User:Balqis Thaahaveettil

                                                                                       

Balqis Thaahaveettil
Website:	http://singnspeakenglish.blogspot.com/
Blog:	http://njaanam1.wordpress.com/ http://www.wiziq.com/balqis815275 http://scienceedify.blogspot.com
Employer:	Markaz Training College
Occupation:	Lecture in Educational Psychology and Life Sciences Online Tutor for ESL and Science
Other roles:	Online Counsellor ,Teacher trainer ,Painter and Writer
Nationality:	Indian
Languages:	English ,Hindi and Malayalam
Country:	India
	email
This user was certified a WikiBuddy by Anil Prasad .
This user contributes using Skype on SkypeID: balqisthahaveetil. Follow tweets from this user via @BalqisThaahavtl.   This user signed the   Cape Town OED This user is a WikiNeighbour for WikiEducator. This user page has been featured at the User Page Expo! This user was a proud participant of eL4C51. This user is a WikiAmbassador for WikiEducator. This user was a proud participant of eL4C54.

This is Balqis Thaahaveettil from India.I am a college certified lecturer and have passed the national eligibility test to teach at colleges and secondary level.I have worked as a teacher educator /trainer at teacher training college,giving lectures in educational psychology and I can indeed help you to start learning difficult subjects through simplified ways.I can teach learning theories as well.Iam also interested in teaching school children science and math subjects.I can teach graduate students life sciences,basics of Educational philosophy and ofcourse English too in a more interactive,learner centered way assuring you to overcome and tackle with problems of your varied learning styles .I'm a dedicated tutor online for spoken english and free classes are given from wiziq.com[[1]] website. I can give you proper guidance to help you reach out the aspirations regarding your academic outcomes as well .I have taken degree with English as a second language (ESL),Study english learning skills with me.I'm glad enough to help students ,teachers and others to get on their way with their own inbuilt capabilities and to see them set off free to their own desired horizons.I love sharing of knowledge

Educational Qualification

 

• Post graduate Degree in EducationUniversity of Calicut, India Nov 2003 - Mar 2005

*Bachelor of EducationUniversity of Calicut, India Jun 2002 - Jun 2003Post graduate Degree in in Zoology University of Calicut, India Jun 2000 - Jun 2002Bachelor of Science in Zoology University of Calicut, India Aug 1998 - Jun 2000

• I had my degree with English as a second language ( ESL ). Professional Exams & Certifications National Eligibility Test for Lecturership for teaching colleges at degree level by the Government of India NCTE,UGC, NET by UGC India Year Of Passing: 2007

• State Eligibility Test for Higher Secondary for teaching schools all levels by Government of Kerala State Kerala,India. Year Of Passing: 2004.

My Interests

I am interested in teaching and sharing the knowledge.I like to meet and exchange knowledge with people around the world,helping others especially. I'm also eager to contribute to the OERU content developing online

 

Personal

I am an ardent lover of Philosophy ,Literature ,Science and Arts..with a humanitarian outlook .I live in Kerala,a beautiful place where you should visit one day ! I am interested in teaching ,counselling,gardening ,reading ,telling stories, writing poems ,blogging ,cooking ,making things ,thinking about the ultimate reality ,painting and sharing knowledge and the list goes on and on ...

Personal Spreading the word of WE

I have spread the word of WE

I have been spreading the word about WE since I joined it on 2011.There were many who joined this but some of them were adopted by me as they wanted help to get in.I had them join here through theInternational coooking recipes group we have on facebook for WE Culinary Education initiated by Patricia Schlicht.A few users have already joined us and many are on their way .Some of them are adopted by me as they need constant assistance .They are 

1.Momina Patel

2.Shabnaaz Mall

3.Tammy Taiba

                                                                               

                                                    Learning contract text   

Agreement	By signing this optional learning contract I will try to complete my training in basic wiki editing skills to achieve the status of a Wikibuddy. In return for this free training opportunity, I will give the gift of knowledge by donating or developing at least one free content resource licensed under a CC-BY-SA or CC-BY license which can be used by myself (and others) on WikiEducator.
Brief description of project	I have made visual resources on microteaching in collaboration with Dr.Cynthia  and a gallery of diagrams and visuals including important learning theories in  Educational Psychology for graduate and post graduate students of Education which is very important for prospective teachers  I have completed a lesson plan for teaching moral development theories of Piaget and Kohlberg for teachers of educational psychology I have decided to make a general introductory course for students of Psychology on Anxiety ,Stress and Depression with my classes online I have decided to develop a page for all those interested inEducational Psychology  by collaborating with other educators
Target date for completion	Three of them are completed .The last one will be in the state of progress as I wish to contribute towards OERu content developing and I will to continue it.IA
Signature	--Balqis_Thaahaveettil 14:05, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

