WEBISM-art connecting the world: digital_fine

10/24/2011

Tom R. Chambers receives the "ePals Exemplary Teacher Award"

NEWS RELEASE

Tom R. Chambers receives the "ePals Exemplary Teacher Award" honoring his outstanding achievements as an ePals educator. He has proven a dedicated and creative member of the ePals community, and they are proud to share his projects and classroom experiences on their website:

http://www.epals.com/

The ePals® approach provides an effective way to instruct and reach today's technology savvy students and teachers. ePals provides digital content designed for collaboration and self-paced, self-directed learning as well as a safe platform to share work globally. Authentic ePals projects are centered around meaningful content and experiences that require teamwork, digital literacy skills, higher-level thinking and communication. By engaging in authentic learning experiences about relevant issues, students, teachers and mentors learn and work together, strengthening core learning while motivating learners and building self-confidence and skills necessary for future careers. At the same time, ePals helps teachers learn to use technology effectively in their classrooms, providing professional development, curriculum, contests and other resources.

ePals' mission is to support lifelong learning through collaborative experiences that empower and inspire. ePals is especially committed to enabling academically rigorous educational opportunities in economically disadvantaged environments worldwide through the ePals Foundation – provider of In2Books®, the company's flagship literacy e-mentoring program. The program has helped participating children raise standardized test scores and improve writing and critical-thinking skills.

6/20/2010

VIP WEBISM Member and Speleologist Herbert W. Franke

As you all know Herbert W. Franke not only is one of the most famous German science fiction authors but moreover a computer graphics pioneer as well as active in future studies and a speleologist (caving). Here you can see him (3rd from rh side) celebrating the 100th anniversary of DACHSTEIN CAVES in Obertraun, Austria. Since 1914 about 10 million people visited the ice caves of which 280 km have been investigated.

2/09/2010

Mariano Petit de Murat, Mexico

Mariano Petit de Murat has been awarded with the INTERNATIONAL TALENT SEEKERS AWARDS 2009-2010 on the Digital art category! And he came up in 1st place!!!!!!

Mariano is such a wonderful and humble artist. Here's what he has to tell us:

"A great honor for me and a great way to start the year too. I want to thank all the people that has supported my art throughout these years."