Lumifold: A STEM To STEAM Teacher's Workshop

Annabel Astbury is Head, Digital Education at the ABC which is responsible for producing ABC Splash, one of Australia’s biggest education sites for teachers and students.

A former classroom teacher, she has worked closely with students, teachers, government and cultural institutions over the past years promoting history education and learning with ‘digital’ technologies in her role as Executive Director at the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria.

She is excited to be able to share some of her insights and ideas with pre-service teachers with ways you can STEAM up the classroom. 

Liz Shreeve is a Sydney based artist with a background in science.  She completed a BSc (Hons) at the University of NSW and a BFA (Hons) at the National Art School.

Her artist statement:

I see no great divide between the sciences and the arts. I incorporated art into my previous career as a science educator and science informs my art practice. My work is driven by observation and obsessed with light and colour. It is about slowing the eye and seeing beauty in simple forms.

I work in low relief using identical units, arranged in predetermined sequence, to catch and colour light. When working in three dimensions these simple sequences of number and direction generate objects reminiscent of organic forms.

Like mutations in DNA, small changes in sequence lead to differences in structure. I aim to continue experimenting with paper and other materials using number and pattern to produce objects of beauty.

Sally-Ann Williams is the Engineering Community & Outreach Manager for Google Australia.  

She is responsible for a broad portfolio of programs including leading Google’s efforts in CS and STEM education & outreach (K-12), research collaborations with universities and entrepreneurship and startup engagement.

In her role leading Google’s CS/STEM education engagement she manages over 55 partnerships & programs designed to inspire students, equip teachers, and connect the community to the possibilities careers in CS can lead to.   Most recently this work has included national implementation strategies to support ACARA’s Digital Technology curriculum and help position Australia as a nation of innovators.  

In her role with the startup community she manages partnerships and collaborates with co-working spaces, incubators and accelerators, universities and the public sector to build and grow the ecosystem.  

Prior to joining Google 9 years ago, Sally-Ann worked at several Australian tertiary institutions in a range of academic and academic administration roles spanning executive education, public sector management, research and postgraduate degrees and tertiary management.  A life long learner she holds an undergraduate and research masters degree and several other postgraduate qualifications.