Over the last few years, I’ve been invited to present at a number of conference and workshop sessions, deliver keynote addresses and take part in several virtual online experiences.  I’ve also been writing a number of articles for magazines, as well as a book on effective IWB use.  I must admit that I do enjoy talking with other teachers, sharing ideas and spreading the message that technology really can make education more interesting for all concerned.

If you’d like to talk to me about working with you and your staff, speaking at an event or running a hands-on workshop, please just drop me an email.  Oh, and I love to travel! You’d be amazed at what I’ll do for a business class airfare to somewhere interesting!

Conference Presentations

ULearn 2009
Christchurch Convention Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand – October 2009

• Mix Mash and Mine – Making data work for you
• There’s more to iTunes than meets the Ear
• Teaching and Learning in a Digital World (without breaking the law)

AIS Integration Conference 2009
Trinity Grammar, Sydney – September 2009

• Closing Plenary session (with Martin Levins)

1st New Zealand Interactive Whiteboard Conference 2009
Westlake Girls High School, Auckland, New Zealand – September 2009

• What’s on the Horizon for IWB Technology?
• New Things in New Ways
• Inspire Me. An Introduction to Activ Inspire Edition
• I never knew you could do THAT with Flickr!

3rd Leading a Digital School Conference 2009
Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise – September 2009

• Teaching and Learning in a Digital World (without breaking the law)
• Going 1-to-1 (without becoming a laptop school)
• Preparing Staff and Students for a Digital School

6th National Interactive Whiteboard Conference 2009
Waverley College, Sydney – August 2009

• What’s on the Horizon for IWB Technology?
• New Things in New Ways
• Inspire Me. An Introduction to Activ Inspire Edition
• I never knew you could do THAT with Flickr!

Sitech Champion Schools Conference
Hastings, New Zealand – March 2009

• Keynote – Teaching is not a Dirty Word
• 10 IWB Features Every Teacher Should Know About
• Better on the Big Screen

Leading a Digital School Conference
Brighton Novotel, Sydney – September 2008

• Teacher 2.0 – The Mindset makes the Difference
• Web 2.0 comes to the Office

5th Australian Interactive Whiteboard Conference
Firbank Grammar School, Melbourne – August 2008

• 10 IWB features every teacher should know about
• Better on the Bigscreen
• Show and Tell; a collection of IWB resources
• Tag, you’re it

CEGSA 2008 – Computers in Education Group, SA
Australian Science and Mathematics School, Adelaide – July 2008

• Keynote – Learning is a Conversation
• The Conversation Continues…
• Creative Commons and Open Resources

PowerUp 2007 Conference
Gold Coast – October 2007

• Enabling online collaboration to enhance student learning
• iThink, therefore iPod… Putting iTunes to Work

4th Australian Interactive Whiteboard Conference
Emmanuel College, Gold Coast – September 2007

• The IWB and all the Intelligences
• Involving students fully with IWBs
• Narrow the divide between school and home
• Improve your IWB skills

Computers in Education Conference 2003

Sydney – July 2003

• The Multimedia Classroom

Edutech 2002
Melbourne – July 2002

• Introducing the Microsoft Office Specialist Program

Workshops

AIS Integration Conference 2009
Trinity Grammar, Sydney – September 2009
Inspire Me. An Introduction to Activ Inspire Edition
Get Creative with Adobe Photoshop CS4

Computer Studies Teachers Association NSW 2009
Riverside Girls High School, Gladesville – August 2009
Mix, Mash and Mine

Smartboard Workshop for Infants Teachers 2009
Thomas Hassall College, Hoxton Park – April 2009
So you have an IWB, Now What?

ICT Integrators Workshop 2009
Barker College, Hornsby – April 2009
Trick or Tweet: Why you should try Twitter

Interactive Whiteboard Workshop
The Study, Montreal, Canada – January 2009
So, you’ve got an IWB… Now what?

