About

=About Me=

I am an educational consultant with the Association of independent schools NSW. I have been with the AIS for almost nine years now and before that worked as an educational consultant in industry after teaching in primary and secondary schools.

I now work in the area of Technology across the Curriculum K-12. As part of my work I run professional development workshops for the AIS. These include everything from Digital Storytelling, Photoshop and a host of Web 2.0 tools to presenting at courses for [|The NSW Institute of Teachers]. I also consult 1 to 1 or in groups in schools and am an [|AGQTP] project Officer.

When I am not busy working on all of those things I also present at many online and real world conferences and am involved in organising a number of different conference, which in the past have include the AIS IT Integrators Conference, K-2, K-6, Middle years Executive and Pastoral Care conferences.

I have several online alter egos including Tempest Nitely my Second Life identity and melanieh my avatar in Quest Atlantis, a 3D virtual world for primary aged children with an strong pedagogical focus.

My primary areas of interest at present include Web 2.0 tools and education and virtual worlds and education. from 2008-2009 I participated in a post graduate program through the EU for MUVEnation on teaching and learning in virtual environments.