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Hi Everybody,
I am so excited! Today I received the book I got at the
Networking2002 conference for winning the Art Competition with a
"self-portrait" drawn at my groupboard page. The selected book is "The
Cooperative Think Tank. Graphic Organizers to Teach Thinking in the Cooperative
Classroom" by James Bellanca.
My excitement is not only because of the book, but because I am
so bad at drawing that I could have never imagined that I would get a prize for
any drawing of mine. Another marvel of this virtual world. This is the url to
my self-portrait. http://www.geocities.com/dygonza/self-portrait.html
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My inspiration was Sus' portrait. Once, while
waiting for some online students, I decided to give my drawboard a try, and
playing around my portrait was there. I saved it, and while attending the
conference I decided, just for fun, to publish my "piece of art". Before the
conference was over I went for a week to France and Sus wrote the news to the
list and that's how I found out. I decided to share this experience with
Webheads because the prize is yours too. Without your encouragement I would
have never learned about all these web-tools and their possibilities.
Thanks again, :-))
Daf (Nov 21, 2002)
So many new members and topics!!! Date: Sat, 12 Oct
2002
Dear All,
I have been away for some weeks, namely since I came to my country, due
to many reasons that I will not be mentioning at this time, but I am so happy
to see many new members and interesting topics being discussed.
I especially like the names topic. In Venezuela, following the Catholic
Spanish tradition, names are related to Saints. However, people are usually
given two names plus the two family names, while in Spain, most people only
have one name. Names meanings are not so important here. What parents usually
consider to name their kids is the saint corresponding to the child's birth
date. There is one region in Venezuela (Zulia State), though, where names are
very strange, parents mix the syllables of different names and they create new
and original, sometimes weird ;-) names.
It is also common that a name is given to many kids during a given
period of time. This name usually correspond to famous artists or any other
well-known person. As a teacher, I have had 5 or 6 students with the same first
name, in the same classroom, and to call each of them we have had to use their
nicknames.
My case is different. My mother loves to read about mythology, and then
she fell in love with my name (greek mythology) and the legend that goes with
it and that is why I was named Dafne (Daphne), which was a nymph from the
Olympus who turned into a plant of laurel when Apollo was trying to get her. So
Dafne is laurel.
My father did not want to fall behind, and he selected another
mythological name, but this name is a Venezuelan indigenous name: Ziruma which
means "clear sky" or sky without clouds. I only use my first name and I even
have a laurel plant at home. I have another name (believe it or not!) and I
have been told that this is an arabic name: Yomar. I do not know anything about
this name. If any of you do, let me know.
My last names are of Spanish origin and I do not know anything about
their meanings.
See you soon,
Daf
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