KPR eLearning Summit 2008
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, Ontario, Canada – December 2008
Just a few ideas

Podcasting Workshop
Waverley College, Waverley – November 2008
Producing podcasts with Audacity and Moodle

CEO Sydney, Technology Workshop Series 2008
Christian Brothers, Lewisham – September 2008
Computers in their Pockets: How schools can leverage mobile phones for learning

AIS ICT Integration Conference 2008
Shore College, North Sydney – September 2008
e-spot workshop – Voicethread
e-spot workshop – Buzzword
Creative Commons and Open Education Resources

Podcasting Workshop
Mount St Joseph Milperra, Milperra- August 2008
Producing podcasts with Audacity and Moodle

Computing Studies Teachers Association Workshop
Riverside Girls High, Gladesville – 2008
Web 2.0 and all that jazz…

Technology for Learning Workshop
St Scholasticas’ College, Glebe – 2007
Technology in Education: Where it is and where it’s going
Workshops in Blogging and Podcasting

NSW Computer Studies Teachers Association Workshop
Riverside Girls High, Gladesville – 2007
I Like 43 Delicious Things: Working the Social Web

Staying Safe Online
Mount St Joseph, Milperra – 2007
A Parents’ Guide to Social Networking

Enrich Teaching Workshop
St Catherines, Waverley – 2007
Creative uses of Interactive Whiteboards

Virtual Conferences and Presentations

The Royal Treatment, March 2009
New York City, USA with Ken Royal and Jeff Utecht
(via Skype) Panel discussion on the use of wikis for education

Delicious bookmarking for preservice teachers, January 2009
Moose Jaw, Canada with Dean Shareski and Alec Couros
(via Elluminate) Overview of social bookmarking and Delicious tagging

Learning At Night online event, January 2009
Vancouver, Canada with Bryan Hughes
(via Skype) Discussion of I Like Delicious Things

LAN Party Guest, December 2008
Bangkok, Thailand with Kim Cofino
(via Skype) Discussion of I Like Delicious Things, Moodle and other general stuff.

K12 Online Conference 2008
Online Presentation for the Getting Started strand
I Like Delicious Things: An introduction to tagging and folksonomies

Alabama Best Practice Center 2007
Alabama, USA with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
(via Ning) Guest Contributor – The Aussie Connection

Texas Tech Forum 2007
Texas, USA with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
(via Elluminate) -Virtual Communities

Learning 2.0 2007
Shanghai, China with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
(via Elluminate) – Learning is a Conversation

Global and Classroom Projects

• Virtual Classroom Contest 1997 – The Five Ring Circus
• Virtual Classroom Contest 1998 – Once Upon a Time Machine (Third Place)
• Virtual Classroom Contest 1999 – Castles, Parcels and Metatarsals (First Place)
• The Sydney Chicago Project 1998, writing and travel buddy project
• Community of Clocks, 1999 – collaborative special needs project
• The PodBiz Project 2006 – classroom podcasting project

The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution: Teaching with IWBs

Published Writing and Media

• Microsoft Business Case Study Program, 2001 – 2004
• 10 Things that Make a Difference – Intouch Newsletter, 2003
• Pouring the Foundations Interactive CSA10 Training CD-ROM, 2004
• 10 IWB Features Every Teacher Should Know About – Education Technology Solutions, Issue 27, 2009
• The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution – Book by Chris Betcher and Mal Lee, 2009
• Fair go on Digital Resources – Australian Teacher Magazine, 2009
• Introduction to Tagging – Education Technology Solutions, 2009
• The Truth about Wikipedia – Education Technology Solutions, 2009

Blogs, Podcasts and Nings

• Canada 2006 – A Year in Canada on a Teaching Exchange
• Betchablog - Education + Technology + Ideas
• Crowded Wisdom – A Classroom Blogging Experiment
• The Virtual Staffroom – Conversations with Leading Teachers about Technology in the Classroom
• The Best of Betchablog – Podcasted readings of my favourite blog posts
• The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution Ning – a community of IWB using educators