User:Sebastianpanakal

Today is 27, August 2024 = My Profile =

Hi Friends! My passion is teaching. My parents were teachers. My grandfather and great grand father were 'Guru's, the village teachers. Teaching is in my blood.


 * I am the Principal of eSchool Kerala, an online teacher training college.
 * I am the Chairman of GeoGebra Institute of Kerala, India.GeoGebra Institute of Kerala is the first the first GeoGebra Training Centre in India.
 * GeoGebra is a FREE Mathematics software that makes maths learning easy as it integrates Algebra, Geometry and Calculus. Learning or teaching using GeoGebra help you internalise maths concepts easy as Geometry, Algebra, Calculus and Arithmetic mutually assists the learner develop deeper understanding of maths concepts.

I help students, teachers, stay at home mothers and retired people channel their life experiences to earn, learn and learn while they earn.


 * 1) As a Skype educator, I teach them social networking using Skype. Some network with people all over the world and invite them to visit God's Own Country. They work as Tourism Ambassadors.
 * 2) Teachers master Wiki Editing skills at eL4C, eLearning for Content (A Gift of Knowledge, the FREE WikiEducator Online Training) to become eTeachers.
 * 3) Learners make online friends, develop their language and culture skills. Anjana Reghuraj (age 10 yrs) Std V student of Cochin Refineries School, Akhil Iqbal (age 15 yrs) Std IX student of Delta Study and Akhil Jayakumar (age 14 yrs) Std VIII student of Model Technical Higher Secondary School are my team members. They work with me in promoting WikiEducator and GeoGebra. These school students who volunteer as online tutors to their global friends also earn some part time income as honorarium for their service. School students are my co-facilitators at my Vedic Mathematics and GeoGebra classes. They teach their peers at Hooked on Links Worldwide. I have asked my friend Anne Mirtschin to connect them to her #reinventschool, at Twitter. I share the vision of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, as presented in his book titled "India Vision 2020".I am an [International Online Facilitator at WikiEducator.] I use the GeoGebra to help YOU go global. School students interact with their peers across the globe. They develop spoken English and learn each others' culture.
 * 4) I arrange face to face eL4C training at an Akshaya Centre near your home. I am an online trainer at Wiziq.

Education
My schooling was at: Edward Memorial Government Upper Primary School, St. Luiz Secondary School Santa Cruz High School As a college student I studied at Sacred Hearts College and St. Albert's College I have introduced Wiki and OER during 2 x 3 day workshops I conducted at three different colleges in Kerala: Sacred Hearts College, St. Peters College and St. Alberts College. About a hundred and twenty lecturers and professors of various colleges in Kerala have been introduced to "A Gift of Knowledge" project to date. As a Wiki Neighbor, I have invited the teachers to WE.

My Interests
Social Entrepreneur

I have helped marginalized village folks to use social networking to promote international brotherhood through tourism in God's Own Country, Incredible India.


 * I boosted the poor villagers' self image by developing their thinking skills: courtesy "Six Thinking Hats" method of Dr. Edward de Bono. Three minutes of focused thinking and the thinkers decided to use their social networking ability: be Tourism Ambassadors.
 * I trained the poor villagers to use Skype. In Kerala, people are literate and can manage to speak English. Hence, mother and daughter twosomes, online teachers and myself had skype conference with people from UK, Germany, Japan and Australia.
 * We showed scenic photographs and video clippings of Kerala and described the beauty of Gods Own Country. Rustic innocence of these simple folks captured hearts, made friends easy.

Members of eSchool's Thinking Club, villagers of Kumbalanghi Tourism Village and our overseas guests had a wonderful time. We celebrated Onam, Kerala's rustic festival. Indian Union Minister K V Thomas inaugurated the celebration. Experience is the ultimate wealth, one that cannot be taken away from you. CNN news clipping uploaded at YouTubeExperiential engineering by not-so-well-educated fishermen families. eLearners' Club


 * Senior citizens have a lot of time in their hands. School students reach home long before parents and have time in their hands.
 * Connect the seniors with juniors using Skype, develop language and culture skills of eLearners. Improve their emotional intelligence, thanks to interaction with the senior citizens.
 * Canvass people who want to develop their conversation skills, collect tutoring charges and help the now fluent conversationalists become language teachers. We have a Conversation Club designed for this project. Watch it at YouTube students turn teachers news clipping.

