Sign-Up

Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Answers

• 
  Harry B   Sept. 22, 2011, 8:19 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am currently a 12 year experienced English Educator at a Community College and Secondary English level at various high school, public and private.

  I am now located in Mexico City, working at ASF (American School Foundation) as the Assistant Librarian and Media Specialist.  I plan on staying in Mexico City to maximize my experiences of developing technology in a different environment.

  I love grant writing, working with environmental issues, nd of course, as an English instructor, love world literature!  

  Location: MEXICO CITY

  Standard Set Answer:

  I JUST started blogging when I moved to Mexico City to begin a new position!   Somewhere along the line, I felt I was missing something by not blogging!

   

   I need all the help I can get to enhance the basic skills I have started!  I hope to create a set of basic need to knows I can pass on to others by my individual experiences.

  I am interested in helping with organization!

• 
  Dan   Sept. 22, 2011, 10:57 a.m.

  Bio:

  A recent college graduate, Daniel Bryant earned a Bachelors in Communication Arts.

  Location: USA

  Standard Set Answer:

  I got interested in this topic because I want to start a blog. I want to write for a living eventually and blogging appears to be a solid platform for marketing.

  I hope to achieve refined skills at using blogs and addressing my internet-savvy audience. I also look forward to learning what else I can about blogging and writing.

  I am interested in helping with the study group organization. It depends though on committment required. More information would be handy to have. I will seek it out.

• 
  AndiRehak   Sept. 20, 2011, 8:51 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am a GA at Indiana University, pursing a PhD in Learning Sciences through the School of Education.  I am interested in non-traditional learning envrionments, especially academic support centers at post-secondary institutions.  My current research concerns e-learning and the new common core standards for mathematics instruction.

  Location: Indiana

  Standard Set Answer:

  All of the other graduate students in my department are blogging and it has occurred to me that I need to join in on this, except I don't really know how to blog professionally/academically.  So I hope to learn how to set up a professional blog that actually has followers besides my family.

• 
  Robert Hustwick   Sept. 19, 2011, 5:43 p.m.

  Bio:

  30 years old. 'Nuff said.

  Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan

  Standard Set Answer:

  • I am interested in this topic because I have always enjoyed blogging, but quite frankly... I'm not very good at it.
  • I hope to become a better blogger. While my blog is just a fun little side hobby, I want to be better at it. Not better as in "More readers," but better for ME. It's selfish, I know, but I want to make my blogging experience better.
  • I'm not opposed to it, so long as it's productive and beneficial.
• 
  bradh   Sept. 18, 2011, 7:15 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location: fort worth texas

  Standard Set Answer:

  Writing, as I learned many years ago in school, was not only an art -- but a tool of influence.  When I write, I can feel my own ideas actually start taking shape, forming, and expressing themselves.  So, I have always enjoyed writing -- and respect anyone who puts their writing online or in print for others to see.  But, I myself seemed to have gotten away from doing much of my own anymore -- and I would like to not only get back to being more of a working writer, I would also like to learn about what is the obviously the best way to write in today's world -- blogging.  This is the way that individuals tell their story, and to me, that is interesting.

• 
  Drkwood   Sept. 17, 2011, 8:06 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am a psychologist who works with people who have learning differences.  I also work in direct sales.

  Location: Maine

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am in the process of having a web site developed and want to have a video blog.  I hope that some information from the group will help me to be focused and "give good video!"

• 
  prettypinkponies   Sept. 11, 2011, 2:58 p.m.

  Bio:

  I'm fairly new to the blogging scene.  My blog's web address is www.myprettypinkponies.com and this is our mission statement:

   

  It's our mission to provide readers some insight by writing about the lessons we've learned and the lessons we continue to learn in our lives. The content we post is for anyone who could use some food for thought especially the young woman "standing in brand new designer shoes" weary about taking a step forward.  We hope you'll find value in stories shared by others who were in similar shoes...as pretty as the pair on your very own feet.  Afterall, walking tall and pretty in high-heels after stumbling isn't easy.  It helps to know others who have been there, have recovered and who are willing to share their secrets to staying "in-balance" on life's "fashion runway".
  Thanks for visiting.  We encourage your feedback and comments on how you manage to balance life on your trajectory to success.  Take a nice deep breath.  Then, put your best foot forward and make big strides!!!   Yours,   Pretty Pink Ponies ("3P")

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  1.  Relevant in my personal and professional goals.

