This is such a supportive reply, thank you, I feel like I have a blank canvas on which to create, what a gift. I will have a think about it and then start creating. In thanks Jane
On Nov 29, 10:16 am, Patricia Schlicht <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jane, > Wow your background sounds very interesting and most definitely you would > have all it takes to develop training materials for our global community to > use locally. The good thing about WikiEducator is that you can take anything > and make it fit for your local environment. I see many things that could be > created just looking at your background, which I find inspiring. > > Just recently a few months ago there was another culinary expert, I will try > to find him, can't be that difficult, which would already make two, if he > is interested. > > As you say, the Culinary Site is in its infancy, born out of an interest to > cook myself and interest in ethnic cusine for all to share and enjoy. You > can make the site whatever you want it to be, because we are an open > community, so with consent of others involved, you can take a direction and > go for it. The site could have several components with different people > working on different goals. If you want to take the lead, feel free. What > you will find that goat keeping and all that is involved will find interest > in Africa and Asia and there again you will find others to help you. This is > the beauty of collaboration. The initial challenge is to find like-minded > people. Do you want to be a member of WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration > Portal as well. Some 1000+ people are on this site and I am sure it will > open up other avenues. I can subsribe you to the site, if you would like. > > You will find the WikiEducator community very generous in giving time and > effort which is why we are all here, so the sky is the limit. > > My suggestion would be to create project page, maybe a subpage of the > existing Cullinary Education site, which you invite people to contribute, > calling for team members, and announcing this on the discussion forums, > develop a concept note, a project plan, goals and targets, tutorials etc. It > has been done with other projects successfull. Collaboration is one of > WikiEducator's strong points and if you take your skills and apply them to > what needs to be done, you will end up with a very sustainable project that > can be used by everyone. > > We an open transparent, open online community, so all is done out in the > open. You will also find that people will join you along the way which is > always very helpful and maybe you will come out with materials that can be > taught on WikiEducator, which is useful to many more than you envision right > now. > > When you believe in the cause of an undertaking, your beliefs will become > your thoughts, your thoughts will become your action and your action will > become your passion. Consequently, your passion is not work but the source > of satisfaction, fulfilment and and joy, it is really up to you. > > Warm wishes > Patricia > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Jane Scripps <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > A bit about my background. Chef and hospitality training for 3 years > > in England; I was very fortunate to go to the 2nd best training site > > [at that time] in the UK, and worked with some inspired people, 2 of > > which authored the texts used for training for over 20 years. Lots of > > work opportunities around the UK both during term time and in holiday > > breaks. Then to Marks and Spencer Ltd, then the byword in corporate > > training, to enter Catering Management and take on various small and > > large sites, that meant small and large stores, ending up at the No 2 > > store at that time, and involved in corporate catering as well as > > industrial and store management. On emigration to NZ I worked in the > > hospo industry for while and then entered tertiary education > > designing, teaching, assessing and moderating chefing, front of house > > and other things. Onto national training advisor for the industry and > > then to a new city and parent hood and combining similar work with > > raising kids. More recently I have set up the Modern Apprenticeship > > scheme and Adult Community Education scheme in my city for my then > > employer. As part of my new business I will provide work place > > assessment. > > > My thoughts on the above Project. > > > I understand this project is in its infancy and that is such a good > > time to get involved. You may have read media coverage of the increase > > in interest of food grown and cooked locally, but informed by > > international nutritional knowledge. We are all aware of water > > scarcity and the regular stress large communities are put under by > > natural disasters. Whilst this project can deal with all this I think > > it would be worth while discussing linking organiponica based > > community garden development with the use of produce in various > > recipes. Perhaps down the line incorporating the keeping of goats and > > making products from their milk, chickens and their eggs etc. > > > We would need to decide on a goal and plan towards it, then the tools > > we would use to facilitate it, film clips, images, visiting > > specialists. Before we start I would like to see who else would like > > to be involved and how we could network out. I will tap my chef > > colleagues for their support and may find one or two of altruistic > > persuasion, cross fingers. > > > What do you think? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > > To visit wikieducator:http://www.wikieducator.org > > To visit the discussion forum:http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
