[WikiEducator] Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread Gita Mathur
Dear WikiEducator Friends I am very happy to note today that I have been selected for the UPE for December 2008. Do visit my page at [[User page:Gita_Mathur]]. I joined WikiEducator on October 2008 and I find this is a very strong medium for Education the world over. I attended a F2F worskhop on L

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent?

2008-12-09 Thread Alex P. Real
Maria, I more or less share your definition (socialization is coercive), particularly glaring in Maths. Only realized they could be fun when I decided to unlearn and design my own learning environment to pass first year Statistics. Since then I taught Statistics and quan methods to fellow stude

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Congratulations, Gita. You have inspired many members of WE to add color. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C15 http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller skype:nelliedeutschmuller On Tue, De

[WikiEducator] Re: WE Phase 3.0

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Dear Leigh, Let us start with the items as listed by you plus, collaboration requests for new project and some crucial tips on using WE, opinion of famous academicians/administrators about WE etc. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http:/

[WikiEducator] Education for a Digital World

2008-12-09 Thread Sandy
You are invited to contribute to a Collaborative Book, Education for a Digital World! The first edition was published by CoL in July, http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/5312 Interested in contributing to the second edition? Jot down your name, email address and area of research/interest in th

[WikiEducator] Re: Education for a Digital World

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Done! -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM Skype: apletters On 12/9/08, Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Hi Congrats! On 12/9/08, Gita Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear WikiEducator Friends > I am very happy to note today that I have been selected for the UPE > for December 2008. Do visit my page at [[User page:Gita_Mathur]]. > I joined WikiEducator on October 2008 and I find this is a ver

[WikiEducator] WE e-Newsletter; Technical Discussion

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, (Please recall earlier discussions on Newsletter) I am not that much sound in the technicalities of e-Newsletter, how let me start this discussion with the following note. I understand that we have following options with regards to an eNewsletter. - Text only newsletter: N

[WikiEducator] WE e-Newsletter; Technical Discussion

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, (Please recall earlier discussions of e-Newsletter) I am not that much sound in the technicalities of e-Newsletter, however let me start this discussion with the following note. I understand that we have following options with regards to an eNewsletter. - Text only news

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread Savithri Singh
Dear Gita, I knew you were up to things and it would lead to this!!! :) Congrats!! and Love, Savithri 2008/12/9 aprasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Congrats! > > On 12/9/08, Gita Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Dear WikiEducator Friends >> I am very happy to note today that I have been s

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread Patricia Schlicht
Absolutely, I agree with Nellie, Gita, great work on your part! Congratulations With warm wishes, Patricia From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NELLIE DEUTSCH Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:27 AM To: wikieducator@goog

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Foerster
Gita, We're happy to recognise you -- it's well deserved! Cheers, -=Steve=- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discu

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent?

2008-12-09 Thread Leigh Blackall
Socialisation is coercive, therefore violent... Is this what you intended Gunther? And what part does Wikieducator, OER, COL, UN and UNESCO play in other forms of socialisation? - Cultural colonisation? - Legal imperialism? - Economic globalisation? - Political homogenisation? Or di

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent?

2008-12-09 Thread Maria Droujkova
Just to clarify: I don't think socialization is necessarily coercive. I think mandatory curriculum is, though. Math is especially notorious for being a highly coercive subject, partially because it is often used for gatekeeping rather than intrinsic purposes. By"kiddie torture" I meant children li

[WikiEducator] Re: WE e-Newsletter; Technical Discussion

2008-12-09 Thread Wayne
Hi Anil -- Wow Anil --- You're dedication and the time you donate to WikiEducator is an inspiration for all of us! Following the wiki approach -- I think that it would be appropriate for us to collaborate on the authorship of the newsletter in the wiki. We can then decide on alternatives for dist

[WikiEducator] 2008 Edublog awards

2008-12-09 Thread Wayne
Hi Everyone, James over @ Edublogs posted an update message on the 2008 Edublog awards. It seems that the polls are close, so if you haven't had a chance to cast your vote for the best educational wiki --- now is the time :-): See: http://edublogawards.com/2008/best-educational-wiki-2008/ We als

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread chela5808
My dear Gita: Well done !!! Absolutely you deserved it. Your page shows the way you are committed to the project, as well as your innovative capacity. My congratulations!!! :-) :-) :-) <--- A buch of happy faces. Gladys Gahona http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 On Dec 9, 2:58 pm, St

[WikiEducator] Re: Award of UPE

2008-12-09 Thread Pankaj Khare
Congrats Gita. On 12/10/08, chela5808 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My dear Gita: > Well done !!! > Absolutely you deserved it. Your page shows the way you are committed > to the project, as well as your innovative capacity. > My congratulations!!! :-) :-) :-) <--- A buch of happy faces. >