ARROZ A LA ZORRA in Concert

On October 31st, at 6 pm, there will be a popular music concert a capella at Noel Werthein Auditorium, Almagro campus. The Students’ Choir of ORT Technical School and the singing group “Arroz a la Zorra” will be directed by the choirmaster Fernando Polonuer, who has also made the music arrangements. We invite all the students, their families, and the teaching staff to enjoy this event. Those who are interested in participating should confirm their attendance by email: dvisok@ort.edu.ar.

Talking with Scriptwriters– Mass Media Track

On October 22nd, 3 young TV scriptwriters visited ORT School (Belgrano campus) to give a conference for 5th-year students from the Mass Media track. Laura Farhi, Bruno Luciani and Alejandro Quesada worked for many TV programs, and were part of the script team of “El tiempo no para” (Channel 9, 2006). They talked about their everyday writing activity, the peculiarities of the TV script, and the present and future of fiction. The activity was carried out at the school TV Studio within the framework of the ‘Script’ subject.

Invitation to participate in the inauguration of the exhibition: “Itineraries. A Walk along Belgrano – Nuñez through Time, Space and Culture”.

Venue: Tuesday 23rd, October 2007 – 7 pm.

Sarmiento Historical Museum

Juramento 2180 - Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Sent by Viviana Jasid, ORT School Principal, Belgrano campus.

Show organized by Tzedaká in favor of Children. Guest artist: Diego Torres.

Venue: November 27th, 9 pm.
Salón Dorado – Parque Norte

To get further information or buy entrance tickets, please contact Fundación Tzedaká: 1821 Santa Fe Av, 3rd floor. Telephone: 5237-4000 (extension 127). saberquesepuede@tzedaka.org.ar

Conference by the CIPPEC

Invitation to participate in a conference on “The Argentine Economy: Perspectives and Scenarios” by Lucas Llach, economist and Ph. D. in History at Harvard University, and Senior Researcher – Fiscal Policy Program, CIPPEC (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth).

Venue:

Tuesday 23rd, October 2007, 9.20hs.

Noel Werthein Auditorium

Almagro Campus: Yatay 240.

The activity is free of charge, though previous registration is required: ceo@ort.edu.ar

-Limited vacancies-

Winners of Gaming.NET Competition

The brothers Leandro and Gonzalo Lera Romero – from the IT track of Almagro campus – have won “Gaming.net”, a competition organized by Microsoft (http://www.microsoft-gaming.net/).

The team -constituted by these brothers- is one of the 10 winners of the online competition, and will be traveling to the National Final, to be held at the Universidad de La Punta (San Luis Province) at the beginning of November. Congratulations and all the best for the Final!!!

Exhibition of Games and Toys of the 20th Century

ORT Technical School –Belgrano campus- and El Galpón museum have organized an exhibition of “Games and Toys of the 20th Century” for October 17th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th. It will be from 8 am to 7.30 pm at ORT Belgrano campus (2845 Montañeses St.). The exhibition will focus on games and toys of the 20th century which are of great historical value and are very costly as well.

There will be 3 different sections at the exhibition: the first section will show pedal and pull-along toys; the second, will be organized as a timeline, from 1900 to 1980, to show characteristic toys of each decade; and the third section will have a scale model, so that people can interact with the toys built mainly with the Meccano of the different times. There will also be a funfair, harbor cranes and trains to operate.

Computer Animation and Digital Photography Workshop

The ICT track of ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, would like to invite 14 and 15-year-old boys and girls to a workshop on Computer Animation and Digital Photography (Stop Motion Animation and Stereoscopic Photography). During the activity, the participants will learn to produce animated short films and to compose videos and images. The workshop consists of 4 meetings, which will be held on Fridays –starting on October 26th - from 2.30 pm to 4 pm at Belgrano campus (Montañeses 2845), and it will be given by specialized teachers.

