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"Getting together is beginning. Staying together is progress. Working together is success."- Rig-Veda.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere

Dr. Gita Mathur
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Employer:Gargi College, University of Delhi
Other roles:Teaching and Research in Botany and Development of Experimentation Kits for science in collaboration with NCERT
Nationality: Indian
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  • This page has been added as a link to the official website of National Science Digital Library at NISCAIR - Botany Section for the link click here National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) has included WikiEducator (my page) as a help for e-resources in Botany

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My sandbox Just like we play with sand, make a castle and then it gets back to sand, the same thing applies here.
Sandbox is a box on my page for trying out new ideas before putting them up on my page.

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My Profile

About Myself

Image:DSC_0750.JPG My name is Dr. Gita Mathur.

  • I am proud of being a Botany teacher.
    I teach undergraduates, in Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
    I have done my schooling from St. Thomas' School, New Delhi
    and Graduation, Post-graduation and Doctorate from University of Delhi.
    I belong to Delhi, was born and brought-up in Delhi too.

| My University| University of Delhi, India| Click here

| My College| Gargi College| Click here

| My Son's page| Vipul Mathur| Click here


I am this month's WikiEducator User Page Expo Award Winner (December 2008). UPE
I am an Associate Professor of Botany in Gargi College, an Undergraduate college of the University of Delhi with over 25 years of total teaching experience. I am a trained Botanist, but over time my interests have diversified – issues related to environment, science education - I strongly believe in free access to educational content and in collaborative learning not only among peers but also between a student and a teacher. Probably due to my long association with the Centre for Science Education Communication, University of Delhi, I like to introduce myself as a ‘science educator’. Besides my academic responsibilities, I spend a lot of time working on innovations in teaching Botany including designing experiments which can be done with minimum facilities. I am very fond of photography, especially close-ups of plants and flowers.
My Resume is here, read More about me.

Me and More about me


My WikiEducator friends

My friends of WikiEducator community are on the link below:
My WikiFriends

My Other Interests

  • Listening to music
  • Cooking and designing new dishes...., My Kitchen is my Lab too!!!

About my College - Gargi College, University of Delhi

To see the official Website of Gargi College. | My College| Gargi College| Click here

Gargi Alumni Association - Manaswini

Gargi College Alumni

If you are a WikiEducator, click here to join Gargi College Alumni

Manaswini 2008 Photos

See the pictures taken at the Gargi college Alumni Meet on December 20, 2008.

WikiEducator Workshop F2F L4C34 at Gargi College, New Delhi, India

The WikiEducator Workshop F2F L4C34 is being organied at Gargi College, New Delhi, India.
The name of the Workshop is "WikiEducator-Gargi 2009".

WikiEducator-Gargi 2009 Workshop - Pre-Workshop Tips

WikiEducator-Gargi 2009
WikiEducator Learning4Content Workshop. Face-to-Face L4C34
This workshop to be held from January 12 to 15, 2009, is for the faculty of Gargi College.
Dear Participants of this workshop, I welcome you all to my page.
Try out the following activities during the Winter Break whenever you have time. This will help you get the best out of this workshop.

  • See the Main Page of WikiEducator by clicking on the link in the box on the left side of this page.
  • Visit the India Page of WikiEducator India Click here and here
    Photos of the WikiEducator India Chapter Launch Programme are here. Click this
  • See the photo galleries linked to my page. Enjoy my photos.
  • See the video below.
  • See the presentation by Wayne by clicking on the slide to see the next slide.
  • If you feel confident you can even register before the Workshop starts. Click to see a Quickstart Guide.
  • Keep exploring here and enjoy this "WikiJourney" this holiday season!
  • To register on the confirmed participants' list for the Workshop, first register as WikiEducator(see the link above) and then click on the link below.

Please Note: You will get a mail on your email ID to confirm. Please answer the mail and then Log into your created account/User Page using your User name and password.


WikiEducator-Gargi 2009 Workshop Follow-Ups

The following links may be helpful to you:


*Dear Participants of this Workshop

Please click on the link below & go to "Report". Add your views and comments there.
This is your FIRST FEEL OF COLLABORATIVE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT....Gita

Learning4Content Workshops, Face-to-Face_schedule L4C34

Multi-Disciplinary Academic Advancement Hub

This Hub is linked to the WikiEducator-India Page here
This hub was started in the L4C34 Workshop in Gargi College.
Click on your subject and add link to your user page.
List out your contributions too.

For a sample click on Botany to see what I have added. C H E E R S !

Gargi College Hub

Gargi College Multi-Disciplinary Academic Advancement Hub
Joining hands to Build Open Educational Resources
Gargi College Chemistry  | 

Physics  |  Botany  |  Microbiology  |  Commerce  |  Physical Education  |  Mathematics  |  Psychology  |  Hindi  |  Zoology

Philosophy
WikiEducator Node For Gargi College



Click on the photos to enlarge Gargi College WikiEducators
To see some photos of the workshop Click Here for Gallery 1 and for even more Photos See this Gallery 2

Read the Workshop report here.

