About Me

Name: Andrew Churches
Role: Co-Director ICT PD Cluster and HOD Computer Studies
School: Kristin School, Albany Auckland
Email: achurches@kristin.school.nz
Blog: http://edorigami.edublogs.org

I am a teacher and ICT enthusiast. I believe that to prepare our students for the future, we must prepare them for change, teach them to question and think, to adapt and modify, to sift and sort.
I am fortunate to teach at a school with a mobile computing program, that sees students with personal mobile devices, laptops. This surely reflects the future our students and children will be entering into with ubiquitous portable computing.
Outside of school, I am an outdoor instructor and an adventure enthusiast, when I can get a spare moment from my family.

I enjoy sharing and presenting the work we are doing. I am currently working with three best practice groups in the US as an invited guest. These are:

  • Alabama Best Practice Center
  • West New York Powerful Learning Practice
  • Independent schools Powerful Learning Practice

Presentations:

2008

Learning@school08 – Rotorua – A handful of the best
Learning@school08 – Rotorua – Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

2007

TUANZ Education Road Show – Rotorua – Digitising Classroom Practice
TUANZ Education Road Show Auckland Primary – Digitising Classroom Practice
TUANZ Education Road Show Auckland Secondary – Digitising Classroom Practice
TUANZ Education Road Show Whangarei – Digitising Classroom Practice
Learning@Schools – Rotorua – Digitising classroom Practice Workshop and Practical sessions
SchoolTech ‘07 – Auckland – SWOT up on web 2.0
SchoolTech ‘07 – Auckland – A Handful of the best
Greater Wellington Region Principals Conference – The Loop – http://free-thinking.wikispaces.com
uLearn07 Auckland – Digitising classroom practice and SWOT up on web 2.0

2006

ACEC ‘06 Cairns – Digitising Classroom Practice

2005

Wellington Girls College -` Trainer – First Class and Homepage construction Kit 2005

2004

ACEC ‘04 – Adelaide, Australia – Multimedia Innovate and integrate –

2003

Nga Waka National Art Conference Auckland – Animation & Claymation.
Auckland Primary Art Association - Claymation workshop (2 sessions)
Auckland Primary Art Association - Animated story book using PowerPoint (2 sessions) 2003
Toshiba Expanding Horizons conferences -Claymation/Multimedia (2 Sessions) Taupo

2002

ACEC ‘02 Hobart – Multimedia
Toshiba Expanding Horizons conferences – Claymation/Multimedia Wellington

2001

Toshiba Expanding Horizons conferences – Claymation/Multimedia Christchurch

2000

ACEC 2000 Hobart, Tasmania – Integration of multimedia into the curriculum
Toshiba Expanding Horizons conferences – Auckland – Designing Units of Work

1999

I.B. Regional Conference, Auckland – Designing Units of work using ICT