About Me
I am teaching
and learning at Woodcroft Primary School in Adelaide's South. My very exciting position is
"Assistant Principal - Learning in the Digital Age". The adventure is
well under way! The job allows me to play and learn along with teachers,
students and others.
During 2007 I have begun to study for my Educational Doctorate through
Flinders University in Adelaide.
I attended
and presented at the World Conference of Computers in Education in July
2005 in Stellenbosch, South Africa and had the amazing opportunity to
experience an African safari during my time there.
Check out the conference page here.
 |
ON SAFARI |
 |
 |
 |
 |
After returning to Adelaide in July 2005 I spent 6 months working at Saint Aloysius College in the city and had a Year 6 class with an Interactive Whiteboard in the room. SAC have certainly approached the integration of the Smartboards very thoughtfully with due consideration to the importance of curriculum integration as more important than the novelty value of the new technology.
From 2003
until July 2005
I was teaching at Aspendale Gardens Primary School in Melbourne.
This young school was filled with fantastic and enthusiastic staff who
are leading the way with the Integration of Information and
Communications Technology through a range of directions including being
selected as a 'CeLL' (Creating e-learning Leaders) school - a project of
ongoing professional development for staff within and beyond the local
school community. I also enjoyed the collegiality of the work I was doing with I.C.T.E.V.
as a State Council Member. (I have since returned to the CEGSA committee
in South Australia.) I trained as an Intel Master Trainer and
really appreciated the chance to work with other teachers through training,
professional development and a range of conferences. I have been a
presenter at State and National level as well as the recent World
Conference in Africa.
I taught in Adelaide from August 99 until February 2003. During 2002 I
worked as ICT coordinator at West Beach Primary School.
I
was a Discovery Network Teacher during 2001 and used some of my time
exploring improvements to student learning through teacher development. I
became particularly interested in students as tutors.
I
completed my Masters in Educational Computing at the
University of
South Australia in 2001.
| I love the colour Purple. |
|
I am into gadgets - who
else do you know who has a purple USB drive? It holds 128MB and is
tiny. IT HAS SINCE CRASHED!! LESSON: ALWAYS BACKUP EVERYTHING! Have upgraded to a 512MB silver one! All things change. Now have 1GB! |
 |
 Idgie |
 Labby |
 Sophie |
||
| I
Sadly since this page was first published Labby and Sophie have gone to the big dog house in the sky.
|
||||
 |
|
