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I was in Costa Rica to attend the Second International Concept Mapping Conference (CMC2006). For more on the conference, check out the official site at cmc.ihmc.us, Robert Abrams' concept mapping site at www.conceptmap.biz where you can download LifeMap, a concept mapping program for the Macintosh (data is fully cross compatible with CmapTools and custom programming is available) and Martin Cleaver's excellent blog/wiki site at blogs.conceptmapping.org. Usually at conferences like this, there is a big banquet with entertainment. The entertainment turned out to consist of various dances performed by a local dance company led by a firecracker of a performer. At several points, the company convinced conference attendees to join in. It happened to be Brazilian Independence day, so they got the Brazilian contingent up and dancing Samba. Concept Mapping was started by Dr. Joseph Novak. It turns out that in addition to having a passion for helping people learn how to learn, Dr. Novak also has had a long standing passion for dance. As we all discovered, he is a pretty good dancer too.
 Vintage Waltz Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Vintage Waltz Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Vintage Waltz Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Rope dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Rope dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Rope dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Folk dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Dancing with a giant puppet Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Trish Stoddart dances with a performer while a giant puppet looks on Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Samba Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Samba Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Samba Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 A Caribbean dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 A Caribbean dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 A Caribbean dance Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Real Brazilian Concept Mappers dance Samba Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Brazilians and "La Firecracker" (in the red skirt) Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Dr. Novak dances in a Lindy style dance jam Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Dr. Novak shows off his moves Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Dr. Novak show some concepts expressed by a 4th grader Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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 Robert Abrams with his poster, "Teaching Concept Mapping as Assessment to Teacher Candidates - Some Successes and a Proposal for Next Steps" Photo © & courtesy of Robert Abrams |
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