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Penny Collins
I was inducted into the cult of Google in 2011 when I was lucky to be selected for the first Google Teacher Academy held in Australia. I am a science educator passionate about ICT strategy use, the integration of technology across the curriculum and professional sharing. I have the role of Leading Learning at Mount Barker High School. I have instigated the deployment of G Suite at the ASMS and MtBHS. Before my current role I was at Flinders University teaching pre-service teachers in the ICT and Numeracy topic and five years as Digital Learning Integration Innovation Leader at the Australian Science and Mathematics School. Feel free to visit the The South Australian Psychology Teachers Site or my current blog Prototyping Education.
Google Teachers Academy Sydney 2011
Having started at a new school, attending the Google Teacher Academy in Sydney (2011) sounded like a perfect match. My action plan from GTA 2011 was to bring in Google Apps into Mark Oliphant College (DECD) and this was achieved at the start of 2012, MOC now has over 1600 staff and students connected to GApps. I moved to Pedare Christian College (Independent) in 2016 and as an acting Director of eLearning implemented a trial of Google Suite. Beginning 2017 we have now GSuite as a policy across Year 6-12 and have an active student and teacher metric use of well over 90%.
Google Teacher Reboot , Sydney 2014 (can you spot me in Penny's photo:))
Adrian Francis
I hadn't heard about the Google Teacher Academy until a couple of days before the closing date for submissions in 2013. After two very long days and nights I submitted and application and was accepted. I am passionate about learning in and out of the classroom and how engagement can be enhanced by the use of technology. I am currently the Director of Student Learning at Concordia College in Adelaide.
Google Teacher Academy Sydney 2013
Rebecca Vivian
I was accepted into the 2014 Google Teacher Academy in Sydney. I am passionate about preparing our students to be the next generation of digital technology creators. I am an advocate for K-12 Computer Science (CS) education and encouraging people to learn to code. I am an Education Research Associate at the University of Adelaide, in the Computer Science Education Research Group. Besides research, we deliver free online and face-to-face professional development for Australian teachers to support with the new Digital Technologies learning area. I integrate Google apps into research and professional development training but I am also an advocate for Google's CS materials and initiatives.
Rebecca Vivian
Google Teacher Academy, Sydney, 2014
Steve Knipe
In 2011 I applied for and was successful in being accepted to the Google Teacher Academy in Sydney. Prior to that I provided training and development to teachers across South Australia, both Primary and Secondary, as part of the Professional Learning with ICT project run by DECS (now DECD). Since then I have presented at regional, state and national conference, including a number of GEG Adelaide events. I have worked across a range of sites in a number of different roles. Currently, I am the Curriculum Manager 7-10 Technologies with the Department for Education, working as part of the Curriculum Development team.
Kim Martin
2014 looks like it was a pretty awesome year for the Google Teacher Academy in Sydney :P I am a learner and educator with a passion for inclusion and connection. I am currently working in a metro Catholic Primary School as a Digital Learning Specialist and as part of the Education Futures team at University of South Australia.
Luke Starczak
I am an experienced teacher and leader of Senior Chemistry, Maths and Science, my passions for education are in ensuring that all students have equitable access to technology and that this technology provides innovative solutions to teaching and learning.
I started my teaching journey at Murray Bridge High School in regional SA where I led the rollout of a sitewide Google for Education program. This program delivered an equitable program in a low SES environment where each student received a Chromebook for free. The program also delivered extensive training of staff and students in not only the use of Google Workspace tools but other digital learning tools that improved the outcomes for students in the classroom.
I then was accepted into the Google for Education Certified Innovators program at #VIA20 with over 80 other participants from around the World. It was through this opportunity that I started developing a deeper understanding of how to best educate our students for transferability of skills between subjects and made transfer-ed.com.
I am an experienced educator and leader with a passion for technology and helping students to thrive in our digital world.
Previously, I have taught senior schools Physics at Glenunga International High School, as well as being their Innovative Technologies Leader. My experience there led me to ICT Services in the Department for Education, South Australia. It is here that I led the Technology and Platform Adoption Team and helped design and deliver their Digital Strategy, aiming to bring equity and uplift across the entire system.
Rachael Bath (we lost Rachel to Victoria!)
I am passionate about all things education technology, and teacher development to keep up with the students. I am currently teaching digital technology across R-12 at Ocean View College. My passion is game based learning, especially using Minecraft as a platform for learning and teaching across the curriculum. I was successful in my first application for the Google Teacher Academy in 2014. I have completed all of the Google Apps for Education exams and have a comprehensive understanding of the Apps and Admin. I have been the driver for the implementation Google Apps for Education across our site since early 2013. We are now successfully delivering a number of courses online using Google Apps.
Google Teacher Academy, Sydney, 2014
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