User:Bardo1000

My Learning4Content course home page

= My profile =

My name is Brendan Smith. I am an educator, with a family, and seven years of living in Vietnam.

Professional background
After many years as a business journalist I am now teaching English at the Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) campus of an Australian university.

Education
My preference is for a communicative style of teaching. Students gain much more by contributing.

Professional
Developing educational technology resources for students is what I have been focusing on, helping both teachers and students go beyond a basic online presentce of email, chatting or researching through the Internet.

Personal
Getting out of the smoggy city to enjoy the beach, forests and mountains is what I enjoy when there is time to relax.

 

My wiki projects

 * I registered for eL4C41, a Learning4Content workshop to learn wiki skills so that I could pass on those skills to colleagues and students. Subsequently I joined the eL4C42 worksop to keep building my wiki skills.
 * My optional community service (learning contract) project

Feedback and notes from my WikiNeighbours

 * Hello Brendan! If would be great to hear your experiences as to what was most beneficial to you in learning the wiki skills necessary to contribute to WE. --Benjamin Stewart 13:35, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello Brendan! I encourage you all to visit the requirements of becoming a WikiApprentice 1 and WikiApprentice 2, as we are here to help you achieve these goals. Feel free to contact me directly if I can be of any assistance. --Benjamin Stewart 12:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on setting up your sandbox, Brendan! --Benjamin Stewart 14:04, 25 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Brendan, you have made a nice start. Now keep going by adding more content, apply what you are learning during the course of each day. You are not far from a higher certification. Warm wishes--Patricia Schlicht 19:25, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Role as Ambassador
I sent to my colleagues this note to encourage them to participate in the WikiEducator project. It sparked some immediate interest, suggesting it may bear fruit at some later stage.

I had already written about the WikiEducator venture here.

My Sandbox
My sandbox

Page 2

A conversation
How long have you been in Vietnam, Branda. I'm from Vietnam and love to see onemore person from my country. Have you got any chances travelling around the country? Come and visit Danang City, the most beautiful and cleanest city of the country. Long

Hi Long. I have just now read your description of your studies. So you are in the language teaching business, too!--Brendan Smith 09:27, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

New Pages
An OOo Converter page2

Vietnam Country Page

Learning Contract project
Motivation for wiki use