No worries!! Anyway, I´m on my way to becoming a cyborg :) More on TALO. Cross-posting always a nuisance. Wandering WE for several months but always postponed it, so appealing I had to harness myself into resisting!
Re research, so embedded it´s kind of embodied. Background in cult studies & social sciences, and can´t help dragging students into experimental ways whichever subject/language. When amused they forget about using L2, that fuels wanting to learn and provides new grounds for further research. Alex On May 16, 8:50 pm, "Wong Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alex , > > So sorry I mistaked you as a man ,coz I know another great person from TALO > he is from AUS he is a man ,he helped me a lot even interviewed me during > the FLNW conference in Thailand , > > well for wikieducator I am not the best person to introduce to you ,but if I > have to , I would like to say , I am sure wikiversity is doing great job but > I am personally growing with WE since their first L4C workshop , I was the > only one from China at that time and I learned so much from Wayne Randy > Leigh just to name a few here .WE is like a online home for me :) hope you > enjoy your stay here > > I have also done a reseach on my own teaching last year by also using real > life examples ,it was really a learning experience for myself , I need to do > more this year !! > > by the way teaching is just my part time job now , but love teaching for me > . > > My wikieucator pagehttp://wikieducator.org/user:leolaoshi( I canot access > that when I am in my school network ) > > I also replied you in talo ,have to go to bed it is very late here > > thank you for taking time doing this > > Leo > > 2008/5/17 Alex Preal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Hi Leo, > > > Finally here! Not a guy but a woman. From Spain. Sorry, but what´s so > > amazing about my suggestion?! Always introduced a real purpose within > > my teaching practice (whether social or not), enhances learning by > > providing a clear focus and stimulating minds. Student engagement is > > prime to me. My current research is about the interconnections between > > arts, technology & science and potential applications to social > > science methodology and language learning. > > > Drawing resources basically requires defining needs, a well-thought > > structure, and dragging people in. I know some who´d be glad to take > > part (NGO, lecturers, researchers, psychologists). > > > New here, so I don´t know if wikieducator is the best starting point > > (?) Or maybe one page here linking to wikiversity (?) > > > Cheers, > > > Alex > > > On May 15, 7:18 pm, "Wong Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I repost this from TALO group by a guy called Alex not sure where > > exactly > > > he is from ? > > > > *Crossed answers(?) Re my previous reply, it´s OK now. The thing is if SP > > > government doesn´t endorse, then there are no military aircrafts & the > > cost > > > of shipping is crazy; and if the Ch govrn doesn´t publicize aid is > > accepted, > > > that deters people & would be associated with Myanmar. Immediate relief > > > requires very specific items so the most straightforward is fundraising > > to > > > then send the appropriate stuff, but this requires a higher degree of > > trust > > > than in-kind. Sounds lousy but it´s how it works, at least here.* > > > > * * > > > > *Tomorrow I´ll get back to you (local holiday) with more info. By the > > way, > > > would you be OK for an email interview? Could you hang a video somewhere? > > > And jot down a few lines about yourself and what you want to do addressed > > to > > > an educational/academic audience? I´ll try to get it published. A > > personal > > > appeal is always more fruitful. * > > > > * * > > > > *In the meantime I think TALO could give a hand longer term, i.e., when > > > international relief aid finishes and reconstruction begins (?) E.g.: > > > Survivors will continue to need psychological assistance to cope with > > > mourning and online guidance/coaching for local professionals could be > > > helpful. Kids will need houses, schools & materials, etc. Entire new > > life. > > > * > > > > * * > > > > *C´mon, folks, don´t you think we could try to build a resource database > > > (docs, contacts, ideas…) which will be helpful in 3-6 months?! They will > > > need years. I hardly know anything about China but it´s worse not trying. > > > I´m submitting a proposal to introduce the China earthquake as a study > > > case/project at masters level to combine learning with a real purpose. > > > Could you do something similar, or in one class?* > > > > * **Alex* > > > > **I felt amzing by what Alex has brought into attention at TALO , he is > > > talking about something exactly what China need most and maybe it is > > > something WE can do it together by using its great commuity here ,we need > > > expert on Psychology and technology support but I determined to help Alex > > to > > > do this while I am still struggling with my own paper also . > > > > any comments ? > > > > Leo > > > > -- > > > blog:http://leolaoshi.yo2.cn > > > HELP项目https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject > > -- > blog:http://leolaoshi.yo2.cn > HELP项目https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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