congratulations David On 11/11/14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > ============================================================================= > Today's topic summary > ============================================================================= > > Group: [email protected] > Url: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/wikieducator/topics > > > - WikiEducator User Page Expo (UPE) Winner for October 2014: David Leeming > [3 Updates] > http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/4de4b93b4d88ddb1 > > > ============================================================================= > Topic: WikiEducator User Page Expo (UPE) Winner for October 2014: David > Leeming > Url: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/4de4b93b4d88ddb1 > ============================================================================= > > ---------- 1 of 3 ---------- > From: Pankaj Khare <[email protected]> > Date: Nov 10 01:34PM +0530 > Url: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/msg/81ad3508b1d59812 > > Congrats David.... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > *D**r. Pankaj Khare * > MTech, PhD > *Registrar* > *Stu* > *dent Registration DivisionIn**dira Gandhi National Open University* > Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110 068 India > > Phone: +91-11-29571316, 29571302 > > > > ---------- 2 of 3 ---------- > From: Sarita Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: Nov 10 05:32PM +0530 > Url: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/msg/48b68f6a574981d2 > > Great..Congratulations David. > > > -- > Sarita Kumar > Associate Professor > Acharya Narendra Dev College > University of Delhi > India > > > ---------- 3 of 3 ---------- > From: "David Leeming" <[email protected]> > Date: Nov 11 08:07AM +1100 > Url: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/msg/20617c5af677ee69 > > Hi, > > > > I am quite honoured by this but surprised too, as the page is quite old and > I have not updated it for some years. It’s a good reminder to do so!. > Wikieducator still retains an essential place in any engagement I have in > regard to digital literacy and the tutorial is still very useful and > appreciated by people I have worked with especially teachers. In this part > of the world we still have appalling connectivity, with almost all rural > schools in Solomon islands unconnected; those that are struggle with some of > the highest bandwidth prices in the world; even in Honiara it is not true to > say that broadband is widely available if you go by any contemporary > definition. I pay USD 420 per month for a 256 connection – add on purchasing > power to the equation and for most the Internet is way out of reach beyond a > meagre allocation of megabytses in their mobile phone top-up, quickly > gobbled up by Facebook. The dominant telco hasn’t changed their ADSL prices > since at least 5 years or more, and the authorities seem to be dominated by > neoliberal ideologies, the consequences of the resulting uneven market > response means that most school children still go through their entire > school careers without acquiring any digital literacies. However, even with > these challenges we see some light, a new satellite Internet company Kacific > is launching a Ka-band HTS satellite in a couple of years that will bring > cable-like connectivity in terms of prices to any inhabited island in the > region, which should shake things up tremendously in favour of the digitally > marginalised. So my point is that many educators and learners have not yet > had the chance to benefit from collaboration and creativity tools such as > Wikieducator, this will change and with benefits of scale that may mean > content communities take on critical mass and educational institutions will > begin to engage with the technology seeing it as more widely applicable. So > I remain a huge fan of WE. > > > > David Leeming > > Solomon Islands Rural Link > P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands > > +677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h) > > www.rurallink.com.sb > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Sarita Kumar > Sent: Monday, 10 November 2014 11:03 p.m. > To: WikiEducator > Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator User Page Expo (UPE) Winner for > October 2014: David Leeming > > > > Great..Congratulations David. > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Pankaj Khare <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congrats David.... > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr. Pankaj Khare > > MTech, PhD > Registrar > Student Registration Division > Indira Gandhi National Open University > Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110 068 India > > Phone: +91-11-29571316, 29571302 > > > > On 8 November 2014 17:55, Ramesh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > The WikiEducator <http://wikieducator.org/UPE> User Page Expo ("UPE" to its > friends) is an ongoing event to acknowledge WikiEducator user pages that are > particularly informative, innovative, visually appealing, or otherwise just > plain clever. > > We are happy to announce the winner for October 2014. He is David Leeming. > Lets learn more about him and the excellent work he is doing. > > > > > UPE Award 4 October 2014 > > > <http://wikieducator.org/File:DLeeming1.jpg> DLeeming1.jpg > > <http://wikieducator.org/User:Leeming> David Leeming is a consultant in ICT > for development and education based in Honiara, Solomon Islands. In addition > to being an experienced project manager and workshop facilitator, he > specialises in ICT for education, educational technology and sustainable > rural development. He has worked as the Technical Advisor to the Solomon > Islands People First Network, and more lately on the delivery of education > services to remote areas, as manager of the <http://www.schoolnet.net.sb/> > DLCP project establishing distance learning centres connected with VSAT > broadband Internet in Solomon Islands. The People First Network (PFnet) is a > rural connectivity project consisting of an HF radio email network of "email > stations" managed by remote and rural communities. Applications of > information sharing and knowledge building are run over the network, > including distance learning, financial and commodities, government, health > and other information. Further, he has also been involved in to design an > Oceania implementation of the “One Laptop per Child” (OLPC, popularly known > as the “$100 laptop”) programme. He has facilitated workshops on national > ICT strategy building, working with stakeholders in Solomon Islands and > PNG. > > Let's congratulate <http://wikieducator.org/User:Leeming> David for being > the UPE winner for October'2014! > > with best wishes, > > Dr. <http://wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller> Nellie Deutsch and Ramesh > Sharma <http://wikieducator.org/User:Rcsharma> > > -- > -- 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] > <mailto:wikieducator%[email protected]> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEducator" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- 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] > <mailto:wikieducator%[email protected]> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEducator" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > > Sarita Kumar > Associate Professor > Acharya Narendra Dev College > University of Delhi > India > > -- > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > -- > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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