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Toni Westcott
Toni is an educator passionate about future-focused learning and all things digital. She brings teaching experience from years 1-6 and has held Senior Management and Digital teaching and learning leadership roles. Toni is a lifelong learner having completed a Post-graduate Certificate and a Masters specialising in Digital Professional Development. She enjoys developing teacher knowledge with a hands-on approach and supporting teachers to build on what they already do in their classrooms. Toni is the Marketing Manager, in school facilitator and co-creator of NZ Teacher Resource website Digital Kete.
Rachel Duckworth
Since embarking on a career in education in 1998, Rachel has continued to search for new ways to engage and motivate students in learning. Utilising and integrating every piece of technology she could get her hands on was just one of the ways she built and maintained student engagement. Rachel has experience teaching and facilitating change across the sector. She is passionate about helping schools utilise Google tools to streamline workflow and maximise impact for both teachers and learners.
Juliet Revell
Juliet has joined Digital Circus in 2019, with 8 years of experience as a classroom teacher, including working in an ILE. Having taught in the Junior School for much of her teaching career, Juliet brings practical knowledge of how we can ensure our youngest learners become Digitally Capable. Juliet thrives on connecting learners, and was involved with @KidsedchatNZ for 5 years. A Google Certified Innovator, Juliet has continues to model lifelong learning, recently completing a Post-Graduate Certificate in Digital and Collaborative learning.
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Tracey Kinloch Jones
Tracey is a passionate and inspiring educator. She excels in opening up opportunities for the educational development of adults and students. She shares her knowledge and skills by providing culturally sensitive, practical ideas for the classroom. Tracey has a teaching background that spans all levels, has experience in facilitating workshops and at conferences. Tracey enjoys working alongside teachers to develop fresh localised programmes, especially using Science and STEAM. These programmes empower teachers and students with both confidence and competence to accelerate their learning journey. Tracey received the Royal Society Alumni award for her work with Science education in 2014.
Matt Kenny
Matt is the manager of our Education Centre and our expert in all things Electronics, Coding, and Minecraft. He works alongside teachers to build their knowledge and skills in this area. Matt is a MinecraftEDU Certified Trainer and a Microsoft in Education, Global Certified Trainer.
Currently Matt is working on building the Digital Kete website - a New Zealand resource site for kaiako.
Dani Jolly
Dani is inspired to prepare students and teachers with 21st century learning skills. She has taught for 7 years across both the Junior and Middle school where she has held a Digital Technology leadership position as well as the within school Kāhui Ako role. Having recently completed a Masters in Contemporary Education, Dani is a lifelong learner herself. She enjoys developing teachers and learners' curiosity, creativity and embracing the chaos of all things digital.
Cathy Quigan
Cathy is the founder and director of Q Consult. Cathy has been teaching in New Zealand for 11 years in a number of learning areas. For the past 5 years she has been leading eLearning and Digital Technologies from Years 7-13 at a high school in New Plymouth. She is passionate about authentic learning experiences and is constantly learning. Cathy is approachable and works well with groups and individuals at both ends of the 'digital comfort' spectrum. She thrives on building the capacity of teachers and students to make connections in their learning, encouraging curiosity and developing skills in the area of DT/HM and digital fluency.
Anjela Webster
Anjie is the Director of Generation Online, an organisation committed to fostering wellbeing, safety and confidence online. With an extensive career in education across different sectors, roles and responsibilities, a M.Ed(hons), and three plus years as an Education Advisor with Netsafe, Anjela brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the ‘online space’ and use of digital technologies, and in particular a focus on wellbeing, safety, and confidence online. Drawing from research, knowledge and experience, Anjie shares presentations, keynotes, sessions and workshops face to face or online, to open up the discussion around digital fluency - building knowledge of the online environment, developing digital skills, and fostering values and dispositions that enable us to safely engage in, and thrive online.