Champion : Judi Gowing
Aug 30th, 2007 by alexanderhayes
[image : ace connections ]
Once in a while I get totally blown away with the dedication and enthusiasm of real champions who demonstrate a commitment to their learners.
Last month it was Dot Waterhouse from the AMES team and the month before it was Alex Miller with the Learning Technologies Team in Coffs Harbour.
This month I’m totally stoked with the work of Judi Gowing from the Tamworth Ace Connections team who has just sent me an email;
Hi Alex and Robyn
I created a little ‘masterpiece’ for our mid-session report. On Saturday, I
turned a movie created in Movie Maker into a Flash Movie using Toufee and
uploaded it to our Wikispace - it takes a while to load but I have the
Toufee techs on to it!!!
http://aceconnections.wikispaces.com/Mid_Session_Reporting
I used Audacity to create some audio, I used the Audio from the team visit
in Tamworth, I cut and pasted and fiddled with some audio from one of our
DiscoverE Sessions (it’s a bit dodgy in places!) and put it all together. I
was pretty pleased with the result and hope you are too!!!! I would like to
put it on the Media Wiki but that step is beyond me! Instead I have added a
link to it in Toufee!!
One of my team members has created a class Wikispace and I have too and our
students (Tamworth and Singleton) have been sending messages to each
other!!!! Student outcomes rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what inspires me. Someone who genuinely pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with the tools available with the result being a masterpiece which tells the beautiful story of where the learning has occured and which team members have got the most from the action learning at hand.
This is exactly what we are after……check out the Mid Project Report tab towards the bottom of the Ace Connections wiki page.
Well done Judi !
You rock !
Oh schucks Alex!
and to that I add this comment in an email to me last night ….
May I make you giggle by thinking how far I’ve come since the first LearnScope with you when I couldn’t even use PowerPoint!!!! Not sure if I should thank you or wish I’d never got involved!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!
Judi is preparing the Tamworth regional event pretty much on her own as well as teaching and facilitating a project…. and is still smiling. Thanks Judi - we really appreciate your ahrd work and dedication.
well done Judi!
you are a great model for teaching / facilitating online. We are lucky to have you in the ACE sector !
I whole heartedly agree that Judi Gowing is a Champion - both in the ACE and TAFE sector (and wider still)
I have had the great fortune of working with Judi for many years starting as an enthusiastic learner in the ACE Diamonds Project and she soon showed what a sparkling diamond she was… becoming a Mentor in ACE Diamonds in the second year.
I have kept Judi working with me as a cofacilitator whenever possible so we have had great fun and challenges in the ‘Girlstalk06′ and GEES Conversations project.
A pure talent of dedication and determination to make sure all things are in place and that all participants in her team are supported and encouraged. Judi helps keep me on track and focused an absolute gem cofacilitating in the Virtual classroom!
A toast to Judi - Champion of champions!
Cheers Viv