User:Alexgfrancisco

= My Profile =

Professional Background
My name is Alexandra Francisco. I live in Madeira,Portugal and for the past 15 years I have been teaching EFL at the secondary level. I have only recently (last year) began to be involved in the teacher training area, providing short (25hours long) workshops on the use of Web 2.0 tools in the EFL classes.

Education
Degree in Modern Languages and Literature (1989-1993)
 * I attended the Universidade de Lisboa


 * I got my teacher trainer certificate from the Conselho Científico e Pedagógico de Formação Contínua (2008)

My Interests
Am an outdoors person! Take me swimming, cycling, mountain climbing and other stuff like that and you will have made my day! Of course that doesn't mean I don't enjoy a day in. In fact, I seem to be staying home more and more, especially since I have started working with web2.0 tools. I like to think of myself as being an easy going kind of person. I am open to new ideas and I always try to learn more so I can share more. At the moment my heart belongs to web2.0 tools. Everyday I go through my googlereader, trying to catch up on what's going on out there. I keep two blogs: one to showcase my students' work and the other to share with my colleagues some of the great new tools I find.

Professional
I strive to get as much professional development as I possibly can and I do try to keep myself up to date. Sometimes it's hard. There's so much we don't have access to because living in a small island in the middle of the Atlantic doesn't really help. So, thank god for the internet, for webinars and open source resources! These days they are my link to the outside world, where my professional development as an EFL teacher is concerned.

Personal
I have been teaching all my life. I don't think I would function properly if I was asked to do anything else. I love being around my students, love watching them grow as individuals and learners.

My Projects

 * I intend to work hard towards improving my use of technology in education.
 * I want to learn more HTML coding so I don't get stressed when I don't get it right.
 * I hope to get the skills I need to contribute and help build a better wikieducator.

Portugal
Portugal on WikiEducator

My Sandbox
/My sandbox/

My Reflection

 * HTML coding makes me feel ignorant...Thank God for cheatsheets! :)


 * As the days go by I find the challenge of bringing my wiki page to life more and more enticing.

Feedback & Notes from my WikiNeighbours
Hi Alexandra - nice to hear from you. Thank you for your kind words. I feel we both share the same passion for teaching and excitement over Web 2.0 tools. We can learn and share together on this great project here! Best wishes, Janet--Janet Bianchini 18:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)