CD Year 1 team co-ordinator

teaching Diploma students in 1^st Year mathematics, business and computer studies

responsible for department logistics, events, teacher and student evaluations, student counselling

College co-ordinator for Instructional Skills Workshops

general Form 2 subject teacher

Form 3 Humanities teacher

Form 4 geography teacher

Head of Intermediate Technology Department

co-ordinator for Intermediate cricket

computer hardware/software trainer at Noel Leemings electronics shops in South Island, NZ

software demonstrator on RISC OS platform

teacher of general core subjects

Head of Music

Head of Information Technology

music teacher (brass instruments)

sports coach (rugby, softball, hockey, cricket)

field trip co-ordinator

advising clients

selling superannuation packages

product development

geography teacher from Year 4 – 7

humanities teacher from Year 1 – 3

MSOffice Word, Excel and PowerPoint

ICDL certified

WebCT version 4.1

HyperStudio (multimedia authoring)

Paint Shop Pro v6 (graphics)

Various scanning software

Various video capture and editing software (mainly Asymetrix)

Windows XP

Acorn RISCOS 3.5

BASIC programming language

Composer/Front Page/Site Central for web page design

Began to experiment with open-ended learning using multimedia software in 1989

Responsible for new direction in school computing policy – more student-centred, lessen the role of the ‘computer teacher’, placing responsibility of learning on the student learner

1991 saw a radical change in teaching/learning through multimedia software, collaborative group work and open-ended projects

1992 presented two papers at New Zealand Computers in Education Conference held in Nelson, NZ – one paper was selected for publication on the problems of integration of technology into existing curricula in the Conference Journal (hard copy available upon request)

1995 began multimedia initiative at Dubai Men’s College based on HyperStudio and system-wide/open-ended projects and reports

wrote course outlines and course books for MATH 1411 and MATH 2113

co-ordinated the Term 2 and Term 3 C/D Integrated Business projects

completed an Instructional Skills Workshop

completed a CPR First Aid course

participated in the DMC band’s Open Day song Moving Forward Together

created and presented to H.E. Sheikh Nayan the Alumni Project, a multimedia interactive digital project using MacroMind Director

ran the C/D Computer Club

promoted the innovative use of digital multimedia projects for student use

section and course leader

successfully inaugurated HCT’s first digital system-wide C/D Integrated Business Projects in Terms 2 - 4

system-wide co-ordinator/editor for MATH 1411 and Math 2113

jointly completed a QTL project exploring the use of multimedia in C/D Technical projects

ran HyperStudio workshops for College faculty

created a self-access tutorial for students learning HyperStudio

responsible for DMC digital authoring workstation

completed a Facilitators Workshop for ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop)

produced and compiled the system-wide ISW video

system-wide English reading exam marking co-ordinator

participated in John Watson’s (Vice Chancellor) system-wide information technology “Think Tank”, Abu Dhabi

participated in new faculty interviews

section and course leader

joint guest in Educationally Yours,  the DMC radio show on multimedia

Personal Development Training co-ordinator for C/D Year 1 team

create PDA posters

encourage the use of embedded PDA teaching within curriculum

promote and encourage the teaching team towards a new direction in affective domain training

continued involvement in Term promotion using different strategies

IT and telecommunications co-ordinator in facilitating relocation from Annex to new site

Multimedia digital projects co-ordinator

section leader for all terms

key co-ordinator for C/D Year 1/Foundations May Day

system-wide co-ordinator/editor for MATH 1411 and Math 2113

facilitated three ISW workshops

participated in Communication Technology matrix mapping workshop, Abu Dhabi

conducted two PD sessions on Sound Editing and Powerpoint

guest of EduTech Middle East at the ECSSR Conference, Abu Dhabi, May 1998

continual promotion of digital projects helped spread the use to Al Ain and Dubai Women’s Colleges

system-wide English reading exam marking co-ordinator

interviewed for CD supervisor position at DMC and SJM – approved as a CD supervisor candidate within the system

HCT Annual Conference presenter on multimedia projects, Jumeirah Beach Hotel Conference Centre, Dubai, September, 1998 and 1999

Key co-ordinator for Orientation Day and May Day for new C/D and Foundation students

TESOL Arabia presenter, Al Ain, March, 1999, on subject of Digital Multimedia Student Authoring

TESOL Arabia presenter, Al Ain, March, 2000, on subject of Audio CD’s in English

TESOL Arabia presenter, Dubai, March, 2001, on subject of Problem-Based Learning

CELTA course completed at Dubai Women’s College

Multimedia digital projects co-ordinator

Instructional Skills Workshop College co-ordinator

Fire and Safety Committee member

Personal Development Training co-ordinator for C/D Year 1 team

attended Business Objective Writing Workshop, December, 1998, at Dubai Women’s College

facilitated two ISW workshops

delivered two Business Objective Writing workshops to DMC faculty

Dubai Men’s College’s PD Fund screening team member

conducted two HyperStudio PD sessions

attended In-House webpage workshop

part of Term 2 and Term 4 Business Project rewrite team

Term 2 and Term 4 Business Project co-ordinator

system-wide English reading exam marking co-ordinator

section and course leader

Appointed Team Coordinator for CD Year 1