonsmoker. © 2006 Gilberto Hernández Quirós is a TEFL professor at Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad De La Salle

DINERGETIC THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS

Our brains are absolutely marvelous and chaotically self-organized. Without such rather organized and sustainable chaos, we would be horribly driven by mechanics and linear structures that would perhaps complicate our very existence even more.

As complex as each one of us is, with so many differences and fixations, we have come to a turning point where we can no longer continue fighting against each other to make evident our differences and thereby "uniqueness" for the sake of survival no matter the consequences.I have been recently presented with a new concept, a new word which is intended to harmonize our differences and turn them into holistic strengths. That word and concept is dinergy as a way to make odds meet and blend into a harmonious symbiosis of coexistence.

According to György Doczi "the trace of dinergy, that creating energy of the process of harmonious descrepancies, allowing for differences to complement mutually."Dinergy should be incorporated into practically all aspects of this chaotic life which cannot seem to find its way to self-organization. In the midst of this daily unhealthy chaos many human beings are being systematically lessened and destroyed. Not to mention the natural resources which are being exterminated, leading the planet to devastation in clear lack of dinergetic thinkina and acting in all manifestations of life.

By manifestations I mean social, spiritual, intellectual, political and even sexual expressions of our deepest urges and orientations.This article has initially been intended to cause us to experience that sudden spark of dinergy and begin to understand and accept differences as part of life's scheme and avoid restorting to violent clashes between people from different walks of life.

More articles related to this topic will continue as I learn further information applicable to teaching and learning.

© Gilberto Hernández Quirós is a TEFL professor at Universidad de Costa Rica.

EL TALENTO DE EZEQUIEL GALOTTI

Un joven argentino llamado Ezequiel Galott de solo 20 años, ha venido trabajando desde hace sólo seis meses en un proyecto, versión inédita de "La Reina de la Plata" en tres dimensiones (3D) que se puede recorrer de punta a punta con el cartografía global de Google Earth.

El miércoles 7 de junio vi una entrevista con Ezequiel en CNN en Español sobre su proyecto y realmente quedé impresionado por su profesionalismo y sobre todo por su gran pasión por lograr las metas propuestas. Además quiero felicitarlo por su gran aporte a la visualización de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires con sus calles y edificios en tercera dimensión. En la nota, Ezequiel comentó que "las cosas se deben hacer con amor y dedicación y no darle importancia a aquellos que nos tratan de disuadir en hacer lo que realmente queremos hacer por más novedoso que esto sea."

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LA DINERGÍA EN EL ARTE

LA DINERGÍA EN EL ARTE
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LAS DIVERSAS MANIFESTACIONES DEL ARTE

El ciberespacio es el nuevo gran hábitat plasmado de dinergía para mediar los intercambios de saberes y expresiones artísticas.
Gilberto Hernández Quirós
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Las artes son la más bella conjugación y recopilación de las manifestaciones, del intelecto y de las procreaciones sociales, biológicas, científicas y espirituales del ser humano y de su existencia así como de su dependencia dentro del hábitat en nuestro planeta.

Las diversas expresiones de arte responden al producto y al potencial intrínseco de los seres humanos y de la naturaleza en todas las épocas y culturas donde, concientes o no, de su derecho a estar en una constante búsqueda de su propia identidad y a expresar, desde el momento del nacimiento hasta la muerte, la necesidad de estar en relación constante y directa consigo mismo/as, con sus congéneres, con su entorno y con el cosmos a través de “ecuaciones diferenciales.”

Según Wagensberg, las ecuaciones diferenciales contemplan posiciones, velocidades, concentraciones de sustancias, temperatura, distribuciones de masa, de carga, de tiempo y de espacio. Al relacionar lo anterior con una nueva forma de conceptualizar el significado del arte, me doy cuenta del principio de conservación implícito en dichas “ecuaciones” y de las magnitudes de libertad y/o prohibición para dar paso a la creatividad y a una riquísima explosión artística sin limitaciones.

