User:Ndoiron/Mongolia-Background

Mongolia Background

Personal Attributes

• Native speaker of American English (I am from the state of New Hampshire, but I do not have a Boston accent)

• Experience reading, writing, transliterating (Nicholas -> Николас), and typing with a Mongolian keyboard

• Knowledge of basic Mongolian phrases, and eagerness to learn more

• I believe the best education is a global one. This idea is as important for me as it is for Mongolian students. We will all need this experience to use technology and work in international business.

• The first book which I could read was "Go Dog Go". Today, my favorite fiction books are "Inkheart" and "Transall", and my favorite non-fiction books are "The Singularity is Near" and "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind".

• Interest in the environment, sharing of cultures, and the potential of technology.

• Technical skills in programming, website development, and content creation

• Mathematical skills with a focus in civil engineering

Past Work in Education

I have worked on many projects for OLPC. In summer 2010, I worked in Uganda for 8 weeks and taught geography and science applications. Most of the Ugandan students and teachers had English as a second or third language. Please see my photos and writing on the Uganda Experience page.

I wrote lesson plans and recommended learning websites for programs in several countries.

I revised, coded, and wrote a section for computer programming textbooks at Deitel, Inc. The programming languages were Java, Visual Basic, and Visual C#.

Past Work with OLPC Mongolia

My experience creating content for OLPC Mongolia

• GeoQuiz Mongolia: a geography puzzle game. Students name each of the aimags of Mongolia.

• Typing Turtle for Mongolia : typing tutor - included translating prompts, and localizing lessons to Mongolian keyboard and vocabulary words

• SocialCalc: a spreadsheet and graphing tool. I programmed the graphs, translated labels in the activity, and created new examples for my original lesson plans. Batkhuu Ichinkhorloo translated these lesson plans into the Mongolian language.

• Map Activity - I incorporated a Mongolian language translation into my Map activity.

HappyCamel

I have created a travel map website and photo-promoting website for HappyCamel.com , a Ulaanbaatar-based trekking travel company

I was interested in traveling to Mongolia, so I spent time creating layers and interactive maps for the company. Recently, I was asked to update the maps and I did so.