As a school principal, Paul has worked with teachers, students, families and communities to integrate established, new and emerging technologies with learning goals for individuals and whole school priorities. He was a Principal Consultant on the Senior Executive Group of the South Australia Department for Education He has worked on National agendas including the National Assessment Program for ICT Literacy and the National Digital Technologies reference group. He also led a team which was responsible for the successful familiarisation of the Technologies learning area of the Australian Curriculum and provision of the implementation program for the Department of Education.

Paul makes regular and extensive contributions to the teaching profession, ensuring his work is available for others to share, remix and repurpose. His advice has been sought by large, medium and small scale service providers and community groups. He contributes regularly to online forums and networks to promote and share information. He has presented nationally and locally on a diverse range of topics related to leadership and learning technologies.

Paul has led the formation of the Thinking Technologically State Reference Group of South Australia, made up of the Catholic, Independent, Federal Project Leads, EdTechSA, DATTASA, Public Education and University leaders in the area of Learning Technologies. He has recently contributed as an EdTechSA committee member to the development of the new Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE subject of Digital Technologies.

Paul is an active member of EdTechSA as a representative on the Management Committee and Executive Group. He is also a current member of the EducatorsSA (formally CEASA) board as Director and Secretary. He is uniquely placed as an expert and authoritative voice for EdTechSA to lead the work of connecting technology to contemporary learning priorities, from birth to senior secondary and post-secondary pathways, and across Associations and sectors.

Fiona has radically changed the way ICT and Digital Technologies is taught at TVCS since joining the staff. She has increased the engagement of students, in particular girls, in IT and introduced SACE Stage 1 and 2 IT (now Digital Technologies) which has led to an increase in students enrolling in Digital Technologies

Fiona is committed to innovating to ensure that students have increased skills, particularly in programming. She has been asked by students to start a coding club at lunch times and has started a Year 5/6 STEM group where she works with 10 select students on robotics and coding in preparation for entry in the FIRST Lego League Competition. These students now see themselves as leaders of Digital Technology in their classes.

Whilst Fiona has regularly attends conferences and workshops, she has discovered there is not enough support available for Middle School and Senior School Digital Technologies teachers.  To rectify this, she is committed to networking and sharing, and has been approached by several schools and individual Digital Technologies teachers to help them with their practice.

Fiona freely shares resources and ideas with teachers and schools and presents workshops for EdTechSA. Recently, she was approached by AISSA and the SACE Board to help run professional development, moderate and write sample material for the new Stage 2 Digital Technologies curriculum. The Digital Technologies Hub invited her to write sample material and share her digital technologies implementation journey. As a result, there is information on their website including teaching resources and curriculum outlines.

Fiona says, “The IT learning area has been an isolated one for many years, with teachers going it alone. This has to change; we need to work together and support each other if we are to navigate this ever-changing industry”. Fiona’s work exemplifies this.

This involved working successfully with numerous Industry, university and education professionals and lead educators to design and develop a program that provides multiple entry points for primary teachers to embed the Digital Technologies subject into their current practice.  Karen led the delivery of the 3D Printing in Primary Schools Project and the STEM500 Primary Years Project. Through this work, Karen has positively influenced the development of technologies learning in 78 school sites across South Australia.

Karen has worked with the Computer Science Team Education Research Group team (CSER) at the University of Adelaide to deliver successful professional learning to over 100 school sites in conjunction with enrolment and participation in the Digital Technologies MOOC.

Karen has presented for EdTechSA on numerous occasions in her capacity as Project Officer in Digital Technologies learning for the CSER team.  Karen is passionate about making technologies learning accessible to all members of the community but particularly those most marginalised by traditional technology practices.  She is an exceptional advocate for the need to increase the participation of females and diverse groups in the work of digital technologies as evidenced through her work with sites across South Australia and in particular the APY lands and the Tech Girls Movement. 

She has been responsible for the development of an ICT implementation plan for the whole community so that it focuses on the use of IT in the early learning centre, primary and secondary campuses as well as community services. She has developed a Digital Technologies curriculum implementation plan along with the school’s STEM strategy.

Emma is always looking for new ways to increase the capability and confidence of teachers to not only implement the Digital Technologies curriculum but to create engaging lessons that are future focused and incorporate the use of IT. She regularly shares lists of free Digital Technology resources with other schools, and recently created NazTech, a Digital Technologies Conference at her school, attended by twelve Catholic schools from across South Australia and over 150 educators from Early Learning Centres, Primary and Secondary Schools. Staff at Nazareth led the various masterclasses and keynote presentations that were offered on the day.

Emma has generated partnerships that enhance the use of technology at her school and other local schools. These include supporting of the use of iPad technology and apps in the classroom, participating in research with the University of South Australia focused on the importance of Digital Literacy and developing a partnership with industry in the implementation of 3D printing.

Emma is always researching and staying up-to-date with emerging trends in technology and shares this information through her Facebook page – Future Focused Education or by uploading content to her YouTube channel.