  2.  Exchange of ideas, insight as well as contributing what I can to discussions.

  3.  Eventually.  However, right now, I cannot.

• 
  Anonym   Sept. 5, 2011, 5:24 p.m.

  Bio:

  biologist and english teacher, love music, movies and reading.

  Location: México

  Standard Set Answer:

  I like reading and writing, not in a profesional way, but it would be great to be more constant with my posts in a lichens wordpress I made the last year. And of course I'm able to help in what I can.

• 
  Ana Coelho   Sept. 2, 2011, 10:42 a.m.

  Bio:

  Hi! I'm a 23 y.o. Chemistry student in love with Plastic Electronics. I want to learn...well, everything I can, about everything there is.
  I live in sunny Lisbon with my boyfriend and two cats.

  Location: Lisbon, Portugal

  Standard Set Answer:

  I love writing, and have been thinking of starting a blog, but I'm completly blocked. I would love to get some tips and challenges to force me to write (lazyness is definitely a problem). Also, I'm trying to decide whether to blog in English (much broader audience, yet very saturated medium) or in my mother language, Portuguese (pretty much a desert and quite hard to gather readers). I'm not sure if I have something to teach, but I'd be glad to help out!

• 
  Lin Feng   Sept. 2, 2011, 1:37 a.m.

  Bio:

  I am a Software Programer. I have a daughter who is 3 years old. I love my family and other people.

  Location: ShangHai China

  Standard Set Answer:

   

  • What made you interested in this topic?
  • A: I want to record my life and my thinking. This is my blog:http://personaldignity.wordpress.com
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  • What do you hope to achieve by participating?
  • A: Have a wonderful blog. And can help me review my life.
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  • Are you interested in helping with the study group organization?
  • A: Yes. I am.
• 
  Fortino Garza   Aug. 24, 2011, 12:10 p.m.

  Bio:

  Location: McAllen Texas

  Standard Set Answer:

  Engineer, Teacher, CEO, and now mainly Trainer in Talent Managmet (Competency Models)

• 
  Nicola Hughes   Aug. 22, 2011, 10:23 a.m.

  Bio:

  I'm a physicist, zoologist, anthropologist, journalist extraordinaire! I like working with numbers and digging for anomalies. I'm a data journalism advocate with the developer platform ScraperWiki where I'm learning to scrape using Python. Previously worked at CNN International. For my full story you can check out the About page on my blog. I blog about Data Journalism but this now encompasses User Experience, Design, News Consumption and the Future of News. A tall order!

  Location: London, GB

  Standard Set Answer:

  I have a wordpress blog http://datamineruk.wordpress.com

   

  I'm @datamineruk

   

  I want to share my journey with blogging. I want to get help and give it where I can.

• 
  gh rocks   Aug. 7, 2011, 4:59 p.m.

  Bio:

  Soy un entusiasta artístico disfrazado de tecnológico, creo que el arte puede subsistir dentro de la tecnología, así como hacer que esta sea innovadora gracias a los pensamientos artísticos de la gente. Aprendí a analizar tendencias y me gustó, no puedo evitar analizarlas en distintos tipos de situaciones y conocer la mejor forma de salir de ciertas situaciones gracias a esto. La frase más profunda que ha salido de mi mente ha sido: "Todos soñamos y eso nos hace vivir". Pueden contactarme en twitter como @gh_rocks

  Location: Mexico City

  Standard Set Answer:

   

  • What made you interested in this topic?

  I have a website and I would love to check the difference between publisihing on spanish for Latin America and publishing for american people.

  • What do you hope to achieve by participating?

  Understanding a little bit more about cultural differences.

  • Are you interested in helping with the study group organization?

  If I'm available to do it, I would love to do it.

• 
  JonWebStar   Aug. 7, 2011, 2:22 a.m.

  Bio: Jon Webster, a graduate of The University of the Cumberlands, has read the Bible cover to leatherbound cover and credits this experience with the reason for his atheism. He has seen both sides of the argument having been raised in a Christian home, gone to a Christian school, and having graduated from a Southern Baptist college. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts with a minor in Communication Arts. Since leaving college and reading the entire Bible he has incessantly devoured any book or article and watched any internet video relating to religion. His hobbies include debating people on religion and politics in his spare time on facebook. He has seen Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, and Al Gore speak in person. He has been fortunate enough to have asked a question of Chris Matthews in person and have it answered before a live audience about the Presidential race during the 2008 election. He is currently working on a 366 atheist quote a day calendar. Jon now lives comfortably in Johnson City and owns his own business. He hopes to someday debate Bill O'Reilly in a formal setting to explain to him how the tides work.

