Introducing Matthew Haines

A little bit about me (from his www.techteachers.co.za site)

I am Computer Applications Technology teacher. CAT is a subject I am very passionate about and I thoroughly enjoy teaching it. I have won awards and been to many prestigious events as a speaker and guest.

I received the Microsoft Innovative Educator nomination from Microsoft and am also a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert since 2016. I won the Tech Teacher of Year in 2015 at the ISPA SuperTeacher competition and am a finalist in the 2018 competition. I am a sub-examiner and Chief marker for Grade 12 C.A.T. I was also the Gauteng Regional and the National C.A.T. Moderator for the IEB for 2016 and 2017.

I also enjoy playing drums when I get the chance and used to teach drumming professionally. I have an interest in West African and contemporary percussion and played professionally overseas for a few years.
Professional

• Educator
• Trainer
• Speaker
• Tutor
• Microsoft Minecraft Global Mentor
• Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
  
  

Teaching

• Teacher : STEAM, ICT, IT  & Computer Applications Technology
  
  

IEB appointments

• IEB Senior-Examiner Marker - Gr12 C.A.T. NSC Paper 2 (2018)
• IEB Examination Marker - Gr12 C.A.T. NSC Paper 1 (2018)
• Gauteng Regional & National IEB Moderator – C.A.T PAT & SBA (2016 & 2017)
• IEB Senior-Examiner Marker - Gr12 C.A.T. NSC Paper 2 (2017)
• National IEB Teacher Conference convener – C.A.T. (2017)
• Cluster Leader (2016)
• IEB Gauteng Subject Forum Representative C.A.T. (2014 & 2016)
• IEB Senior-Examiner Marker – Gr12 C.A.T. NSC Paper 2 (2016)
• IEB Sub-Examiner Marker – Gr12 C.A.T. NSC Paper 1 & Paper 2 (2015)

Press & Media

• MIEExpert Spotlight #25: Matthew Hains – Schoolnet, Apr 2017
• Microsoft Virtual Academy Webinar : Digital Civility, Feb 2017
• “Microsoft MIE Experts bound for Canada” – Schoolnet, Feb 2017 
• “Tech Teacher heads for summit” – Benoni City Times, Feb. 2017
• “He’s now a super teacher” – Benoni City Times, Oct. 2015

Achievements

• Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (2017/18)
• Attendee as 1 of 5 (out of 135 teachers countrywide) at the Microsoft E2 Exchange in Toronto, Canada (2017)
• Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (2016/17)
• CozaCares/ISPA Tech Teacher of the Year Winner (2015)
• The Tech Teachers site

To view my technology teaching certifications/achievements - go here

Speaker & Workshops

• Round table host and discussion Chairman at EduTECH Africa (2018)
• IEB National Teacher Conference – Computer Applications Technology (2018)
• Speaker at EduTECH Africa (2017)
• Speaker at SchoolNet SA Conference 2017
• Presenter at TeachMeet, Brescia House on Hacking coding (2017)
• Workshop speaker at “TeachMeet” at Brescia House on Google Classroom (2017)
• IEB National Teacher Conference – Computer Applications Technology  (2017)
• Teach! