I developed this website and blog to explore the nexus between my professional and social life. It includes current and past projects, work experience, presentations, and ongoing reflections.
About me
I’m currently an educational evaluator at the NSW Department of Education. My twenty-year experience in education includes working as a secondary school teacher and ICT leader, teaching and convening in preservice teacher education, designing and delivering teacher professional learning, and managing several high-profile state- and national-level research projects. I’ve also worked on a range of research and professional learning projects where I’ve honed a skillset around developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with state, national, and international stakeholders from both government and industry. My research interests include understanding best practices in technology-enabled teacher professional learning, developing teacher autonomy and efficacy with ICT, and pedagogies for mobile learning and cloud computing.
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Through teaching, course development, professional learning, and research, my projects explore the intersection between technology and education. Collaborating with educators and academics from around Australia, my work has had state-wide and national impact.
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As a postdoctoral researcher, my underlying interests—and the opportunities I’ve been given—have taken me in a number of different directions. My work encompasses themes that include technology-enabled personal learning networks, STEM learning and teaching, professional learning, school leadership, mobile learning, and makerspaces.
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…like no one’s reading…
Just like they you to “dance like no one’s watching”, it’s probably time to write like no one’s reading. For me, that opportunity presents with a brand new website that’s at least six months away from being shared with anyone. It’s a rare opporunity to merge what feels like an online diary with what anyone …
My oh my! – exploring self-acceptance in the classroom
“What on earth is going on with my heart, as it turns as cold as stone? You know these days I don’t feel anything, unless it cuts me right down to the bone…” David Gray What do you say to the kid who asks you, “what on earth is going on with my heart?” Many …
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What can teachers like me learn from David Bowie?
(Image: Wikipedia) With David Bowie’s passing, I think many of us feel like we’ve lost a creative and gifted soul. Bowie was an extraordinary visionary and talented artist who was a hero to many. While often seen as very different career paths, artists and teachers share many values and one can learn much from the …
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