Achievements and awards: In 2006 I was blessed with the Samoan Malu by Tuifa'asisiga Tulou'ena Su'a. I had a walk on role in the film 'The Tattooist.' In 2011 I was awarded a CoreEducation efellowship. My research area was Hyperconnectivity. You can read about my learning on my efellows page. In 2012 I co wrote an article for TKI on our lead in a global project using Skoodle. In 2013 I was awarded a Ministry of Education TeachNZ sabbatical and used my time to travel the world where I visited 28 educators in 18 schools in 13 countries. When I returned home I shared my journey on RSCON4. This is the Reform Symposium Conference that is a global online conference. The product of my TeachNZ year is the TeachMeetNZ project where I host virtual sessions for New Zealand teachers to share and celebrate their learning. This takes place each term. So far 100 New Zealand educators have joined me in a TeachMeetNZ session. In 2014 -I hosted a live Google Hangout session from the Festival of Education in Auckland. 2014 -I joined the School in the Cloud Project as a Cloud Granny. 2014- I was certified as a Flat Connection Global Educator. 2014- I jumped into the pond as a Pioneer Educator ![]() 2014- I was a member of the edchatnz conference steering committee. One task was live streaming a Virtual Presenter. Another was ensuring that the edchatnz blog was regularly updated. A third was ensuring that meeting minutes were kept. 2015 I coauthored a book with Pam Hook. SOLO Taxonomy and English Language Learning. 2016-I lead our school in the ALLiS Project. 2016- I became an in school teacher for our ACCoS Group. 2016- I completed Teaching Professional Development for Language (TPDL) |