Those who are interested in getting more information on the topics the workshop will deal with can visit: http://ticbelgrano.blogspot.com/.

To get enrolled, please send an e-mail to ccatic@ort.edu.ar or call us 4789-6540.

Limited vacancies.

11th National Olympiads in Philosophy

Melisa Szpaicer, 5th-year student from Almagro campus, was one of the five local finalists of the City of Buenos Aires at the 11th National Olympiads in Philosophy, organized by the University of Buenos Aires. Melisa got a very good score. More than 60 students, representing different schools from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, took part in it.

This year’s theme was “Ideology, Imagination and Community”, with 3 sub-themes, among which Melisa chose the ethico-political one.

On November 2nd, our student will participate in the National Competition, along with representatives from all the provinces of the country. The winner of this phase will take part in the International Olympiads.

Talking with Natives

Within the program “Talking with Natives”, the English Department –Almagro campus- invited Mrs. Millie Cent Gimburg from American ORT to give a talk to all the 4th-year students of the IT track on October 9th at Noel Werthein Auditorium.

Mrs. Gimburg, who has worked for many years at American ORT, talked about her experience and the solidarity work she carries out at the Institution. The subject-matter of the conference was "Fundraising, a hand for the others". It was an unforgettable meeting, where students actively participated by asking her questions.

Gold Medal at the National Biology Olympiads

The students Melina Goldenberg, Carla Nudel, and Ivan Derechinsky from Belgrano campus obtained the gold medal (and maximum score) at ‘Level I’ of the National Biology Olympiads, which were held on October 4th and 5th at Río Cuarto University (Córdoba). The students attended with Agustin Sanguinetti, their coach.

National Day of the Solidarity Student

The Federal Council of Education has decided to add “The National Day of the Solidarity Student” to the school calendar. Last September 19th, at the 4th Meeting of the Federal Council of Education, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Daniel Filmus, and the top educational authorities of the 24 national jurisdictions agreed to settle October 8th as “The National Day of the Solidarity Student”.

During the meeting, the national educational authorities passed the measure in recognition of the solidarity carried out daily by thousands of Argentine students, and in memory of the 9 students and the teacher of Eco School of the City of Buenos Aires, who perished on October 8th when they were returning from a solidarity activity conducted at School Nº 375, El Paraisal, Chaco Province.

The authorities also agreed to create a document to register solidarity activities developed by students and teachers. The article Nº 32 of the National Law of Education establishes that the Federal Council of Education has to encourage the jurisdictions to guarantee youth voluntary activities and solidarity educational projects to cooperate with the community development. Text taken from the educational website: http://www.educ.ar/.

ORT Technical Schools adhere to this national initiative, which recalls the tragic events that took place on the date of “The Day of the Solidarity Student”. This action stimulates the work of the students who carry out various youth voluntary activities to cooperate with the community development, and promotes the teaching of road education.

Conference: Why do we believe that dark matter exists?

On October 10th, Dr. Susana Judith Landau will give a lecture called “Why do we believe that dark matter exists?” at Noel Werthein Auditorium, Almagro campus.

Dr. Landau works at the Physics Department of the Mathematical and Natural Sciences School of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the UBA, a PhD in Astronomy from the Astronomy and Geophysics School of the National University of La Plata, and she is an Assistant Researcher at the CONICET.

Those who attend the meeting will have the chance to know what astronomers and physicists call ‘dark matter’. Then, they will get a detailed description of astronomical observations in galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which lead us to think that such type of matter exists in the universe.

There are limited vacancies, so those who are interested in attending please contact the Physics Department.

Results of the 13th Team Olympiads in Physics

On October 1st, the 13th Team Olympiads in Physics took place. More than 120 students, representing 15 schools, competed in two levels - elementary and advanced - through theoretical and experimental exams.

