Learning4Content/Workshops/Online schedule/eL4C24/Introductions



=Introductions=

Please introduce yourself and respond to each others' introductions as a Wikibuddy. Please add your Username and/or your wiki-signature. For adding your wiki-signature see page Help:Signature. Thank you =)

Nellie Deutsch
Hello, my name is Nellie Deutsch and I will be facilitating L4C24 with Gladys Gahona. I have been teaching English as a foreign language for over 30 years. I am currently finishing my doctoral studies at the University of Phoneix online in educational leadership specializing in curriculum and instruction. I am researching blended learning and instructor use of technology in higher education. I am passionate about quality instruction, collaborative learning, and integrating technology into the curriculum. I am passionate about quality instruction and learning and am doing all I can to promote free professional development for teachers worldwide. Please feel free to [mailto:nelliemuller@gmail.com contact me 24/7 for help] on how to use Wikieducator. Thank you --Nellie Deutsch 12:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Nellie, It will be my pleasure to assist you on this workshop =). Gladys Gahona --chela5808 23:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Gladys. You are doing a fantastic job. --Nellie Deutsch 16:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Gladys Gahona
Hi, my name is Gladys Gahona. I'll be your Junior Facilitator for this workshop. I am a Mexican private teacher. I teach Math, Chemistry and Physics. Looking forward to assist you on learning wiki skills and starting your Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Pilot Projects. My username is User:Chela5808. Please feel free to [mailto:gladysgahona@gmail.com contact me anytime]. Cheers. --chela5808 20:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Gladys, it is a pleasure and a wonderful learning experience to be facilitating eL4C with you. I am looking forward to many more. Thank you. --Nellie Deutsch 17:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Helen Davies
Hello, I'm Helen Davies. I'm an English teacher in a secondary school in France. I'm a proud Webhead graduate 2009 and very keen to learn more about ICT in the classroom. I'm new to OERs, so I shall be learning how to write wiki pages and discovering these new resources at the same time. I'm starting a MA in language learning and ICT this year. Bye for now--Helen Davies
 * Nice to meet a fellow Webhead. Good luck on your MA. --Nellie Deutsch 18:47, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the wiki-world !! Gladys Gahona. --chela5808 23:22, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, Welcome to the Family of Wiki-learners.I don't whether its your first experience here or not but i can assure you from my own experience that, its a wonderful group of people, working as a team and facilitators are always ready to help you.so, friend learn ,learn and learn.--Yanubha 11:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you on this page. I put some comments on your user page on the Discussions section of the page. --Phil Bartle 07:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Erica Layer
Hello, My name is Erica Layer. I work for the International AIDS Society in Geneva, Switzerland. I am originally from Minnesota, USA. I graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and served in the U.S. Peace Corps in South Africa from 2006 - 2008. I can see tremendous value in using WikiEducator, especially in resource limited settings. I am excited to learn more about WE so that I can start applying this resource to educational content. My username is Erica Layer. Looking forward to interacting with everyone! Erica.layer 11:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome aboard Erica. So we are colleagues, I am a chemical enigeer ! We are learning lots one to each other !--chela5808 15:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great to have have with us, Erica. I am looking forward to collaborating with you. --Nellie Deutsch 16:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Erica. There is so much to learn here and I get frustrated too when I put a sign in the wrong place !! Looking forward to learning together --Helen Davies
 * Nice to see you on this page. I put some comments about your user page on the Discussions section of the page. --Phil Bartle 07:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Anubha Das
Hello Buddies! I'm Anubha Das. I am an Assistant Professor, teaching Zoology to undergraduate students at University of Delhi,India.I believe learning is a continous process and life is full of learning opportunities. The only thing is we must identify and grab those oppurtunities. I am participating in eL4C21 workshop also and friends, really it feels great,a sense of achievement. I want to learn more about WE thats why i joined this workshop eL4C24,and hope that very soon i'll be contributing my creations to WE.Looking forward to meet many ingnitious mind here, All the best to my fellow participants.--Yanubha 11:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Anubha, we are both Tiger's lovers. Yessssssss !--chela5808 15:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Anubha, you are doing an incredible job. Keep up the good work. --Nellie Deutsch 16:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Anubha, your page is great - I'm impressed !! --Helen Davies
 * Nice to see you on this page. I put some comments about your user page on the Discussions section of the page. --Phil Bartle 07:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Jimmy Okello
Hello and greetings to all. I am Jimmy Okello. I am an administrator working with Radio Apac, a community radio station found in Northern Uganda. I am part of this course courtesy of AMARC and I am interested information communication technologies for improvement of service delivery in my community. Learning to use the Wiki offers a new opportunity. Well I have so far managed to reach here and hope I can go further with the wiki education.jokello 10:44, 31 March 2009 (EAST).
 * Hello Jimmy - I'm pleased to have got this far too :) --Helen Davies
 * Hello Jimmy, great to read your introduction. I would be interested in learning more about Radio Apac. --Nellie Deutsch 21:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oliotia Sebo. Nice to see you on this page. I put some comments about your user page on the Discussions section of the page. --Phil Bartle 07:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Jimmy, I've been a radio fan since my childhood, Community Media is a very promising source of educational content in WikiEducator, I'm learning... Thanks for this. Gladys --chela5808 15:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Marsha Guthrie
Hi everyone. I'm a bit late but officially signing on. My name is Marsha Guthrie and I am a Jamaican resident in the island of Barbados. I work with an international NGO as well as with the regional development bank in the Information Services Unit. I am a part-time tutor and always looking for a new way to communicate with my students, thus my interest in using wikis. I look forward to interacting with you all!
 * Great to meet you, Marsha. It's never late to wiki. I am glad you are here and your students will be, too. I know mine are very happy with Wikieducator. --Nellie Deutsch 23:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you on this page. I put some comments about your user page on the Discussions section of the page. --Phil Bartle 07:26, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Marsha,Nice to meet you in this workshop. Your page looks impressive.I had left some comments for you on your userpage also. All the best.--Yanubha 19:40, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Phil Bartle
I was an aid worker overseas and a sociology professor, but health has stopped me from travel, so I do it vicariously through a web site of training material for community workers, over five thousand pages and half a million page views per month. Organized a not for profit society, Community Empowerment Collective (CEC) of about two hundred on line volunteers, mostly translators. Annual budget of zero. I have dedicated all our training material to WikiEducator so you are invited to visit and see what is there that you can edit for your own purposes, I have got all the help I asked for from WikiEd, and enjoy meeting the others I meet.--Phil Bartle 07:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Great to "see" so much of your work on Wikieducator. I wish I could keep up with you. :) --Nellie Deutsch 09:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello my dear professor. CEC is definitely a jewel you have so generously donated to humanity. Thanks for the training material. Gladys. --chela5808 15:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Phil,Great to see you here also.You put those comments on my userpage discussion section? Because i wasn't able to locate your comments.--Yanubha 19:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Phil, it's better late than never ! I saw your comments on my userpage discussion section and put my reply there; After some thought, I'm not sure whether that was the "right" place. Should I have replied on your discussion page ? Hmmmm, finding my way round this new "structure" is very interesting --Helen Davies

