Presenter
Biographies:
Joanna Bell
Joanna has worked in the education field for over 30
years as a Primary Teacher in Australia and New Zealand,
a teacher in Adult Education and as an Education Sales
Consultant. She has a Diploma of Teaching in Primary
Education and Teaching and Certificate 1V in Assessment
and Workplace Training.
As an Education Consultant,
Joanna has conducted professional staff development
workshops for teachers and students in the use of LEGO
Education Robotics. She has also designed a specific
range of Robotics workshops that cater for the needs
of the particular audience she works with. Joanna has
conducted and specifically been involved in curriculum
days, workshops, information sessions, conferences,
network meetings and professional development specialising
in robotics for teachers and students.
She is also an active member of the NSW Robocup Junior
and will be assisting the National Robocup Junior Australia
Committee in 2007 on behalf of MTA.
Wendy Bean
Wendy is a well respected education consultant who regularly
presents at local, national and international conferences.
She has published articles and books on spelling, writing
and other aspects of literacy. Wendy works as a consultant
in NSW schools on a regular basis. Her work in the classroom
is focused on providing teachers with practical strategies
to meet the needs of the students.
Damien Kee - Domabotics
Damien Kee holds a PhD in Robotics and Bachelor of Electrical
Engineering both from the University of Queensland. Damien has
been running robotics workshops in the Brisbane area for
students and teachers since 2002. During this time he has
conducted workshops throughout Queensland including Rockhampton,
Cairns, Weipa, Townsville, Kingaroy, Gladstone and St George.
Damien has been heavily involved with the RoboCup Junior
competition since 2001, initially as a judge but more recently
as one of the QLD State competition technical organisers. In 2007,
Damien was the Chair of the Organising Committee for the 2007 RoboCup
Junior Australian Open. Damien is on the RoboCup Junior Australian
Committee and is the Australian representative to the RoboCup
Junior International Committee.
Damien holds a current 'Blue Card' issued by the Commission for
Children and Young People and Child Guardians.
Michael Schofield
Michael Schofield is a self employed IT Professional,
with extensive experience in providing training and development
in both the public and private sectors. His interest in robotics
has lead to his involvement with RoboCup Junior Australia, where
he has been a committee member since 2001.
Michael holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and was recently
appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the University of NSW School of
Computer Science and Engineering, specifically to run robotics
workshops for both teachers and students. He also runs mentoring
and training programs for many schools throughout NSW, where the
focus is the use of robotics in the classroom.
Celeste Musgrave & Santina DiMauro
Jolly Discoveries
Celeste and Santina are experienced teachers who have taught in both State
and private Catholic schools. They are well known in the education field
through their advocacy of Synthetic Phonics and the success they have achieved
with the reading and writing levels of children in Kindergarten. They have
in-serviced teachers and parents throughout Australia, Asia, Lebanon and England
on the benefits of Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. They are official Jolly
Phonics trainers.
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