Gladys Gahona (Chela5808 is my beloved nickname)
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| Website: | www.gladysgahona.com | ||||||||||||
| Blog: | Chela5808 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Private Teacher | ||||||||||||
| Other roles: | Life-long Learner | ||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Mexican | ||||||||||||
| Languages: | Spanish, English | ||||||||||||
| Country: |  Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Email to User: | Chela5808 | ||||||||||||
| Skype address: | chela5808 | ||||||||||||
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Today is: 9, February 2010.
GMT Time is: 19:59.
Server time is: 19:59
Chela5808 in Spanish
Welcome WikiEducators,
My name is Gladys Gahona. I am a mexican private teacher of Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. In 1977, in order to economically support my studies, I started teaching math at a secondary school. In 1981 I graduated in chemical engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), in Mérida, Yucatán, México. During the last years of my university studies, I worked at UADY at the former Planning Department (today General Coordination of Planning and Institutional Assessment) where I had the opportunity to be assitant of several educational researchers, working in collaborating projects along with several mexican and foreign universities. In 2002 I graduated in Technology Management at UADY.
Although my professional formation is oriented to engineering, productivity, business and technology management, I've loved teaching since ever. My job (AF Centro, in Cancun, Q.Roo, México) consists on tutoring and providing counseling and student support services to learners of secondary & early tertiary level, helping them on homeworks, or preparing them for examinations. There is a special group I love to work with, adult people. They are confident and enthusiastic learners, they always give the best of them.
The knowledge I have gained in teaching/tutoring comes from my personal experiences and self-studies. I've also been a self learner in computing, web programing, ITC and web 2.0 platforms and tools. Since last November I have had the privilege to meet Nellie Deutsch who has become an inspiring mentor to me on improving my English language as well as moderating live online conferences, facilitating online courses, and integrating technology into education. Now I dedicate my professional life to my two passions: teaching and learning, particularly learning by doing and learning by "helping". =)
Email me
¿Doubts? ¿Questions? ¿Suggestions? ...
My Role as a WikiEducator
Promoting upcoming workshop
| EL4C31 | 10-day Online Workshop |
| Basic wiki skills and Collaborative Learning Oct 24 - Nov 6, 2009  REGISTER HERE
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| EL4C31 | WiZiQ Meeting |
| Copyrighty Law in Education Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:00 GMT |
| Check your time | JOIN US |
From WikiApprentice to WikiArtisan
Nov 24, 2008. Enrolled to eL4C15. Gaining knowledge, friends, self-confidence on talking and writing in English. Thank you Patricia and Nellie. You both are amazing people.
Nov 25, 2008. WikiNeighbour... this means visiting stars and talk with them :). Here is the link for the new user creation log: new user.
Nov 28, 2008. Wikiapprentice 2. This is getting more interesting. Keep going. (Sometimes I talk to myself.)
Dec 5, 2008. Wikibuddy. Ok let's work harder in my road to become a WikiMaster =)
March 17, 2009. WikiArtisan. Thank you Anil. Oh yes, this is a very significant milestone for me =)
My EL4C15 Workshop
At my Log of the EL4C15 Workshop page you will find the instructions for each day, tips, key points, reflections and activities I developed.
Why WikiEducator?
- is a self-organizing community and complex learning ecosystem.
- is a content development platform for open educational content and resources (OERs)
- is a values-based community focused on freedom and openness
- uses free and open source software
- provides free hosting and technical support
- offers free wiki skills training
- is your strategic partner
- has an innovative Value Proposition and Publishing model
- supports you in facilitating stakeholder engagement
- offers global, national, regional and local opportunities to support community development and growth and sustainability of your project(s) AND community-of-practice
Read more at Pilot Projects page...
WikiEducator projects & resources I closely follow
The Wiki Prayer
“Grant me the serenity to respect pages I should not edit,
the courage to edit the pages I should,
and the wisdom to know the difference." 
Collaborative Projects
| Logo | Name | Comments |
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| English-Spanish Translation Team for WikiEducator spanish instance | Translators English-Spanish Needed. |
| Math Glossary | Active. 10 contributors :-) |
| Math Tables and Formulas | Active |
| Help Page: LaTeX SYMBOL TABLES | Active |
| Logo pending | Developing the WikiLatinos Node | Active |
| MATEMÁTICAS. GUÍA DE ESTUDIO CENEVAL (Spanish) | Pending to be moved to spanish instance |
| Workshops in WikiEducator | ||
| Workgroup: WikiMaster | ||
| Workgroup: WikiEducator Workgroups | ||
| Workgroup: Learning Design | ||
| Teacher Mentoring and Support Service | ||
| Book Chapter: Facilitating Online Workshops | ||
| Book Chapter: Wikis and WikiEducator | ||
| Conectividad Latinoamericana | ||
| History of Mesoamerican Art |
My Causes
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My Testing Laboratory
This account will be used for some testings and tutorial developings: User:Einstein
My Professional Interests
Mastering English language as a way to gain opportunities to reach more learners on my teaching subjects.
