SCoPE/Seminar/Collaborative Projects/Introductions

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Introductions

Nellie Deutsch
My name is Nellie (Muller) Deutsch. My formal educational background is varied but my informal studies are even more so. I have a BA in English literature and linguistics, an MA in education specializing in curriculum and technology, and am currently completing a doctoral program in educational leadership specializing in curriculum and instruction at the University of Phoenix online. I have been teaching English as a foreign language for over 30 years and integrating technology into the ESL/EFL classroom since the 1990s. I have been involved in international collaborative projects and WebQuests via Moodle for the past 5 years. My first website, Nellie's English Projects was an experiment that evolved from a WebQuest and started me off as a webmistress in the days of html before web 2.0 tools. I facilitate online (Blended and full) and face-to-face workshops on how to use Wikieducator as a collaborative tool to improve instruction and learning and conduct online workshops and conferences. I also moderate live online workshops for Electronic Village Online which is a project of TESOL's CALL Interest Section, storytelling and cultures, and integration of technology and web 2.0 tools into the classroom on WiZiQ.

I am passionate about learning and am currently completing my doctoral studies in educational leadership specializing in curriculum,and instruction online at the University of Phoenix and writing my dissertation. I am researching blended learning and instructor use of technology in higher education. In my spare time, I mentor educators on how to integrate web 2.0 tools for instruction and learning. I would like to see e-learning available and free worldwide.

I am interested in collaborative and engaged learning, social networking, philosophy, mindfulness meditation practice, the Alexander Technique, art, writing and poetry. I am looking forward to collaborating with other educators on the best ways to integrate technological tools in order to facilitate and improve instruction and learning.

Please feel free to contact me by [mailto:nellie.muller.deutsch@gmail.com email].

Hello, my name is Gladys Gahona. I am a mexican private teacher on Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. I am currently involved in several wiki-activities: developing open educational resources, participating on workgroups, assisting and facilitating on eL4C workshops, participating on discussion groups, promoting our community outside, assisting in learning design projects, etc. I am deeply proud and honoured to collaborate with this team of so experienced and enthusiastic WikiEducators, please feel free to post your introduction and comments in the page.--Gladys Gahona 21:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Participants
Hello all. I am Hollis Sankar from Trinidad and Tobago,West Indies. I have been trained in wikis from wikieducator and am now in my 2nd course. You can see my wiki page at hcsankar I hope to do many more courses  with time. I hope to enjoy the course and help anyone if I could. Collaboration and team work are essential ingredients for success and the more we can learn of this and also practice what is learnt, we can succeed. Looking forward to much interaction and skill development. Thank you organisers for the invitation.