WikiEducator:Community Council/Vincent Kizza

Nationality
Ugandan

Place of residence
Kampala,Uganda

Qualifications

 * Bsc, Physics and Mathematics.
 * Post Graduate Diploma in Education.
 * Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science
 * Msc. (Computer Science)
 * Certificate in Scientific Computing and Python for Data Science

Professional experience highlights

 * Fellow,International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP),USA.
 * Fellow,Open Leadership Institute(Creative Commons),USA.
 * Over 25 years as science educator in Physics and Mathematics..
 * Training consultant,Commonwealth of Learning
 * Teacher trainer in technology-curriculum integration.
 * Senior teacher trainer SESEMAT(Secondary Science and Mathematics) programe Ministry of Education and Sports.
 * GLOBE certified environmetal trainer.
 * Formerly,Director of Professional Development,PEAS
 * Headmaster,Einstein High School -Zana (2015-2017)
 * E-learning tutor at New World University
 * Member,World open Education Councilwikieducator community council.

Education Conference Presentations

 * At the "IST-learning Africa 2010 conference,delivered a paper titled : Harnessing Available Technology for Secondary School Education in Uganda
 * Co-presented a paper with Stephen Foerster on 24-25th May,2017,at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)at the Open Book Summit titled : Rapid OER Textbook Development using Wikipedia's Book Creator Tool

Publications

 * Here is a sample High school level instructional tool I authored to promote the use of open and widely acclaimed science simulations.PHET SIMULATIONS
 * I co-authored a research paper titled :PuppetPlay: Testing interactive puppets to promote reading comprehension in Uganda & El Salvador.
 * In 2016 ,I authored and presented a paper titled :Exploring open textbooks to improve education in Uganda at the Creative Commons conference in Cape Town,South Africa.