Nick Saturday
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I've been teaching English at higher education for the last 15 years: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych w Świeciu (School of Foreign Languages), Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych w Olsztynie (Teacher Training College), and Kazimierz Wielki University w Bydgoszczy. My conference presentations and publications range from culture, linguistics, semiotics, pragmatics, and teacher training. In the last years I prepared a few academic writing courses for BA, MA, and PhD students. Every year I conduct a lecture for overseas students on Polish history, culture, and geography. In my free time I try to take pictures, black & white if I can, or I watch Japanese anime and Studio Ghibli masterpieces.
In the last few years I tried applying educational platforms to higher education mingling it with external resources like wikipedia.
In the last three years I took part in establishing and running Gamedec - Game Studies & Design, where I could test the impact of project work, team work, and games in education. Gamification came as a bonus since I apply game mechanics in my courses since 2010.
If there is any spare time I devote it to travelling.
I have been applying Wikipedia in my teaching for years, took part in a few discussions, but I think it's high time to become a more active reviewer and author of new entries.