Thread:Intro from Tim (1)

Hi Bronwyn and folks

I hope I'm doing this in the right place...

...I'm sure Bronwyn will move me on if I'm not.

Anyway, this is my fifth course in the Cert, so I'm hoping to be finishing this year, with only the Project to go after this one.

I teach at Manukau Institute of Technology's School of Foundation Studies, which is a bridging education programme for people who wish to pursue tertiary qualifications, but lack the entry criteria. They come to us first, for between one to three semesters, before embarking on the career of their personal choice. I teach communications (which is a fancier way of saying English without the poetry), maths (from time to time), computing (but, only to those to know less than me), and also a course for students who wish to prepare themselves for the Police Entry Test battery.

Enough about me...let's talk about me! I live in the wee town of Papakura (which is looking more like a hotchpotch collection of greater Auckland suburbs every day). I am married to Lisa and have a 13 year old daughter, Jacqui, with another one due in May (I know, it's a big gap, but now Jacqui will be instant baby-sitting material and handy nappy changer - this pleases me). I'm pretty keen on my sport, from the armchair perspective, and the biggest difficulty I face in life is not having Sky TV.

 This is me listening to Radio Sport because I don't have Sky.

To answer Bronwyn's question about what interests me about evaluation, what I already know and what I want to learn, I think is that, as we are all users of websites and online tools of various types, we are all evaluaters. We stick with the ones that work for us and ditch those that don't. So, my interest in this course is basically about trying to make sure whatever I may create is high quality, and also creates interest and enjoyment to facilitate repeated use. I look forward to learning more.

At this stage, and after an 'interesting' day that had all the qualities of a Shortland Street script, I have no idea of a project for evaluation, as yet.

Thanks

Tim