User:Giantflightlessbirds
 Mike Dickison | |||
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| Website: | Learning Skills Centre page | ||
| Blog: | www.giantflightlessbirds.com | ||
| Employer: | University of Canterbury | ||
| Occupation: | Learning Advisor | ||
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My Profile
I'm a Learning Advisor in the Learning Skills Centre, interested in using the Web to help students learn in better ways. I'm a fan of using Wikipedia editing as a teaching tool in the classroom.
My Sites
- Adzebill Information Design
- Get Net Savvy
- Pictures of Numbers has data display tips[1] for scholars
- Kiwi Ukulele [2] is my New Zealand ukulele companion book
Professional Background
I joined the Learning Skills Centre in 2008, after completing my PhD study of fossil bird bones at Duke University in North Carolina. I'd previously worked as a graphic designer at EOS Ecology, ran the inaugural Desktop Publishing and Design programme at Whitireia Polytechnic, taught writing and computer skills to immigrants and long-term unemployed, and was an assistant curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. I have a blog of data presentation tips for scholars called Pictures of Numbers, and wrote a book on how to play the ukulele.
My Projects
Get Net Savvy is a lunchtime seminar series at the Learning Skills Centre.
My Sandbox
Sandbox
The Basic Editing guide
Feedback & Notes from my WikiNeighbours
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: Hi Mike! I hope the headings help. If you fill in the personal info box, I will upgrade your status. --Nellie Deutsch 23:28, 5 October 2009 (UTC))
(: Excellent work, Mike! Looks like Wayne beat me to it. --Nellie Deutsch 00:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC))
