I have taught in the Creative Industries Faculty of the Queensland University of Technology where I am also working on a PhD (Developing a model for Process Drama using networked technologies). I was recently appointed as Director of Public Relations for the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association. During 2006 I am working in Western Australia again, and have been teaching in Contemporary Performance at Edith Cowan University.
I am also developing expert knowledge in the field of practice-led research and have recently authored an online teaching module on the topic for the Australian Technology Network of Universities. I am a regular contributor to the Digital Chalkie blog and maintain my own blog at Dramatech Space, and have been a peer reviewer for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (2005-2006)
I taught Drama at Rossmoyne SHS and John Forrest SHS, lectured in Drama Education at Edith Cowan University. He has an extensive background in theatre production. While currently examining the implications of technology and virtual domains in educational Drama, he is also interested in NLP, brain-based and accelerated learning applications, student-centered and co-operative learning.
I am co-founder and former chairman of Class Act Theatre (Theatre-in-Education) and founder and present chairman of SHY (Seen and Heard Youth. I was Director of Technology for Drama Australia and was the first Technology Officer of DramaWest (1996-2001). In 2001, I co-chaired a Special Interest Group “Drama and New Media” at the IDEA2001 (International Drama/Theatre and Education Association) World Congress held in Bergen, Norway and reprised that role at IDEA2004 in Ottawa, Canada.
A regular presenter at local, national and international conferences, I also moderate and maintain a range of Drama Education websites and discussion groups on the internet; I recently launched DramaPlayShop.
Additionally, I was a Curriculum Council Drama Moderator, member of MindMatters WA Working Party, member of Black Swan Theatre’s education group and a part-time web designer.
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