The List of Workshop participants with their user page links is here.

More Faculty are Joining hands.

ALL OTHERS ARE WELCOME....Meet me in College.

A talk about WikiEducator Gargi 2009 was delivered by Dr. Gita Mathur & Dr. Promila Kumar on Feb. 20-21, 2009 in JNU . Click to see details & synopsis here.Image:Freed.in GM-PK.odt


To see a Video of photo coverage of the WikiEducator-Gargi 2009 Workshop and one of Userpages developed at this workshop click here Videos



WikiEducator-Gargi at Freed.in Meet

A talk about WikiEducator Gargi 2009 was delivered by Dr. Gita Mathur & Dr. Promila Kumar on Feb. 21, 2009 in JNU .

Photos of Freed.in clicked by Mr. Niyam Bhushan.


Niyam Bhushan with the banner

Presention by Gargi WikiEducators Gita & Promila

The Auditorium at JNU

Discussions during meet

Uploading files using Open Office

See the instructions by clicking on this link Wikieducator_tutorial/Editing_using_open_office.

MY NEWS GALLERY

My Poster at an International Symposium

At the launch of WikiEducator-India Chapter

Dr. R. Sreedher Inaugurating the WikiEducator-Gargi Workshop

WikiEducators of Gargi College with Dr. R. Sreedher, Director CEMCA

Dr. R. Sreedher, Director CEMCA it Gargi College

Dr. Savithri Singh, Principal ANDC & Dr. Meera Ramachandran, Principal, Gargi College at the Workshop

Presentation on Modules of the Workshop

Dr. M. Ramachandran, Principal, Gargi College, Dr. R. Sreedher, Dr. Savithri Singh and me.

Presenting my paper

Receiving the Distinguished Teacher of DU award from Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

Delhi University: Inside the Main Gate

Distinguished Teacher Award

WikiEducator Gita Mathur

How I Became a WikiEducator

Click here to read about how I got started as a WikiEducator.

My Progress as a WikiEducator

Read here about my progress....the journey as WikiEducator

My WikiEducator Landmark Dates

Check out My WikiEducator Landmark Dates here.


Wiki Neighbour


I am a Wiki Neigbour
Click here to read about my role as a WikiNeighbour.

"Getting together is beginning. Staying together is progress. Working together is success."- Rg-Veda.

Wiki Ambassador

I am a WikiAmbassador

Click here to read about my role as a WikiAmbassador To see Promotional Video and a Slide Presentation By Wayne Mackintosh Click this Link

What I Plan TO DO as WikiEducator

Read this list of various ways in which I am thinking about and planning my further contributions as WikiEducator

WikiEducator Workshops

My L4C Workshops

WikiEducator Learning workshops are held both as Face to Face and Online modes.


  • Face-to-Face
L4C
L4C34 See the Gargi Workshop above
  • On-Line
EL4C15
I had participated in an online Workshop conducted by Patricia and Nellie. Click on the link to see details Log of the EL4C15 Workshop.This account was added by a co-participant Gladys. Now, after the workshop we are WikiFriends :-). Check out her page at Gladys.
EL4C22

Participated in an Advanced Workshop EL4C22 by Randy & Gladys
My workshop Log for EL4C22 is at Section 5 on this user page. Click here to see my workshop log.

EL4C26
EL4C27

Emailed Instructions for Participants of EL4C27 (image:comment.gif: These instructions have the external links and hence I am sending these by email to more friends & students who want to learn wiki skills but have not been able to participate in any of the workshops for personal reasons.
All are free to copy these instructions and do the same for their friend. --Gita Mathur 06:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC))
Workshop EL4C27 Participants and Photo Gallery

Anyone can get registered for the next Online workshop through the link on top of this page.

Topics of Interest for Content Development

Use the scroll bar on the right to see the full list below:

  • Botany, Plant Sciences.
  • Life Sciences.
  • Environmental Education.
  • Conservation of Environment.
  • Nature Photography.
  • Microscopic Imaging and Microphotography.
  • Student Interaction methods
  • Education at undergraduate level
  • Method of making WikiEducator still easier and more attractive for the Educator community


Dear WikiEducators, if any of the above are your areas of interest too, please click on the Discussion or Talk buttons above and leave your message. I welcome all those who want to join hands at this Great Task. Gita Mathur.

