User:Swaerwynand

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My name is Wynand Diergaardt. I am the only child in my family. I am married to Christel and I have two children, Darren and Andrea.

Educational Background
I started my schooling in a small town in the south of Namibia called Schlip. After primary school I went to Swakopmund and completed my high school career. UNAM was my next stop where I completed my teaching diploma as well as my B.Ed degree. I am currently busy with my M.Ed degree in Early Childhood Development. I was a teacher by profession, but I am not teaching anymore. Seeing that my mother is staying in Swakopmund I started my teaching career at Tamariskia High School in Swakopmund in 1990. After two years of teaching in I moved to   where I continued my teaching career at the Dr Lemmer High School in Rehoboth. I resigned in 2005 and joined the staff at the Namibian College of Open Learning. I am working as a Programme Developer in Social Science at the Namibian College of Open Learning.NAMCOL

Job Profile
I develop multi-media material in Social Science. The multi-media includes the following:
 * Print;
 * Audio (Radio lessons);
 * Video (Television lessons);
 * E-Learning (Web-based lessons).

Hobbies
I like reading and watching rugby.The last book I have read was Fathers and sons by Angus Buchan.

Achievements

 * Head boy of Tamariskia High School in 1984.
 * Accompanied the under 16 Development Team to Botswana in 1996.
 * Assistant couch for the Namibian under 18 Boys in 1999 to South Africa in Pietermaritzburg.
 * I received a Political Broadcasting award from MISA in November 2008. [[Image:media5-2.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Receiving MISA Award]]

Workshop Expectations
At the end of the workshop I would like to:
 * be confident in using wikieducator;
 * be involved in developing open educational resources;
 * develop innovative multi-media lessons.