{"id":5040,"date":"2011-09-07T19:19:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T03:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2011-09-07T19:19:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T03:19:28","slug":"new-to-blogging-hello-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/2011\/09\/07\/new-to-blogging-hello-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"New to blogging…hello to all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n

My name is Jay and I\u00a0just completed a diploma in adult education and beginning my M.Ed in adult education. I am from small-town Manitoba but live in Vancouver now. I have a bachelor\u2019s degree in cultural anthropology and environmental studies through the University of Manitoba. Last August I returned to Canada after three years of living and working in southern Japan as an English and cultural studies teacher at elementary and junior high schools as well as in a private language school. Through the local board of education I also planned and facilitated a community adult English conversation and culture class in the village I was living and had a lot of fun with the group.<\/p>\n

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one of the schools I worked at in Japan<\/p><\/div>\n

My hobbies include music (listening to, not making), reading, fitness and travel. I also really enjoy cooking when I have the time, which unfortunately hasn\u2019t been much lately and I have a love for animals.
\nThrough my travels I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer educator in a town on the Thai-Myanmar border where I worked with refugee and underprivileged children as well as some local business owners helping them market products to foreigners.<\/p>\n

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staring contest with a deer...on a beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

I do not have a lot of experience in venture technologies or entrepreneurship which is part of my reason for taking the course. I would like to learn more about emerging technologies and how these can be incorporated into adult program development and deliverance. Through this course I hope to increase my skillset and tie together adult learning theory from other courses into the opportunities available with education technology. Though I am not in the MET program, I look forward to learning with the diverse group of people in this course as it seems you all of a lot of experience and knowledge.<\/p>\n

It took me a great amount of time to figure out this first post;\u00a0a sign I may be taking a pretty big leap with this course but I’m up for the challange!<\/p>\n

I look forward to learning together with all of you!
\nCheers!
\nJay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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