LA PROHIBICIÓN Y LA CREATIVIDAD
El arte y la creatividad son el resultado de los límites de la prohibición como parte del funcionamiento de la realidad imperante según el pensamiento asertivo, racional, analítico, reduccionista y lineal, característico de la mentalidad occidental bajo el paradigma cartesiano. Para Fritjof Capra, el arte proviene del pensamiento integrativo.

Mónica Cosachov advierte que prefiere exponer y comunicar sus conocimientos, “viajando” de una forma libre, desestructurada y no ortodoxa, posiblemente dando paso a la superficialidad con el objetivo de ejercer su derecho a expresarse con libertad y creatividad.

“Se puede ser feliz en un mundo de prohibiciones. La prohibición es un buen estímulo para la creatividad human. Un mundo de obligaciones, por el contrario, deja a nuestro cerebro sin trabajo. Nos obligaría a una vida sin sentido, patética, sin margen para la creación ni la responsabilidad de ningún signo…” Jorge Wagensberg

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GENIALIDADES DE QUINO

La tira cómica de http://nacion.com/ QUINO es increíblemente irónica y muestra, a través de ocho caricturas, la realidad de la vida actual.

¿Será que esa caricatura efectivamente responde a la realidad (o realidades) actual?

La realidad de la vida según QUINO en los siguientes términos:

PIERNAS
CEREBRO
CONTACTO HUMANO
CULTURA
DIOS
EL PRÓJIMO A QUIEN AMAR
IDEALES, MORAL, HONESTIDAD

TOWARDS A TECHNOPHILIC CULTURE

TOWARDS A TECHNOPHILIC CULTURE

Have you ever stopped to think whether you are technophilic or technophobic?

The answer to that question might take you aback to realize how important it is to be interconnected. Interconnectivity nowadays can make the difference between learning and/or getting something done in seconds as supposed to having to wait years and even decades to be able to get the results you wanted.

The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. Writing. Print. Television. These are the three great revolutionary developments in communication and cognition, each one ushering in a new level of human civilization. And now we are in the midst of another revolution in human communication, based on the development and spread of computers and the Internet.

Just as the development of the printing press 500 years ago dramatically expanded the information available to individuals and society, the development of the Internet is doing so today. With a single computer and a telephone line, a young child in a rural village can access more information today that was available by any means to the greatest scientists of the world a century ago.

The Internet is reshaping nearly all aspects of society. On-line advertising, marketing, and sales are growing at exponential rates and shaking up the world's financial markets. Many scholars in the developed countries are now wired for the Internet, inspiring grassroots efforts to reform education in order to take better advantage in the industrialized countries use the Internet to share ideas, conduct research, and collaborate in the production of knowledge. Music, media, politics, entertainment, name the field, and it is being transformed by the Internet. Nor are all these changes taking place in the wealthier countries. Many developing countries rightly view the Internet as a potential tool for leapfrogging to higher stages of information. Individuals, institutions, and governments in emerging economies are putting substantial resources into computers and the Internet, and the fastest growing computer markets in the world are in places like China and Egypt. It is only a matter of time before students in much of the world will have at least some access to the Internet and will need to use it for a wide range of personal and occupational reasons once they graduate.

Take a look at statistics below according to http://www.nationmaster.com
Country Description Definition: The number of users within a country that access the Internet.
Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Amount