Nandozi Carolyn
Thats my name. I am into developing OERS i need more assitance on how to organise my material into OERS.Am very happy to see good people's intros here its very good to be aprofessional somewhere well though am not actually. Am a teaching volunteer ACFA Uganda NGO (www.accessuganda.org) a Vocational Institute  where we train school dropouts for vocational skills well am not yet agood teacher to avail nice content. Am involved into the Elearning projects where we are developing online content mainly for farmers. We are trying to sensitise people to make their resources open.

Our current project is Open Distance Learning Network where we will develope ODL content for farmers in different aspects like the community radio, wiki and mobile. OUr content will soon be on the page its a big team. --carly 09:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks Nellie and its a good workshop though a bit behind catching up now.
 * Hello Carolyn. I am looking forward to learning more about you. Please feel free to add to the others' introductions. Thank you.--Nellie Deutsch 08:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Victoria Spagnolo
Kia Ora. My passions are my whānau and helping other parents by working with Playcentre. I focus on adult education by being a tutor with the Wellington Playcentre Association, a member of the SPACE team, and a member of the New Zealand Playcentre Federation Education Team. Some of the tasks I do well and some I am still learning.

I started out as a Computer Engineer (I am old enough to think in octal) and only after children did I understand how little I knew about people. I came across some NLP training and took a chance. It remains one of the best things I have ever done in my life. Suddenly, people made sense to me, not just machines. I would not be a tutor without those skills and I am certainly a more capable mother.

My distractions are currently 1) clearing the back section and 2) watching Star Trek Voyager.

And thank you to Wayne Mackintosh, whose passion got me here.

--Victoria Spagnolo 23:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Kia Ora. You are an inspiration, Victoria. Passion is catchy. I am looking forward to our continued collaboration. Have you considered a project on mothers? I am sure you would have many members. I would love to collaborate on the development of a workshop on parenting. --Nellie Deutsch 08:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)