WikiEducator Projects of My Interest

Colours

=Colours

  • I find Colours very fascinating.....this page will echo my love for colours

*I love playing Wiki with colours :-)

  • However, in our enthusiasm to use colours we must remember that many persons are colour-blind. Do not use colours for distinguishing features. Here is a useful link to look at if you like using colours. [2]
  • On WikiEducator avoid colouring text as blue/purple as these are auto-generated colours for linked pages. A visitor on your page will click a blue text & wait for the page to open :-(

Steps for adding COLOURS to your Page

This page has been added by the course co-ordinator to | eL4C15 On-line Workshop 2.8.2 Advanced Users:-) Thanks Nellie and Patricia.
  1. Put in text on your page
  2. decide which set of words you want to colour
  3. add < FONT COLOR = "Green" > that is a less than sign followed by FONT COLOR then equal to symbol,name of the colour within double codes then add symbol for greater than.(Do not leave space between any symbols)in front of the text to be coloured.
  4. at the end of the text put the same syntax with the original colour name, otherwise all the text beyond this point will get the new colour.
  5. Example:I find Colours very fascinating.....this page will echo my love for colours
  6. Click on the edit button above this section and look at the syntax I have used in the line above.
  7. Normal colour names work but for names of more shades see the weblink I have mentioned above.
HAPPY COLOURING

This is a nice way to add colours  :-)



Here is another Colour Combo  :-) In a different size and style.


Real Life colours clicked by me & my Son...

Colours overhead Colourful beads Pencil ColoursColour Rings Toy


Photography and Photomicrography


I am very interested in photography


Click here to see samples of various methods of putting in Photographs on a WikiEducator page, as I have applied to this User Page.

Method of putting in Photographs on a WikiEducator Page

Simple Steps for putting photographs on User page:

1. Select the photo from your digital collection & click on its properties to see the size.
2. If the size is more than 2 MB, using any editing tool reduce the size to less than 2 MB.
3. Rename the photo (see renaming tips).
4. write the following in edit mode of the page where you want to place the photo: Image:Photo name.jpg
5. Save the page.The image name will appear in red on your page.
6. Click on the red location, Upload box will open. Fill details as asked. Click on upload.
7. If the prompt tells you that an image with same name already exists, please change the name of your image & reload. DO NOT CLICK ON THE 'IGNORE WARNING'.
8. If image gets uploaded go to your user page, the image would have appeared in the page.

Tips for renaming images/photos before uploading to WikiEducator

Image name Tips:

  1. . Names should be short but specific. I have used GargiWEGita1, GargiWEGita2 etc.
  2. . Avoid spaces as spaces get replaced by underscore eg. "Gargi WE Gita 1" will become "Gargi_WE_Gita_1", it can be a source of error on adding to user page.
  3. . Image name should not be common words like 'scene' or 'smile' or 'My Photo' which have the risk of duplication.
  4. . Image name can be kept as a constant series eg. GargiWEGita1, GargiWEGita2 etc. keep increasing the no. whenever you add new image.
  5. . We at WE give suggestions for renaming, not strict rules. WikiEducator is all about innovations :-)


Interesting Magnifying Tool

Click here to see Some magnified views
Bacteria E.coli






In the Botanical Gardens at St. Louis in 1999


My Floral Photos

See opening buds - Anthesis through my camera eye

Callistimon at Anthesis Gladiolus at Anthesis Water Lilly at Anthesis with a Turtle

Flowers in my garden in February 2009

Phlox Pink

Phlox White

Ice Flower

Pansy

Crossandra

Cineraria

Carnation

Cornflower

Petria Flowers


My Photo Gallery

  • Click on the photos to see enlargements.

St.Louis

Lake in Mussoorie

Botanical Gardens, St Louis

Office Max, a store in Chicago

Some More Photos

  • Click on this link to see another Photo Gallery

Here are some photos as a glimpse into my world

  • And for still more photos....

You may like to see my photostream at Flickr. Click here


My Botany Teaching and Research Pages

Click on this link to see my Botany Teaching and Research Pages

(image:comment.gif: Dear WikiFriends and Students, as my User Page had become very heavy with content, I have separated out MY BOTANY TEACHING AND RESEARCH PAGES to this sub-page. Hope it will be faster to upload for you now.--Gita Mathur 06:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC))

All those interested in Biology, Ecology, Biodiversity and Environmental Studies are welcome to contribute on these pages. --Gita_ Mathur 05:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

My Slide Presentations

Learning to upload a presentation

Learning to upload a presentation made in open office
Click on the link here and follow the steps in the presentation for uploading a presentation on WikiEducator.
This is for Open Source systems only.

  • See a preview here.

Learning to use a computer

Learning to use a computer
This presentation is for those who are totally new to computers. Ask them to see this presentation and become users.


  • See a preview here.

Reference Cards for use in Face-to-Face Learning-for-Content Workshops

WikiEducator-Gargi_2009_Reference_Cards
This presentation is a slide show for Newbies and for those who want to revise or practice WikiEducator Skills.


  • See a preview here.

