User:Rego b



My daughter and I at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (2009)

I am a language educator and graduate student of the University of British Columbia. My area of interest is in early childhood education, e-learning and language education. I currently teach online and have taught as an Early Childhood Educator, a French Immersion teacher, and as a Portuguese Language Instructor in adult continuing education.

I am the author of Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook. It is under a Creative Commons License and was created with the intent of educating teachers on how to maintain a professional image whilst online using Facebook. I have also recently created a free guide called "Twitter for Educators".

You can follow my website updates at [bernadetterego.org] and find out more about my online profile. You can also follow my education-related resource links on Twitter.

= My Profile =

Professional Background
I am an language educator and graduate student of the University of British Columbia, focusing on e-learning in language education. I currently teach online but have taught both as a French Immersion teacher and as an Early Childhood Educator, where I successfully integrated various technologies in both learning environments using a project approach to learning. I also teach online courses to early years educators.

Education
Masters of Education Technology, Present University of British Columbia, Canada

Bachelor of Education degree, 2006 University of British Columbia, Canada Early Childhood Education Certificate , 2003 British Columbia, Canada  Bachelor of Commerce Degree ,1997 University of British Columbia, Canada

Professional
e-learning, online instructional design, project-based learning.

Personal
spending time with my husband and children, reading, writing, listening to music, and gardening.

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My Projects
In 2009 I created the Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook. It is under a Creative Commons License and was created with the intent of educating teachers on how to maintain a professional image whilst online using Facebook.

I have recently completed "Twitter for Educators".

Below is a link to some of my Video tutorials on how to use various web-based technologies in education:

Video Tutorials

I created a wiki for educators that provides a list of resources pertaining to various education technologies.

My Resource Wiki

I am currently teaching Beginners' French: Introduction to Language and Culture.

My Sandbox
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