{"id":170,"date":"2015-02-08T23:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T23:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:59:10","slug":"aboutme-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/?page_id=170","title":{"rendered":"Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shadow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-76 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shadow-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"shadow\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shadow-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shadow.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Melanie M. Wong. I completed my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of Alberta. I have a Masters of Education from the University of British Columbia (UBC) specializing in Teaching English as a Second Language. My graduate work during this program focused on ESL Literacy and SMART boards. I also have a PhD in Teaching English as a Second Language from UBC. \u00a0My dissertation research looked at K-12 ELLs in a Technology-Enhanced Classroom. Currently I am an Associate Professor of Teaching at UBC.<\/p>\n<p>I have taught classes at the University of British Columbia (Face to Face and Online). In addition, I worked for the \u00a0Calgary Board of Education (CBE). I worked for the CBE in many capacities. I am passionate about ELL and using technology as a tool for learning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Melanie M. Wong. I completed my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"two_page_speed":{"previous_score":{"desktop_score":99,"desktop_tti":"0.9\u00a0","mobile_score":81,"mobile_tti":"4.4\u00a0","date":"23.07.2025 05:58:39 pm","status":"completed"}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewong.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}