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Chris Smith Curriculum Vitae page 1 of 7Updated June 2012
Please note that many of the items in this CV are hyperlinks that will take you to further information if you are connected to the internet
A copy of this document and other related information can be found at my ePortfolio which can be seen at www.shambles.net/csmith
Academic History1966-1969 University of Hull / UK
o Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)o Physics with Mathematics and Psychology
1969-1970 University of Leeds / UKo Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
Work History key responsibilities only
1970-1973 Munro College (Jamaica), boarding school / boys / 11-18o Head of Physicso Assistant House Master
1973-1978 Kennylands School (UK), boarding school / co-ed / 11-16o Head of Scienceo Housemaster
1978-1985 ESF : Island School (Hong Kong), day school / co-ed / 11-18 o Physics and Science Teacher o Form Tutoro Head of Photography (established the department)o Head of Resources
1985-1997 ESF : Head of J.C.Sarah Roe Centreo professional development centre for the 700 teachers in the 15
ESF international schools in Hong Kong1997-2002 ESF : Head of J.C.Sarah Roe Centre
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Name: Christopher T. H. [email protected] Sex:
Male
Nationality: British
Born:Derby, England
Religion: Church of England
Passport:UK GBR
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Hong Kong ID : XD 570122(3)
Marital Status:Married 1987 / wife Un Buntha (Thai)
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o combined role of ESF ICT Co-ordinator
2002-present The Education Project Asiao own independent consultancy supporting schools across S.E.Asiao based in Thailand
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Relevant Achievements and Training (in no specific order or preference)
1985-2002 Establish and manage the Jockey Club Sarah Roe Centre (JCSRC), a professional development centre for ESF schools in Hong Kong:
staff, building, finances, identity, library, library database(SIMS & Alice for Windows)
1985-1995 Organise, advise and administer inservice (INSET) programmes e.g. counseling, D&T., Sc., Ma., MFL., H.E., A,R&R., B.S., Eq.Ops., R.E., Snr.Mngmnt. Chair ESF INSET planning committee 1990-94
1991-1993 SIMS training School Information and Management System, a database management system
1986-87 Organise INSET programme for ESF transition between GCE ‘O’ Levels and GCSE
1995-1999 Staff Appraisal (SRD: Staff Review and Development) Trained as an SRD Trainer Trainer for the whole staff in several ESF schools Built a website to support the training www.esf.edu.hk/SRDatESF/
1997 Design, edit, DTP ESF publications ESF Black Folder (information for the public) ESF Community (celebrating ESF diversity in primary schools)
1992 onwards
Design, build and manage the ESF website www.englishschoolsfoundation.edu.hk to support teaching and learning with partial support to administration started life as a computer bulletin board (BBS)
1998onwards
Design, build and manage the ESF website www.esf.edu.hk/ contains information about the Foundation & its schools
1999 Establish an ESF Online Calendar
2001onwards
Establish “ myschools.net” (ASP) as an internet solution/option for ESF schools this provides a total web environment for schools which monitors student access
and provides statistical data on individual internet usage
1997onwards
ESF IT Development Plan compile, manage, evaluate and revise annually the main plan can be accessed at www.shambles.net/DevPlans/ The financial planning spreadsheet is at
www.shambles.net/csmith_ITinset/financialplanning/ESFICTbudget02.xls The review summary 2000-2001 is at
www.shambles.net/csmith_ITinset/ITreview2002/index.htm
1997 Accredited assessor for IT Certificates of Competence (ICAA/NDTEF), these are designed for IT skills. (can be used with both students and staff)
1999 Information Skills and Management (Big6) organised and attended a course with Mike Eisenberg (USA) who is one of the two
founders of the Big6 approach to Information Skills.
