Employment and Experience
(See the 2004 update)

This section of my portfolio is designed to show the 'tracks' I have made as a professional, in the areas of research and education.

For more than 20 years I have worked as an educator in Australia, Zambia and Kuwait. My experience has been mainly with secondary age students (12-18) but I also have taught younger school students and lectured at University level to adults.
My initial subject area is music, in which I have a Master of Arts in jazz related research. As well as jazz-based curriculum I have developed educational approaches to the integration of music technology into the curriculum.
Over the past decade I have focussed more on the emerging needs of technology within education and have completed study at the University of Melbourne to become a qualified ICT teacher. Currently I am completing another Masters degree at the George Washington University in Educational Technology Leadership.

Having come from an Arts background originally I am interested in the 'human' side of computers and the de-alienation of technology in everyday life. I am also interested in how telecommunications and computers themselves can be used as a medium for communication and creativity as well as to create wider understanding of local and global issues. I would like to be able to develop solutions for educators and work with management teams in a school to develop programs that give educators confidence and improve the learning outcomes of students. Over the past decade I have developed strategies in educational technology and had the opportunity to present ideas and discoveries at conferences and professional development sessions for staff.

More recently my family and I have had the opportunity to work and teach in other countries. My persepective on the realities, requirements and challenges of being an international educator have been developed through employment in British curriculum schools in Zambia and Kuwait.

For a detailed overview of my education and employment history view my
Curriculum Vitae [pdf]

For a summary view my Resume