                                                                          

My contributions to this Knowledge Sharing Platform
Courses on psychology :An Introduction to Stress,Anxiety and Depression Casual English Classes on Idioms and Informal English Lesson Plan for teaching Moral Development among Children                                                 http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac48/4mgs/flowers/031.gif

My Web Pages

Web Resources

You can find me here - http://edtechfuture.wordpress.com/ http://psychologymadesimpler.blogspot.com http://thaahaveetil.blogspot.com/ http://njaanam1.wordpress.com/ http://scienceedify.blogspot.com/ http://singnspeakenglish.blogspot.com/ http://www.wiziq.com/balqis815275

My Professional Background

I am a college certified lecturer and have passed the national eligibility test to teach at colleges and secondary level.I have worked as a teacher educator and teacher trainer at teacher training college,giving lectures.Now I am giving online classes too

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At present l am giving online classes on communicative english and psychology (especially educational psychology).

You can watch the recording of my free classes here ► (Balqis Thaahaveettil)

You can join wikieducator with me by Creating a new account; Watch 'How To' Below

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Read it out here ; Why join WE? The Benefits 

Photos by me

Media

Jasmine in my garden Jasmine in my garden Jasmine in my garden Jasmine in my garden Jasmine in my garden Flowers in the backyard Flowers in the garden Flowers in the garden

 I love flowers and butterflies

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Try these and find it out- Multiple Choice Questions about Wiki Educator

A Multiple Choice Quiz

• Question 1 What does Wikieducator Community aim to develop?
  • 1 The WikiEducator community aim to develop open content resources in support of all national curricula.
    • Correct Answer
  • 2 The WikiEducator community aim to develop content resources in support of all national curricula.
    • Incorrect Answer
  • 3 The WikiEducator community aim to support teachers
    • 3 Incorrect Answer
• Question 2 Who is the founder of WikiEducator
  • 1 Wayne Mackintosh
    • Correct Answer
  • 2 Wikipedia
    • Incorrect Answer
  • 3 None of the above
    • Incorrect Answer
• Question 3 What is meant by OER ?
  • Open Education and Research
    • Incorrect Answer
  • Open Education Resource
    • Correct Answer
  • Outsourcing Open Education
    • Incorrect Answer

To see visitors to my page on world maphttp://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac48/4mgs/butterfly/038.gif

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Valuable feedback from my Wiki Educator Friends