1996-1998 ESF Professional Development Policy: Task Group MemberAlso in 1991-92 chaired the working party that compiled the ESF INSET Policy
1989-1995 Bi-annual ESF Art Exhibition, main organiser and co-ordinator for the 3rd 4th 5th and 6th exhibitions in 1989, 1991,1993 and 1995
1986-2002 Editor and publisher of the annual ESF magazine “RESHUFFLE”
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Relevant Achievements and Training (in no specific order or preference) this has become an integral professional publication in the ESF which is published
each September with a print run of 2,500 (hands-on DTP) in 2001 it also went online at www.shambles.net/Reshuffle/index.html
2000-2001 Bi-weekly columnist in the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (main English newspaper in HK) on ‘IT in Education’
1999-2002 IT Training for Mainstream Teachers (NOF): design, negotiate, organise and implement the main IT inset for over 650
mainstream teachers in the ESF www.shambles.net/ITinset/ link with ICAA (UK) ….. online website at www.icttg.co.uk trained the trainers centrally who then worked ‘school-based’
2000-2001 IT Training for Special Needs Teachers: design, negotiate, organise and implement the main IT inset for 25 teachers who
work with students with moderate and severe learning difficulties link with Inclusive Technology (UK) ….. online website at www.inclusive.net
2002 to NOW2002-now Work in International Schools in S.E.Asia (ALL ICT across the curriculum)
Tanglin Trust School, Singaporeo Review of ICT
International School, Brunei o Borneo Heads Conf./INSET (elearning)o ISB Staff INSETo Evening presentation to local Rotarians (trusting the web)
Kota Kinabalu International Schoolo ICT Curriculum Reviewo Staff INSET + Student Sessions
Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiao ICT Review plus work with ICT co-ordinators
Panaga School (SHELL) Bruneio Whole Staff INSET + Working with Students + Parents Evening
Independent Schools Foundation Hong Kongo ICT Review +Whole Staff INSET
2002-now Presentations at Conferences : ESL & ICT: Conference in China : Conference Chair plus w/shop presenter
o British Council & Gwongzou Education Department TechEX: two workshops on elearning and on ESL+ICT
o Technology Exchange for International Schools’ Teachers
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Relevant Achievements and Training (in no specific order or preference)
'eLearning for Knowledge Based Society': (Thailand) workshop presentero ”Getting your class online”
TESOL Int. Conference (Thailand) : workshop presentero Free resources to support ESL Teaching and Learning
Science and Toys Conference : (Thailand), Key Note Speakero International Council of Associations for Science Education
Conferences related to Web 2.0 Technologieso Singapore, Thailand, China
2002-now Miscellaneous Webquest / ThinkQuest Judge UKeUniversity : writer and team co-ordinator for “ICT for Teachers” online course Editor/Producer of a termly newsletter for Internationals Schools across Asia
www.shambles.net/newsletter Design and maintenance of SHAMBLES website www.shambles.net Founding member of ABC : Access to Broadband Campaign, Thailand
Recent and Relevant
The most recent and relevant experiences include:
The Internet and Web 2.0Most educators acknowledge that the arrival of Web 2.0 online applications are revolutionising our teaching and learning experiences.
The additional low learning curves for these new tools, their accessibility and the added collaborative functionality is pushing learning past the traditional classroom walls and empowering students to become more responsible for their own learning.
It is an exciting time for educators but it is also a daunting one for many teachers as they rise to the challenge from pressures to ‘keep up to date’ in order to better support their own student communities.
Much of my work over the past three years has been related to this new change in culture, one that has never been experienced in our profession previously.
My work in schools, the workshops I have run and the conferences I have spoken at have all been as a “Web 2.0 Evangelist” but not just focusing on the tools but also on the integration with pedagogy and classroom management … and supporting the goals and needs of individual schools and communities.
Four indicators of my involvement can be seen at:
a) Web 2.0 on the Shambles website www.shambles.net/web2b) The visualization of my own personal learning network www.shambles.net/csmith/plnc) A newsletter I produce for schools (10,000 subscriber) www.shambles.net/newsletterd) A list of some workshops I offer www.shambles.net/csmith/workshops
3D Online Virtual Worlds (VW) and Second LifeIn the summer of 2007 I established “International Schools Island (isi)” in Second Life, the 3D online virtual world which now consist of 3 SIMS. This project to designed to support (globally)l teacher continuing professional development.
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For information visit the Blog http://internationalschoolsisland.info or view the videos at http://virtualenvironmentvideos.blogspot.com
This new tool for teaching and learning is still very much in its infancy and the educators who are already residents and users are very much pioneers.
The phrases that continually appear in discussions about 3D VWs in education include “Massive Constructivism”, “Participatory Culture”, “User Generated Content” and “Not a Game”, “Multi-User”, “Collaboration”, “Simulation” and “Experientially Based Learning”.
I am very active in not only building and collecting k-12 resources in SL but also speak at conferences from SL and run workshops in-world.
There is no doubt in my own mind that 3D Virtual Worlds will become a part of all teachers and students learning landscape … eventually.
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Mobile Learning Mobile Learning, with smart phones and tablets, is revolutionizing teaching and learning. Much of my recent work is in this area. See the relevant area on Shambles at http://shambles.net/ICT/#mobile or download one of my eBooks http://aneducatorsipad.com/
References Please contact me directly with details of the specific aspects of my work you are interested in and I shall put you in touch with the most suitable referees.
Further InformationMy main philosophy when working with school communities, teachers, support staff, parents and students is one that includes helping them feel good about themselves.
If self-esteem is high then they are already well equipped to fit into the new life-long learning models where they can become more self-motivated and become more responsible for their own learning.
quote “You’re the only one to provide me with inset designed for me when I needed it. I did write to Jennifer Wisker (ESF CEO) about the invaluable inset and support you had provided for me without which I wouldn't have been able to put ‘ The Wall ’ together”, ESF ESL teacher.
I hope that you find this information concise and relevant to your needs, if I can help in any other way then please feel free to contact me using the details in the footer.
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