Presentation slides - WikiEducator in Linux Delhi Meet

Developing Open Educational Resources: WikiEducator-Gargi 2009 – A Step Forward

  • See a preview here.
Talk by Two WikiEducators of Gargi College at a meet:
Freed.in – Getting There Together,
held on Feb.20-21, 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi.
Focus Area: Unfettered access to knowledge, especially for Education
Title: Developing Open Educational Resources: WikiEducator-Gargi 2009 – A Step Forward
Dr. Gita Mathur and Dr. Promila Kumar
Gargi College(University of Delhi), Siri Fort Road, New Delhi – 110049.

Learning in Virtual Classroom

My WiZiQ Sessions

Live Online Classroom
Click on this link to read more. Gita's WiZiQ Sessions

Some Add-Ons

Center


To Know some amazing facts about INDIA please click here [3]


Image:Edu03.gif This is Tux, the logo of Linux & here is a Baby Tux ...


Ubuntu is a flavour of Linux. If you are from Gargi, come and join the Gargi Linux Group.
To know more about Linux click on Linux

My Online L4C Workshops

May Workshop

June Workshop

Reflections




Reflection

My Reflections


Screen shot from Patricia's presentation on WiZiQ.com

Screen shot from Patricia's presentation on WiZiQ.com



  • May 9, 2009

We had a very interactive LIVE discussion today.
The presentation by Nellie and Gita is here. Click on the link to see the presentation.

Media:May_4_15_2009_WikiEducator_as_a_Personal_Lear.swf

The recording of the live discussion is now available....I have added the link here & you can see it.

Online Live WiZiQ meeting of the Facilitators and Participants of EL4C26

--Gita Mathur 16:55, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Reaching Our Targets (Learning 4 Content Workshops in the Commonwealth)

PDF_down.png Report: Learning4Content - The first 18 months - Download 1.7 MB


L4C Vital Statistics- 30 June 2009
No. of online workshops 28
No. of face-to-face workshops 58
No of countries (f-t-f workshops) 34
Participants registered 3001
No. of learning contracts signed 1280

Featured L4C Graduate

By nature I'm not very competitive, but somehow it was my goal to become a WikiBuddy. I was so proud of it!" ..
By nature I'm not very competitive, but somehow it was my goal to become a WikiBuddy. I was so proud of it!" ..
To be a good teacher you also need to learn and this is what WikiEducator gives, teachers become learners.

I'm Nadia El Borai, an Egyptian national living in Japan. My experience on WikiEducator started as I was interested in getting my lectures online.

I joined the UNESCO discussion group and received an email announcing the WikiEducator course which I took in February of 2008. I found the help of the community very useful and I was not inhibited even to ask the simplest questions. The course teachers as well as fellow learners were helping answer questions. Normally looking at a computer would initiate a yawn but I could spend hours trying to get something to work. Read more...


Discussion

  • NAMASTE.

This is Dr S Ramakrishnan.

Heritage Awareness makes one an Enlightened Citizen. The scientific heritage of India that is Bharatam is yet to get deserving global exposure because it is in Sanskrit. By virtue of being blessed with a doctorate in English and also in Sanskrit I have discerned my sacred duty to serve the great cause of intergenerational culture and heritage transfer through digital medium. Thanks to WiKiEducator for the unparalleled opportunity provided through L4C training.

May I request you to visit the Google Group recently opened by me titled "Foundation for Indian Scientific Heritage". Go through the Project draft where you will find Ethno-Botany also as an area of our activity. Join the group and participate in the discussions. http://groups.google.co.in/group/foundation-for-indian-scientific-heritage/web/body-to-soul-human-glow?hl=en

http://groups.google.co.in/group/foundation-for-indian-scientific-heritage?hl=en

With Pranams,

Dr S Ramakrishnan 05-10-2009

  • Namaste Dr. Ramakrishnan

This is very interesting & I am with you in this. Warm regards --Dr. Gita Mathur 02:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

  • Hi Gita. I hope completing the areas I did not find the time for earlier is oka. I am going to try. Thanks.--

Allison Sarjeant 10:26, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

  • Yes, sure Dear Allison. Everyone works in their own time frame in WikiEducator. Workshops are a starting point, just keep building up by learning more wikiskills. Let me know if you need help. Warm wishes.--Gita Mathur 17:57, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

  • Gita i was impressed with the website and wondered when i shall get there but iknow the question is only when. Please could send some clues on colours they are facinating.--parametrs 17:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your note Ronald. Just see my colours section(4) on this page. Read it & follow stepwise, you will enjoy adding colours to your page. Best wishes.--Gita Mathur 17:57, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


Discussion

Interaction Box - Hi, please put your comments and notes here or in 'My Talk' link on top of this page - Gita Mathur


  • Thx a lot for your nice words of appreciation. It really feels great to be in league of achievers. Trust me together we will keep the flag high!--Yanubha 14:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)





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