My First Experience on WE (: Hello Balqis, thanks for joining this workshop. we are happy to have a champion like you! --R C Sharma, PhD 08:51, 26 June 2013 (UTC)) (: Dear Balqis. I see you have made a great start, well done.Looking forward to seeing how you progress - Michael (Mverhaart 11:19, 21 September 2011 (UTC))) Thank you so much Michael Verhaart .Your complement really boosted my confidence to try and dare to edit the rest of the page :) Re: Hi Balqis. Now you are ready to edit a real "shared" wiki page. The Introductions is how we introduce people to a page other people can edit and as an added bonus helps to create a class community. Please add yourself to the page otherwise you will miss out on one of the best parts of this course, connecting to and meeting others in the Wikieducator family (If you are afraid of making a mistake the facilitators are keeping an eye on the page and we can aways tidy up if we have to!). Cheers Michael (Mverhaart 22:32, 23 September 2011 (UTC)) (: Hi Balqis, Greetings! Congratulations for having decided to join eL4C!...and wishing you a very interesting and worthy learning time with the eminent facilitators of our WikiEducator family! Warm regards Anil Prasad 12:25, 24 September 2011 (UTC)) (: Hi Balqis,You have given a wonderful start to your user page!Congratulations.We are really fortunate to have a team of really committed facilitators to help and guide us every now and then.Luckier still to have wonderful personalities like Anil Prasad whom we can emulate.Lets go ahead and make the most of this workshop! ) --Khrachss 01:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC) (: Dear Balqis, Great progress you have made. Congrats!. Please complete your Info-box at the top and I will certify you. Warm wishes--Patricia Schlicht 18:11, 25 September 2011 (UTC)) Dear Balqis, brilliant to see you have completed your introduction, now others know you are here you'll be connected to lots of others in the wikieducator family. Warm regards Michael (Mverhaart 10:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)) (: Dear PatriciaPatricia Schlicht and MichaelMverhaart, its my pleasure to join this group of eminent educators .Thank you so much for the guidance and help.[[Balqis]http://wikieducator.org/User:Balqis_Thaahaveettil]]]) (: Hi I liked your page --Ravi limaye 18:31, 27 September 2011 (UTC)) (: Dear Balqis, nice to meet you here. You could conduct a free public class about eLearning for Content and bring in teachers and learners in your circle from [Wiziq]. Your wiki page has links to your training sessions! You are already sharing knowledge freely. Welcome aboard Wiki Educator community.--Sebastian Panakal 00:33, 28 September 2011 (UTC)) {{Note|Hi Anil Prasad Anil PrasadThank you so much for your warm welcome and support you have given me .I appreciate your ([[all my facilitators:User:Pschlicht,User:Mverhaart,User:Anil_Prasad)efforts to keep us on pace with the updates .Balqis}} {{Note|Hi Sebastian Panakal--Sebastian Panakal,I will try my best to follow your suggestions and words. I will certainly try to conduct free classes about eLearning for Content ,once I get to know everything about wiki educator .I saw the recording of Patricia Schlicht'sPatricia Schlichtclass on wiziq[Wiziq] .Yes I'm already sharing knowledge freely as you mentioned and that's an interesting proposal !Thank you for your appreciation .I would like to know more about wikieducator and want to collaborate and join in ventures it may undertake in the future regarding free education and open learning .[BalqisUser:Balqis_Thaahaveettil}} {{Note|Thanks Abdul--Khrachssfor encouraging me to make the most of this online collaboration Balqis}} {{Note|Thanks Ravi --Ravi limaye for your nice words [BalqisUser:Balqis_Thaahaveettil}} Hi Balqis, I saw your application for Wiki Apprentice level 2 on the request page. I went ahead and certified you directly to level 2. Congratulations, you've certainly learned the skills. I've enjoyed looking over your page. Your WikiNeighbour, Alison Snieckus 22:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC) Hi Balqis, You have done brilliantly well (I look at my comment at the start and its neat to see how far you have come). Thank you Alison for certifying Balqis. Michael (Mverhaart 10:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)) Hi Michael, Thank you so much for the continued inspiration .It's my pleasure to have such a wonderful group as my facilitators .I am really excited to learn more about WE and want to contribute as much as I can to this brilliant venture .Balqis Thaahaveettil  {{Note|Hi, Balquis, I liked the various blogs, wiziq links and the revolving world map and was happy to see my Bhopal. You are very creative I also like the song and animation.Why don't you embeb that on your page ---Ravi limaye 05:47, 2 October 2011 (UTC)}} {{Note|Thanks Ravi --Ravi limaye for the liking my online pages.That was an excellent idea you are also creative .I will surely try to embed audio on my page and have already shared the animation . [BalqisUser:Balqis_Thaahaveettil}} Hi Balquis, This is in respect of your query on certifications. WikiEducator has a peer-recognition system to certify the wikiskills of its community members. Please see http://wikieducator.org/WikiMaster#Community_certifiers . This page will take you to further details on the skills to be mastered to get higher certifications. I am always happy to help you to acquire higher skills. Warm regards Anil Prasad 12:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC) {{Note| Hi Balquis, you had developed good wiki editing skills in a very short time and your user page is interesting and very creative. I had visited your blog and read the poems. Really I appreciate your interest and skills and wish you achieve many higher levels. Feel free to ask any queries.--Dr. K S Ramakrishnan 17:40, 4 October 2011 (UTC)}} Welcome to eL4C51 Hello and welcome to eL4C51, a free online Learning4Content wiki skills workshop. You may wish to check the schedule of the workshop, introduce yourself, and check the list of participants. Whenever you have the time, click on each of the above links and/or start ahead of time with the Pre-Work and Day 1 activities. Enjoy the workshop :-) Your facilitators: Patricia Schlicht Wayne Mackintosh Michael Verhaart Gladys Gahona Sebastian Panakal K.S. Ramakrishnan Benjamin Stewart Ramesh Sharma Hi Balquis, Congratulations!It's really great to see you win the U P Expo for Jan 2012.I am sure that you will go ahead with your mission and we can look forward to more people making use of your endeavours.Warm regards --Khrachss 13:03, 9 January 2012 (UTC) Thank you Khrachss for your encouraging words.I hope to complete this collaborative mission to help the people in a brand new way --Balqis_Thaahaveettil 22:53, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

---- Facilitators - eL4C54

EL4C54 - WikiEducator Learning4Content Workshop: Learn Wiki Skills for leveraging the potential of Open Educational Resources
June 26 to July 10, 2013

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  Ramesh Sharma

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  Pankaj Khare

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  Gita Mathur