Paul Marriott

Head of Technology, STEM & Campus Media (LTV & STAR Time). Facilitator & Coach of learning technology. Class Teacher. Teacher of Form 1-3 (Year 7-9) & 6 (Year 12) ICT. Teacher of Form 4 (Year 10) Creative Arts in Digital Media. Co-Curricular Activities in Computer Society, Minecraft & Robotics. Skills in Arduino, BBC micro:bit & Python 3. Coordinator of VLE Platforms. Specialises in creative digital multimedia & introductory coding. - Redeveloped ICT curriculum with 21st Century skill applications and initiatives involving content creation, student-centredness, and mobile-based learning. - Advocated and promoted ICT integration across school curriculum, including an initiative of integrating ICT skills with English, Science, Mathematics, Visual Arts, D&T and Humanities subject content. - Taught coding, websites, digital media and information processing through ICT lessons. - Initiated a STEM Robotics curriculum with Science, D&T and Mathematics departments. - Established and promoted self-created video resources (via. YouTube et al) for learning and student showcase purposes. - Established and coordinated ‘LTPSS Campus Media’, an in-house, student-led digital media service in photo, video, editing and live broadcast services for school, in addition to a weekly Campus TV news channel (LTV / STAR Time), where students have been led and trained. - Established and ran ‘IT Café’, a specialised clinic for staff and students to consult on technology matters and various workshops. - Mentored and trained student teams for external STEM / Robotics activities. - Coordinated and developed school VLE (Teamie & Google Apps for Education) for an improved and more engaging eLearning experience. Promoted online platforms for teacher-based websites, improved communication and administration benefits among teachers and students. - Utilised in PC (Windows), macOS, Google, iOS & Android platform environments.

Grade 5 Co-ordinator of Computer Studies. Have devised relevant curricula/Schemes of Work as well as cross-curricular activities between departments (Mathematics, English, General Studies). Other modules were devised to assist teaching of student Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) skills. Taught English to Grades 2-4 and Computer Studies to Grade 5-6. Introduced various software applications to curriculum. Kahootz 3.0 (3D animation package) is a worthy mention; have conducted 3D animation workshops during school open days, and have also showcased animations created by past students through devised project work. Initiated and developed the 'Computer Club' extra-curricular activity from 2008-2009. Taught accelerated Computer Studies classes (aka 'SuperSizeMe Computer Studies') to Grades 5-6 where students had learnt applications outside of 'regular' curriculum. Conducted workshops in assisting teachers with school magazine/yearbook. In addition, have used creativity skills to design and create banners, posters and tickets for (the English Department's) 'A Year with Frog and Toad Kids' school production. Maintained and redesigned the layout of the English Department's website. Created and maintained ActivInspire/ActivStudio flipcharts (used in conjunction with Promethean whiteboards) for English Department use. Maintained Wiki pages (via. PBWorks) for collaborative learning opportunities in English and Computer Studies. Assisted and led a group of students on a Computer Studies Japan Trip in December 2010. Organised and ran a poster design competition for students. Actively encouraging student motivation and learning opportunities in classes. Introduced teaching aids (e.g. hand puppets) to help facilitate learning. Previously taught Mathematics to Grade 2 in 2008-2009. Created my own Mathematics activity stall for 'Mathematics Day'.

Initially an Account Executive at the company. I did a lot of their Public Affairs work, helped train interns and managed the IT facilities. LC also helped me with Versibyte Computer Solutions - my freelance PC company. I also became a Membership / Event Manager for their NGO subsidiary - The Asia-Pacific Water Council Ltd (APWC).