User:Alejacha

Hello dear friends, welcome to my user page!! ''If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not Love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge... but have not Love, I am nothing.'' 1Corinthians 13, 1-2

= About me ... =

I'm Alejandra Guajardo from Lima, Perú, South America. I'm studying a linguistics master degree in Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. During the last six years I've been working as a coordinator of a post graduated linguistics course focused on minority and endagered languages at Ricardo Palma University in Lima city: CILTA.

From this year I'm participating in an on-line academic program on introductory linguistics courses for our university students, using moodle. Also I started a blog in edublogs called Aula de Linguistica for my on-line students and a page in Aula de Linguistica for my on-line students and a page in Facebook for this blog. I hope these virtual communities could motivate my students with their learning in a virtual room.

= Interests =

I'm interested in languages, intercultural experiences, education of adults and web 2.0. I spend many time on the internet searching information about moodle, blogs, podcast and any tool that allow me teaching better and sharing ideas and experiences. Thank you for this incredible opportunity to learn about wikis and collaborate with this incredible community of educators. I'm really newbie at all of this but I'll do my best!

Update....September 2011 :)


My beautiful son Daniel is 1 year old!! Cute :)

= Professional Background =

I made translation and humanities studies at Ricardo Palma University from 1992-1998. During those years I participated in a Spanish - Quechua translation project to develop dictionaries. At the same time I worked as a manager and editor for a well-known bilingual magazine about mining in my country.

In 2004 I started to work for SIL International, a " U.S.-based, worldwide non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy and aid minority language development". This experience has given me the opportunity of understand and see people from other cultures in a total different way. Because of that, I decided to studied linguistics at UNMSM in Lima in order to learn about internal functioning of languages and their closed related links with society. At the same time I continue working as a coordinator of a postgraduate university course "CILTA" sponsored by Ricardo Palma University and SIL International.

As self-taught person I am very curious and persistent. In 2007 I started to research about new education technologies and social web sites. I found a new world. Last year I was chosen by my institution to form a work-team of teachers and develop an online academic program to deliver courses about linguistics by internet. Currently I am devoted to carry on this challenge.

"More details about my personal and professional experience (in Spanish)"



= My Interests... =

I've had many interests in my life and some of them change from time to time according with new situations and experiences. Sometimes professional and personal interests mix.

= Linguistics =

= Minority Languages =

= Instructional Design =

= Education of adults =

[[Media:Twelve_principles.swf|Twelve Principles for Effective Adult Learning]]

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= Moodle =

Collaborating education communities

 * Wikieducator
 * Storytelling and Cultures
 * Classroom 2.0
 * The Open University
 * Integrating-tecnologies.ning
 * Internet en el aula

Blogging

 * Notas de Lingüística
 * Aula de Lingüística
 * Diplomado CILTA
 * Recursos CILTA
 * ¿Sabías qué...?
 * "Aula de Lingüística" in Facebook

 = My Projects... =

At Wikieducator

 * 1) Linguistics Course Guide (in Spanish)(in process)
 * 2) "Lingüística sin límites" Course(in process)
 * 3) "Notas sobre Pragmática" (in process)
 * 4) "Notas sobre Lingüística Cognitiva" (in process)
 * 5) Online Linguistics Course

E-learning projects
Aula de Lingüística "Aula de Lingüística" is an online course in Moodle on Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics and Phonetics. The courses were designed to show a panoramic view of the complex linguistics field.

For more information, please see: Cursos Fundamentales por Internet

Resources for online learning:

Moodle tools to interact with students

MY TO-DO LIST

 * 1) Continue working on my user page
 * 2) Develop a page for the topic: Instructional design in Adult Education
 * 3) Develop a page for any topic in Linguistics
 * 4) Translate a Wikieducator's page into Spanish
 * 5) LINGUIST
 * 6) FONET



= My Reflections... =

= About L4C Workshop =

¿How was the start up?: ''At the beginnig I was very frustrated and sad. I couldn't find the right links to edit and misunderstand some instructions (maybe because my poor knowledge of English language). But then I realized that I had started this workshop with a wrong actitude. After many mistakes I changed my mind and said: "Now I'm a white paper sheet. I don' know anything and I want to learn" After that I 've made positive progress!!''--Alejacha 17:46, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I am a wikineighbour! ''What can I say but Thank you!! It's a nice opportunity to help, make more friends, share experiences and give flowers!! I will say hello to new participants in L4C on-line workshops and try to help them to develop their user's pages.''

I became a WikiApprentice!! Apprentice: "One who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling"(Werriam-Webster Dictionary). I'll never stop to be an apprentice in life. I thanks my dear facilitators Gita, Nellie and my dear wikineighbour Gladys who shared their experiences, time and passion with each of us. --Alejacha 05:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

= Hey! I'm a WikiBuddy =

"A WikiBuddy has acquired the skills to become an active member of our peer-based, development community. A WikiBuddy pairs with other WikiEducators to provide help and support using our communication tools and educational elements in the wiki".

''It has been a one-month journey since I started my learning process at WikiEducator. It's difficult to me to explain (in English) the significance of this experience in few words. I think I can summarize it as POSITIVE, CHALLENGING,  ENCOURAGING and REFRESHING. ''

''I've found an incredible community ready to help and share their experiences and open to new ideas and challenges. All the time I have been supported by Wikimembers, (now WikiFriends!!) but at the same time I've felt completely free to express my ideas and create content.''

My commitment is to continue developing open educational content and resources as well as collaborate and help new Wikifriends in their way to become Wikibuddies.

= This user page =



''First, it was an empty page. No templates, no color, no frames. It was intimidating but at the same time it gave a sensation of freedom. The use of html codes made it easier. I do thanks to all wiki friends and L4C facilitators who helped me to develop my user page. Special thanks to: Rima, Gladys Gahona, Gita Dr. Dilip P. Barad .... because their pages inspired me (and I stole many codes from theirs pages :)...  I feel so comfortable with this space that I've started to mention it as my personal web page in other sites. I'll continue working on it, adding more material and information, trying that this page expresses myself, my ideas and hopes.'' P.S. I do recommend you to visit Gladys Gahona's "My Testing Laboratory" in her User page.

= My Sandbox =

Vamos a jugar

= Photos and videos... =

= Presentation about Peru =

[[Media:Peru.swf|Presentation about Peru]]

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= Feedback and Notes from my WikiNeighbours =


 * --Gladys Gahona C. 03:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * --Gladys Gahona C. 03:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)




 * [[Image:Mafalda.jpg|left|50px]]Hi Kalpana. Thank you! What you see in my page it's what I learned from all my wikifriends (also copying the codes... ;)and I continue learning from all of you. The mainly approach I have had to Indian languages is.... Bollywood... I love those Indian films and I'm a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and beautiful Kajol (sorry about my spelling). I would like to undestand dialogues in the original language but I understand it could be different variants of Hindi. There are some sounds in Hindi we don't have in Spanish specially some vowels. But what seems a challenge for me is the writing systems! :) Warm wishes --Alejacha 16:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Welcome to come and stay with me as a guest whenever you can. I'm sure you'll learn any Indian language real well. Happy Diwali! --Kalpana Gupte 17:52, 24 October 2011 (UTC)




 * [[Image:Mafalda.jpg|left|50px]]Hi Dr. Savithri, thank you for your fine words. I'm happy for this honor. WE is an incredible community of learning and I feel I learn a lot from all of you day after day. :)Best wishes --Alejacha 15:36, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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