Speakers: 2019 Auckland Summit

Lisa Highfill describes herself as a thinker, philosopher, debater, and geek. She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years, and is currently Pleasanton Unified School District’s technology integration specialist. Working in the ed tech field since 1998 when she earned her Master's Degree in Ed Tech Leadership, she went on to become a Google Certified Innovator, a YouTube Star Teacher, a Merit Fellow, and a Leading Edge Digital Educator. Lisa is the co-creator and co-author of The HyperDoc Handbook and Teachers Give Teachers.

Anthony Speranza is a Certified Google for Education Trainer and Innovator, the 2014 DLTV Educator of the Year as awarded by Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria, and a 2017 ‘New Voice’ in Educational Leadership Scholar as awarded by the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.

In his role as the ICT Learning & Teaching Leader at St. Mark’s Primary School in Dingley Victoria, Anthony has established several digital several digital literacy initiatives, developed cybersafety programs, and introduced a range of technologies for Learning & Teaching including Google Suite for Education and Chromebooks. He works across the school with all students, and leads teachers to leverage technology to its full potential.

After stints in the US, Europe and Asia, Suan moved to Australia in 2008 to head up Google’s Enterprise SMB business for Asia-Pacific. 6 years ago, he took on the challenge of starting the Education business unit for the region. This has proved to be his most challenging yet rewarding effort to date. He lives by the motto “It’s our turn to change the world”, and works tirelessly with educators and administrators to enable more effective teaching and learning with technology. “It’s all about the students, and everything we do in Education needs to be driving towards better learning outcomes for the next generation of users.” When not being “up in the air”, Suan resides in Sydney where he enjoys the 300 days of sunshine a year with his awesome wife and two wonderful kids, both currently in a Montessori primary school.

Kia ora, my name is Toni. I have recently left teaching to work for a MOE funded business called Digital Circus who specialises in working with schools to upskill educators in all things digital! I have 5 years teaching experience working with Years 1-6. I have completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Digital and Collaborative learning and now completing my Masters where I am exploring the elements that support and motivate teachers to embrace the new digital technologies curriculum. I have a passion for 21st century learning design, growth mindset and enhancing learning with digital technologies.

From a background of 8 years’ secondary physics and science teaching in the UK, Middle East and in Aotearoa New Zealand, Clive has developed a passion for the use of technologies to support learning. Clive joined CORE in August 2015 and to December 2018 he was a full time member of the Connected Learning Advisory team providing consistent, unbiased advice and guidance to help schools integrate digital technologies for learning. Clive has been an accredited facilitator since 2017 and has played a part in developing the digital readiness programme, Kia Takatū.

I am an educator originally from Auckland (moved to Taumarunui in Dec 2018) that has been teaching for almost 7 years. I am interested and passionate about all things digital and technology. I have up skilled myself in every area I possibly can to be able to make positive changes within the classroom, share ideas with other educators and give back to people across the world. Some smaller achievements are Seesaw Ambassador, Google Level 1/2 educator, Google Trainer and hold 6 qualifications in teaching. My recent achievement is having my own website www.mrspriestleyict.com where I share loads of tips, resources and ideas for teachers anywhere! I share lots of freebies as well for those teachers who struggle financially to purchase resources.

Fiona is a new member of the AsiaPAC Texthelp team, formerly an Assistant Principal and Assistive Technology Advisor for the Department of Education in New South Wales. She holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education and has worked across primary and secondary settings in NSW and Victoria for more than 30 years. Over that time, Fiona has been an avid user of technology to support the teaching and learning needs of the diverse range of students in her classrooms. Extending that role further by guiding and supporting other educators embarking on their own technology adventures.