  Location: Johnson City, TN

  Standard Set Answer:

  From an early age, I figured out that I was not interested in people's lives, sports, or mindless entertainment, but rather the more important things in life concerning religion, politics, and sought to understand the world around me as best as I could so that I could make the best informed decision I could on these issues.
  
  By participating in this topic, I hope to share my knowledge concerning writing but just as important and equally, learn as much as I can from other people in terms of how to write for the internet. I have developed my style and although it is still flawed, I want to fine tune it so that my writing can be as influential such as the great journalists I look up to such as Christopher Hitchens.

   

  I am interested in helping with the study group organization.

• 
  Zeno Rocha   Aug. 6, 2011, 7:38 a.m.

  Bio:

  Web Developer

  Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

  Standard Set Answer:

   

  I'm get started blogging and really want to know more about it.

• 
  Ricardo   Aug. 5, 2011, 4:22 p.m.

  Bio:

  Estudiante de licenciatura, aprendiz de musico y mas...

  Location: Mexico

  Standard Set Answer:

  1.- Soy parte de un Blog en el cual colaboro con articulos y me gustaria mejorar.

  2.- mejorar mi redaccion en los diferentes articulos en los que trabajo.

  3.- seria muy bueno asi no soy el unico que aprende.

• 
  RobertPeryea   Aug. 5, 2011, 12:45 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am a freelance writer and food service manager. Born in New Jersey, I have lived all over the United States.

  I am interested in learning almost everything and I am willling to share everything I know with anyone.

  Location: Wisconsin, USA

  Standard Set Answer:

  I have a blog that I am constantly striving to improve.

   

  I hope to learn more and share some of the things that I am learning.

   

  I will help when and where I can.

• 
  Stefanie   Aug. 3, 2011, 5:37 a.m.

  Bio:

  Stefanie Panke is Instructional Analyst at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In her current position, she supports the faculty at the School of Government in pedagogical and technological issues of online learning and teaching. Prior to her current position, Stefanie was Director of E-Learning at Ulm University, Germany, where she implemented various e-learning projects and initiatives. She teaches classes for the Department of Education and Psychology at Ulm University, and conducts application-oriented research projects on social media and open educational resources. Stefanie holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Bielefeld. In 2009, she completed her thesis on the information design of educational websites.

  Location: Ulm University, Germany

  Standard Set Answer:

  1. I contribute to an English group blog on educational technology and I write an individual blog about my work as Director of E-Learning. Also, my husband and I maintain a private blog on our exploration of Germany and Europe for our friends back in the U.S.

  2. I hope to get some input and ideas for regular postings.

  3. Yes, I guess - coudl you explain what that entails?

• 
  Chris Watkins   July 24, 2011, 6:46 a.m.

  Bio:

  Wiki consultant and director of the Appropedia Foundation. (Appropedia is the leading wiki for sustainabillity and international development.)

  From Australia, mostly based in Indonesia

  Location: Depok, West Java

  Standard Set Answer:

  I maintain a blog for my organization, and sometimes blog in my professional areas, and have a huge file of blog ideas, but have trouble making time to do it regularly.

• 
  LadyPirate82   July 15, 2011, 11:49 a.m.

  Bio:

  I'm currently in my final year of an undergraduate degree in Humanities. I'm pursuing the degree more as an exercise in determination than as an avenue for learning. I've always believed that the best and most important learning occurs outside of academia. After graduating, my husband and I will be moving to CA, where his employer is located.

  Location: New Hampshire

  Standard Set Answer:

  I feel I have a lot to share through my blog but am inconsistent posting. I think it would be awesome to have a group I knew was watching my blog, giving me feedback about my topics, and encourage me to write more often.  Also, I'll be plugged into a group and exposed to some unique and interesting blogs that I may never have found otherwise.  I'd be happy to help the group in any way I can. Really, what I want most is to increase my Web presence and expanding my social network with people I've never met that share a common interest.