1. China 94 million (2004) 2. Japan 57.2 million (2002) 3. Germany 39 million (2003) 4. Korea, South 29.22 million (2003) 5. France 21.9 million (2003) 6. Italy 18.5 million (2003) 7. India 18.481 million (2003) 8. Canada 16.11 million (2002) 9. Brazil 14.3 million (2002) 10. Mexico 10.033 million (2002) 11. Australia 9.472 million (2002) 12. Poland 8.97 million (2003) 13. Malaysia 8,692,100 (2003) 14. Netherlands 8.5 million (2003) 15. Indonesia 8 million (2002) 16. Russia 6 million (2002) 17. Iran 4.3 million (2003) 18. Romania 4 million (2003) 19. Austria 3.73 million (2003) 20. Portugal 3.6 million (2002) 21. Chile 3.575 million (2002) 22. Philippines 3.5 million (2002) 23. Belgium 3.4 million (2002) 24. Hong Kong 3,212,800 (2003) 25. Peru 2.85 million (2003 26. Denmark 2.756 million (2002) 27. Colombia 2,732,200 (2003) 28. Czech Republic 2.7 million (2003) 29. Egypt 2.7 million (2003) 30. Finland 2.65 million (2002) 31. Norway 2.288 million (2002) 32. New Zealand 2.11 million (2003) 33. Israel 2 million (2002) 34. Greece 1,718,400 (2003) 35. Hungary 1.6 million (2002) 36. Saudi Arabia 1.5 million (2003) 37. Pakistan 1.5 million (2002) 38. Belarus 1,391,900 (2003) 39. Ireland 1.26 million (2003) 40. Croatia 1.014 million (2003) 41. Latvia 936,000 (2003) 42. Morocco 800,000 (2003) 43. Costa Rica 800,000 (2002) 44. Nigeria 750,000 (2003) 45. Lithuania 695,700 (2003) 46. Bulgaria 630,000 (2002) 47. Jamaica 600,000 (2002) 48. Puerto Rico 600,000 (2002) 49. Ecuador 569,700 (2003) 50. Kuwait 567,000 (2003) 51. El Salvador 550,000 (2003) 52. Dominican Republic 500,000 (2003) 53. Algeria 500,000 (2002) 54. Jordan 457,000 (2003) 55. Estonia 444,000 (2002) 56. Guatemala 400,000 (2002) 57. Kenya 400,000 (2002) 58. Lebanon 400,000 (2002) 59. Azerbaijan 300,000 (2002) 60. Bolivia 270,000 (2002) 61. Kazakhstan 250,000 (2002) 62. Bangladesh 243,000 (2003) 63. Senegal 225,000 (2003) 64. Cyprus 210,000 (2002) 65. Bahrain 195,700 (2003) 66. Iceland 195,000 (2003) 67. Oman 180,000 (2002) 68. Ghana 170,000 (2002) 69. Honduras 168,600 (2002) 70. Luxembourg 165,000 (2002) 71. Libya 160,000 (2003) 72. Kyrgyzstan 152,000 (2002) 73. Georgia 150,500 (2003) 74. Moldova 150,000 (2002) 75. Mauritius 150,000 (2003) 76. Armenia 150,000 (2003) 77. Reunion 150,000 (2002) 78. Qatar 126,000 (2003) 79. Guyana 125,000 (2002) 80. Cuba 120,000 (2001) 81. Paraguay 120,000 (2003) 82. Panama 120,000 (2002) 83. Malta 120,000 (2002) 84. Macau 120,000 (2003) 85. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 100,000 (2002) 86. Barbados 100,000 (2003) 87. Bosnia and Herzegovina 100,000 (2002) 88. Cote d'Ivoire 90,000 (2002) 89. Nicaragua 90,000 (2002) 90. Bahamas, The 84,000 (2003) 91. Nepal 80,000 (2002) 92. Haiti 80,000 (2002) 93. Ethiopia 75,000 (2003) 94. Papua New Guinea 75,000 (2002) 95. Madagascar 70,500 (2003) 96. Benin 70,000 (2003) 97. Namibia 65,000 (2003) 98. Cameroon 60,000 (2002) (Cameroon also had more than 100 cyber-cafes in 2001) 99. Botswana 60,000 (2002) 100. New Caledonia 60,000 (2003) 101. Gaza Strip 60,000 (includes West Bank) (2001) 102. Fiji 55,000 (2003) 103. Mozambique 50,000 (2002) 104. Mongolia 50,000 (2002) 105. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50,000 (2002) 106. Guam 50,000 (2002) 107. Burkina Faso 48,000 (2003) 108. Angola 41,000 (2002) 109. Martinique 40,000 (2002) 110. Guinea 40,000 (2003) 111. Malawi 36,000 (2003) 112. Brunei 35,000 (2002) 113. French Polynesia 35,000 (2002) 114. Gabon 35,000 (2003) 115. Bermuda 34,500 (2003) 116. Albania 30,000 (2003) 117. Cambodia 30,000 (2002) 118. Belize 30,000 (2002) 119. Burma 28,000 (2003) 120. Iraq 25,000 (2002) 121. Faroe Islands 25,000 (2002) 122. Mali 25,000 (2002) 123. Gambia, The 25,000 (2002) 124. Rwanda 25,000 (2002) 125. Andorra 24,500 (2001) 126. Aruba 24,000 (2002) 127. Lesotho 21,000 (2002) 128. Cape Verde 20,400 (2003) 129. Guadeloupe 20,000 (2002) 130. Liechtenstein 20,000 (2002) 131. Greenland 20,000 (2002) 132. Guinea-Bissau 19,000 (2003) 133. Monaco 16,000 (2002) 134. Congo, Republic of the 15,000 (2003) 135. Sao Tome and Principe 15,000 (2003) 136. Chad 15,000 (2002) 137. Grenada 15,000 (2002) 138. Niger 15,000 (2002) 139. Bhutan 15,000 (2003) 140. Laos 15,000 (2002) 141. Maldives 15,000 (2002) 142. San Marino 14,300 (2002) 143. Burundi 14,000 (2003) 144. Saint Lucia 13,000 (2002) 145. Dominica 12,500 (2002) 146. Antigua and Barbuda 10,000 (2002) 147. Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 (2002) 148. Mauritania 10,000 (2002) 149. Eritrea 9,500 (2003) 150. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,000 (2002) 151. Djibouti 6,500 (2003) 152. Gibraltar 6,200 (2002) 153. Micronesia, Federated States of 6,000 (2002) 154. Comoros 5,000 (2003) 155. Central African Republic 5,000 (2002) 156. Samoa 4,000 (2002) 157. Cook Islands 3,600 (2002) 158. French Guiana 3,200 (2002) 159. Anguilla 3,000 (2002) 160. Kiribati 2,000 (2002) 161. Netherlands Antilles 2,000 (2000) 162. Equatorial Guinea 1,800 (2002) 163. Marshall Islands 1,400 (2003) 164. Liberia 1,000 (2002) 165. Afghanistan 1,000 (2002) 166. Saint Helena 500 (2002) 167. Nauru 300 (2002) Total 448.17 million