Higher Education Reach Out (HERO) As Wiki Ambassadors, my team promote OER by campaigns and seminars: A Gift of Knowledge. School / College students are invited to use Wikis to collaborate on green projects. A Wiki project at Nirmala Higher Secondary School is championed by Darsana Joseph]. I train teachers and learners acquire Wiki skills in face to face workshops so that they can contribute to OER Wiki. Fusion Mathematics I teach Fusion Mathematics, (a combination of low-tech Vedic Mathematics and Excel Spreadsheet program) to school children combining data modelling using Excel and models based on Vedic Mathematics. Vedic Mathematics is an Indian System developed by the sages to teach numeracy to illiterate farmers. Teaching Thinking I enjoy teaching thinking using "Six Thinking Hats" method of Dr. Dr. Edward de Bono.

Professional
My team plan to use Wikis for direct marketing of fish. Fathers catch, mothers make ready-it-to-cook, daughters take orders and sons deliver it direct- a family business run by marginalized fishermen. The Thinking Club is to launch this wiki project. Local media highlighted our successful trial run. This video show broadcast by the local channel shows the online marketers: our mother and daughter teams in action.

Personal
Born on 5 October 1951. After college, worked in Hotel Industry in Kerala. Executive and Management posts in Bahrain, Oman and Dubai. Established a Computer Training Centre at Cochin in 1980 and have been training students of all ages in Internet and Communication Technologies. == Photos ==  My Projects


 * eTeaching Train teachers to use WIKI, Web 2.0 and other inclusive technology to empower the teaching community
 * eLearning Train learners to use WIKI, Web 2.0 and other inclusive technology to empower the student community


 * Introducing Schools &amp; Colleges to OER Wiki I work with my team of Wiki Ambassadors at awareness campaigns on WIKI and OER projects. I am sure, all teachers in Kerala will become WikiEducators, once they learn far reaching benefits of OER movement.

== My Sandbox ==

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Feedback &amp; Notes from my WikiNeighbours
Hi Panakal, Greetings! How r u? Hope you are enjoying the L4C in the company of our versatile and most friendly facilitators. Hope to meet you soon in WE collaborative projects. Warm regards Anil Prasad 04:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)    Hi Sebastian! It's a pleasure to know you and an honor to take part in the same Workshop with you! --Teromakotero 10:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC) Hi sir....happy to here with you on this platform..enjoy have a great day..--Shijisubodh 06:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC) == Feedback and notes from my WikiNeighbours == *Hello Sebastian, I look forward to co-facilitating the eL4C51 workshop with you! --Bnleez 10:46, 18 September 2011 (UTC) *Hello Sabastian! 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 Sebastian! I took the liberty of adding the user page boilerplate to your user page in order to give you some ideas. Feel free to modify it to your liking (or you may remove it as well). I also 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 12:41, 21 July 2010 (UTC) * Sebastian, have you given any thought as to a project you'd like to work on? --Benjamin Stewart 16:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC) * Sebastian, you are close to becoming a certified WikiApprentice 1. Delete the sections you don't want and add some italics and subheadings. If you need any assistance, feel free to contact me or one of your facilitators for assistance. --Benjamin Stewart 23:43, 26 July 2010 (UTC)  ** Congratulations Sebastian, you're certified! I would recommend that you delete the sections that you do not want to use. --Benjamin Stewart 18:12, 27 July 2010 (UTC)  * Hi Sebastian! Nice to know you! Greetings from Finland! --Teromakotero 20:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)     Help to my Wiki Friend at eL4C51--Sebastian Panakal 11:27, 21 September 2011 (UTC) Hello Sir, नवरात्रि के लिए शुभकामनाएं और आशीर्वाद --Ravi limaye 16:48, 4 October 2011 (UTC)