Building my capacities for developing e-learning programmes and courses.
I'm interested in OER projects, hope I can soon join experts on collaborative jobs.
Offering my capacities on translating WikiEducator content to Spanish language.
Develop original content in spanish language using all I know about Web 2.0 resources & technologies.
I'm targeting to be a WikiMaster, so I have a long way to walk.
Mastering 
in order to create high quality science books.
My areas of expertise
- I am Chemical Engineer by professional formation. Worked in engineering from 1981 to 1983, when I had to quit, responding on "mother nature calling" (got high risk pregnancy). So it marked the end on my proffesion (chemical engineer) activities.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Technology Management. 2002
- I am teacher by vocation. I consider myself as a permanently self-learner on this activity since 1976. I started teaching Maths to kids on a secondary school. At that time I started working in Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, as assistant on several educational researching activities and colaborative jobs with people from different countries. Later, I started a private teaching small institute.
- About computing topics, I'm a self-learner:
- I've been using several applications:
- MSDOS
- Windows on all versions (except Windows Vista)
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Suites (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash CS3, Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, Premier, etc.)
- Web development (HTML, CSS, Newbie in PHP/MySQL)
- Open source apps. (Open Office, Mozilla, Audacity, VirtualDubMod,
- Software for business management
- And some Web 2.0 technologies & resources
- Blogging
- Networking on Xing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Hi5, etc.
- Now I'm discovering Ning
- Image's sharing networks like Flickr, ImageHack, Picassa Google
- Paper's sharing networks like SlideShare, Scribd, WiziQ, AutorStream
- Media sharing networks like YouTube, TeacherTube, GoogleVideo, Blip.tv
- Addicted to WikiEducator
- initiated, that means learning, learning, learning...
- I've been using several applications:
| I do love maths, chemistry, physics and teaching. I had excellent professors supporting me, most of them I still remember and honor. I'm certain it is one of the main reasons. |
My Publications
I have published:
 Guía para el Monitoreo de Patentes |
My role as private teacher
Related to my job I've produced several flash videos and papers. Some of them are:
| ASESOR MFQ VIDEOS | SOLVED EXERCISES AND STUDY GUIDES | |
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| *Matemáticas. Ejercicios de ecuaciones lineales (pdf) | ||
| *Matemáticas. Ejercicios de ecuaciones lineales 001 (ppt) | ||
| *Aprende a elaborar tus guías de estudio (ppt) | ||
My Personal Interests
I'm socially and ecologically committed to my environment.
- El Sistema Lagunar Nichupte
- Un paseo por los enigmáticos cenotes de Quintana Roo
- Whale Shark near Isla Contoy (An exciting personal experience never lived before)
- Near 40 dolphins surrounding our boat. Memorable
I love absolutely everything related to sea life: scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, fishing, swimming, sunrises, sunsets.
 Snorkeling |
 Cancun |
 Isla Contoy |
 Isla Blanca |
 Isla Mujeres |
 Sunset Nichupte |
 Sunset Cancun |
 Sunrise Isla Blanca |
Billiarist: My husband and I enjoy playing 8 Ball.
Connected Online
| Oh... internet I'm here |
| WikiEducator complementary sites |
Mi México lindo y querido...
Notes & Feedback from my WikiNeighbours.
- Madam,I have registered my self foron 24th Dec 09 ('Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL)'Moodle for Teachers (M4T-3): January 4, 2010 - January 31, 2010,Blended Online Learning (BOL): Asynchronous & Synchronous Workshop on Learning to Moodle,but now there is problem in getting enrollment key and futher working this is problem with others also.please help us because we want to join this now.User:Pooja Tyagi
- --Gladys Gahona C. 05:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
December 2009
- Hi Gladys. I love the mathsgloss. I hope it's OK if I steal some of your wiki markup for a glossary of language techniques! Hamish Chalmers
- Hello Hamish, I am glady you like the MathGloss, please feel free to use it as model for you glossary :-) --Gladys Gahona C. 04:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hi there, greeting from New Zealand. Just thought I'd say hello to a few people before I get stuck into my Saturday afternoon chores. cheers Sarah Stewart 02:09, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
- Hello Sarah, thanks for visiting my page :-). --Gladys Gahona C. 04:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Very nice to see you as facilitator in the class. If there is any way I can help out, please let me know. --Phil Bartle 19:13, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot Phil. --Gladys Gahona C. 04:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
October 2009
Hi Gladys~ thx for visiting my page. I am have a problem finding the Workshop page which has the tab for Discussion...?
~ enjoy your day, Char
- Hello Char, thanks for the visit. All eL4C31 workshop pages have (at top of your screen) the same heading, they also contain an horizontal navigation bar: Home, Register, Participants, Workshop Schedule, Weblipgraphy and Wiki Discussions. Hope it helps. --Gladys Gahona C. 15:19, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
September 11th 2009
Estaré añadiendo contenido de manera muy amable con tu apoyo, ¡eres un sol! ¡¡¡ Viva México!!!! Besos
- Gracias Maru, que linda.--Gladys Gahona 19:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
- ¡¡Me encanatas!!! Contigo estreno mi firma!! --Maru del Campo 20:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
July2009
Hello and welcome to OVW/Home, a free online blended learning wiki skills workshop.
