H. S. Campoy

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Adventure in Türkiye- A Tale in Red

• Personal post about living alone in a foreign countryFebruary 2, 2023
  Living by myself in a foreign land was an experience I had the opportunity to take in Turkey. I spent two months there and then returned to Brazil – to my son and partner – for three months. Coming back was a struggle as I had become used to a life of independence and freedom from responsibility, finances, and domestic issues. …

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• History, Rivers, Zoos, and EducationJanuary 30, 2023
  The sun had just begun to breach the horizon, the sky slowly lightening from midnight blue to a hazy lavender. The digital clock on my phone read 5:22 am. After a beautiful day exploring Hatay, it was time to move on to Gaziantep. I had been looking forward to seeing some Turkish friends from Sao …

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• Castles, Battle grounds, A town near a river, and new friends.October 3, 2022
  July 2nd, 2011 It was 5:22 am when the sun began to rise on the horizon. After having a great day exploring Hatay, we decided to leave early to enjoy one more day in Gaziantep, where some people were waiting. The people waiting for me in Gaziantep were friends from some Turkish friends I made in Sao Paulo before …

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Seasons of a Soul

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Seasons of a Soul is a poetic journey through the Earth’s seasons – spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Acollection of the contradictory feelings each season brings. The spring blossom opens when the sprites dance in our gardens, jumping from flower to flower, collecting colour, nectar, and provisions. Bright summer is when souls sparkle as the sun’s rays, illuminating every corner we may have aimed to keep in darkness, unveiling all the hopes we pretend not to have. Mellow autumn is a second spring, where the changing colours of the leaves reflect the once-bright flowers as the branches yearn to sleep. Autumn is relaxation and introspection but with a touch of colour and imagination. Finally, yet essential restitution, before the cycle can begin again, winter melds the melancholy months with snow, a blanket of solitude, beneath which one chooses to reflect on success, failure, delusion and illusion.

Asif, Perdão

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Asif, Superação

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Asif is the story of Beatriz.

Beatriz is a woman on her 47 who suddenly breaks the rule of Brazilian society where a woman is born to serve and be in the shadow of a man. Her mother was restrictive, with a genuine belief in man superiority. The mother’s view shaped most of Beatriz’s childhood, observing her mother be the last to sit at the table after serving the family or be silent when trying to give an opinion about the family’s future.

Growing up in a patriarchal environment transformed Beatriz into a woman without a will, always desperately trying to please her family, husband and son. She became a ghost of a ghost, someone without objective perspective, immersed in a cage without bars and a life without meaning.

The Internet, still very new in Brazil in 2009, opened a new world to Beatriz and made her life change. The story began three years after her husband died when work and her son were the only threads keeping Beatriz going. 

Asif came to her life as a joke, a fantasy but the young Indian man, full of sexual stories, lies, and naivety about the real world outside his community, gave the push Beatriz needed to finally change from who she was to who she really should be.

From Sao Paulo to New Delhi, through India and Europe. Asif (Perdão and Superação) are a journey where Beatriz will finally find peace, herself, and love.

“The only portfolio that matters is the one that I leave in people’s hearts.” 
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

Working as a software engineer did not fulfil me entirely. The first step was free me from the burden of working for a company. Creating one to share what I learned with small and medium clients was a wonderful experience. However, something was missing. I have always loved working with education, and nothing better than putting together the two passions: technology and education.

The company later split into two: one developing software and the other working to implement the integration between technology and education. It was a challenging and gratifying journey. For ten years, I had the pleasure to work with children, teenagers, and adults to inspire them to give the next step to transform education.

In 1998 Heleny developed an approach to uniting different areas of human knowledge in one project called technology. The image shows two moments in 1999: a child amazed by science software and primary schoolers using the ability to create “machines”.

Computer interaction at an early age. Using computers to develop skills of analysing, understanding, questioning and extrapolating. Teamwork and creativity are emphasised too.

Interview for a Brazilian Newspaper about the relationship between children and technology.

Helping teachers learn how to apply the new tools to the curriculum. 2000, São Paulo – Brazil

Geography can be worked like a complete project where mathematics, language, and other skills are worked. The children developed a CD about countries, and the photo shows a moment when they are tasting new foods from those countries.

Working emotion on a technology class. It helps children develop better links, improve communication and transfer what they learn about themselves and others to work.

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