The results were as follows:

Advanced Level:

• 1st Position: ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus
• 2nd Position: Saint Andrews Scots School
• 3rd Position: Phillips School

Elementary Level:

• 1st Position: Phillips School
• 2nd Position: Saint Andrews Scots School
• 3rd Position: Nacional Buenos Aires School

We congratulate our students, Nicolás Ponieman, Alejandro Baldasso, Felipe Xauss and Iair Poloniecki, and we wish them all the best for the National Olympiads in Physics, since they will be representing ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, in Córdoba. We now invite you to have a look at the photos of October 1st: http://ogfort2007.blogspot.com/

A Night of Dreams

ORT Argentina’s annual dinner will be carried out on October 11th at the Hilton Hotel, with the aim of raising money for the Scholarship Fund and for the creation of academic and technological areas. Students’ exhibitions, shows, and interactive games have also been organized.

If you would like to participate, please contact Mrs. Elba Rubio: 4789-6509 / eventohilton@ort.edu.ar

TELECOM-ORT Meeting

On October 3rd, Marcelo De Carli (Telecom Argentina Operational Director) visited us, and met Marcelo Schurmann (Chairman of ORT Argentina’s Technology Committee), Adrián Moscovich (ORT Argentina General Manager), Rubén Hawryluk (ORT Argentina IT Manager), and senior staff from ORT Schools and ORT Institute of Technology. The aim of the meeting was to exchange information and analyze the possibility of carrying out joint academic and technological projects and initiatives.

Expo University at Almagro Campus

The vocational and occupational guidance program for 6th-year students creates a meaningful context for reflection and exchange, which helps our students to autonomously choose according to their interests and personal needs.

Within this framework, we organized yesterday “Expo University 2007”. The leading public and private universities of the country took part in it. At the Expo, the students learnt about different alternatives in higher education, and also about the universities’ scholarship programs.

To have a look at the photos of the activity and get more information about the vocational guidance program for 6th-year students, visit the following blog: http://orientacionvocacional2007almagro.blogspot.com/

Media Colleges Visit ORT Mass Media Track

On September 25th, people from UBA Communication Sciences visited us. Prof. Glenn Postolski gave a conference to 5th and 6th-year students from ORT Mass Media track. He explained that the course curriculum consists of 24 common subjects and 5 tracks, which are: Journalism, Public Opinion and Advertising, Communication and Educational Processes, Policies and Planning of Communication, and Community Communication. The Communication Sciences course trains people to become professionals in a field of great social significance: the territory where mass media, communication and culture merge. At the end of the activity, the lecturer answered the questions and doubts of the students.

Football, Passion and Identity

Alejandro Apo was the first guest-speaker of a series of conferences, and inaugurated the Football Corner at the library. Within the framework of the project “Football, Passion and Identity”, carried out by the teachers Juan Pablo Todaro and Martín Legizamón from the Social Sciences area, the well-known sports journalist Alejandro Apo was invited by ORT Belgrano campus to initiate the series of conferences.

Alejandro Apo developed his idea of football as a vehicle of ideas and identity. He also answered very enthusiastically the questions that students made in relation to his profession, the current violence in football, and the crisis that some national clubs are undergoing. Apart from that, he narrated a story on football, and inaugurated the Football Corner at the Belgrano library and the blog of the project. For further information: http://futbolpasionidentidad.blogspot.com/

Sony Employees Took an Exam at ORT

On September 16th (Sunday), employees from Sony Style Argentina took their 4th exam at the ICT track – ORT Belgrano campus- on technology and products manufactured by Sony (Digital Imaging, Display, Vaio, Audio, Home Theatre, Audio Car, Cell Phones).

The instrument of evaluation was elaborated by the ICT track, together with Sony Product, Marketing and Human Resources Managers, and it was administered and corrected by ORT ICT track.

On this occasion, 60 employees from the Capital City were evaluated on-site, at the ICT laboratories, and 12 employees were evaluated off campus, in Córdoba Province. The activity was organized by the ICT-teachers Juan Ignacio D’Amore and Dario Mischener.