Enjoy the workshop.
June2009
- Hello Gladys :-) what a wonderful wonderful page. I like it so much. It looks very elegant, organized, it is very informative and most of all I love how you have given it a spirit and personality :-). Thank you very much for you help and kindness, I am happy and feel lucky to have you as a neighbor. I think we have things in common and hope that I get the chance to work with you on a project :-). --Maha (PinkSamurai) 07:50, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
- Dear Gladys! You are the second Gladys for me with such a great e-experience. The one is Gladys Baya, who helped me a lot in gaining e-knowledge participating in Learning with Computers. Thanks a bunch for inspiring and encouraging. Your page is awsome! I wish I could create the one like yours. --Nina Lyulkun, Ukraine
Thank you, thank you very much for visits my page and comment on it. I feel proud! --Abdul Halim 30th June 2009.
May 2009
- I like that pic in your Infobox!! Nice smile! --Alejacha 05:18, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Gladys for the note of encouragement although I haven't been quite active lately... I'll try to be a better learner, I promise! --Hanaakhs 11:34, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- Hi Gladys! I finally got my pic up! What a struggle! OOOph... I'm trying to catch up but feel I'm miles behind! BTW ... Is my file saved in the public domain or only on my page? Do users have control over their uploads or do they become public property? --Hanaakhs 09:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Apr 2009
- Hi Gladys, Thanks for all your support, it has been a great week and I have learned a lot and enjoyed myself! Oliver--Lebreton 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Mar 2009
- Thanks for offering tech assistance in the Non Formal Education On Line Discussion. I want to take you up on it. Would you be willing to run the discussion? I am simply not ready to run a discussion yet.--Philbartle 09:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for your warm comments on my user page, Gladys. I am hoping, within a few months, to get one of our CEC volunteers to translate the material into Spanish, and I will rely on you to make sure it is OK and to advise if there are any improvements that can be made--Philbartle 15:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC).
- Hi Gladys, thanks for leaving a note on my page. I will be inviting participants from HIV community groups to th L4C workshop in a few weeks, so I hope you and Nellie will guide them to make their UserPages.--Gurmit 14:15, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hiee Dear Gladys. Thanks for the greetings. Congratulations to you too for reaching this landmark. Recognitions and Certifications are the rewards in the true sense. They encourage us to work harder. Lots of Affection to my very special co-WikiArtisan Friend - Gita Gita Mathur 05:52, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Feb 2009
- What great work you've done here. You make all of us proud to be WikiZens. Cheers to you --Victor P. K. Mensah 09:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- it is such a joy to learn from you. I learn from what you do.--Philbartle 10:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hi gladys,thanks for the suggestion.--Promilakumar 12:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Dear Gladys. CONGRATULATIONS! for being the Winner of UPE Feb. 2009 Award. I like the way you have added catchy graphics and the way your page is updated so fast. The Math Glossary is a great contribution too. CHEERS! Warm Wishes. Gita Mathur Gita Mathur
- No suggestions, no questions. Your work is an inspiration to me. Many thanks.--Philbartle 19:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- Many thanks for your gift. What an interesting variation on a picture! --Philbartle 15:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hi Gladys, thx for the background i was indeed asking for the same, plz teach me how to do that.Regards--Anubha Das27 Feb,2009
Dec 2008
- Dear Gladys, Well done! You are now certified. Warm regards --Patricia 04:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- Muchas gracias Gladys! Al final encontré el comando en mi teclado! Un abrazo Yolande--Yolande 22:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Gladys your page is very lovely and lively.--Gita Mathur 04:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Nov 2008
- Excellent work, Gladys. --Nellie Deutsch 14:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
- Dear Gladys, Thanks. with best wishes, Ramesh Sharma, India
- Dear Gladys, thank you for inviting me. In fact I am a recent wiki-converted. I have used the pbwiki to develop a platform for facilitating online development of a strategic plan for the African Chapter of the Association of Information Specialist. I want to become a guru in wikieducator. I will certainly keep disturbing you. Thanks for the good work you are doing. You are indeed an educator.--Sylvester Dickson Baguma, Uganda
- Thanks again Gladys. I can see that you are online helping out novices. I have just fixed what I wanted to do. I wanted someone to click on my name and he/she is taken to my site. Cheers.--Sylvester Dickson Baguma, Uganda
- Hello Gladys Gracias por tu amable bienvenida. I really appreciate your nice welcome. I read your atricle about the Mayas and it is just ¡¡¡excellent!!!
- Hello Gladys thanks Thanks for the kindness ,cheers. Carolyn
- Hi Gladys. Thank you for your job and support in the wiki course. Muchas gracias por tu apoyo. If it is posible, I want to request you the certificate for Apprentice 2 level. Thank you in advance.