Ph.D. Tina Carver at UMCA-ITEA

Ph.D. Tina Carver, Editor Director for McGraw-Hill

EL DESTINO INDIVISIBLE DE LA EDUCACIÓN 

Las bellezas de Mal País, Cóbano 

back at UTEP... University of Texas at El Paso 

5 de octubre, 1969 

...en 1968 

Mónica, Ángel, Gilberto, Lizbeth Noviembre 2003 

Mónica, Ángel, Gilberto y Lizbeth 

Graduación 2003 Maestría en Ciencias de la Educación con Énfasis en Docencia en el Enseñanza del Inglés. Sra. Virgita Quirós Pereira 

DOCTORADO EN EDUCACIÓN, Universidad De La Salle

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LA NUEVA PEDAGOGÍA EN LOS MEDIOS DIGITALES

LA PEDAGOGÍA EN LOS MEDIOS DIGITALES
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LA CREATIVIDAD EN LOS MEDIOS DIGITALES
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LA AUTOORGANIZACIÓN DE LA INFORMACIÓN EN LOS MEDIOS DIGITALES: MEDIATECA-CR
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PERFIL PROFESIONAL

Prof. Dr. Gilberto Hernández Quirós
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EDUCACIÓN
2004-2010 UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE – ULASALLE
Doctorado en Educación con Especialidad en Mediación Pedagógica. Tesis doctoral titulada “Auto-organización, interconectividad y mediación de la educación a través de espacios tecno-sociales.”

1998-2003 UNIVERSIDAD AMERICANA - UAM
Maestría en Ciencias de la Educación con Especialidad Docencia en la Enseñanza del Idioma Inglés.

2005 UNIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA – ULACIT
Certificación de Docencia Superior Universitaria

1991-1994 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, USA – UTEP
School of International Training: Certificación y capacitación internacional en docencia y TESOL.

2004 UNIVERSIDAD HISPANOAMERICANA
Estudios de licenciatura en la enseñanza del inglés

1993 UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA – UP
Bachillerato en Inglés

1990 - 1991 UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
Humanidades

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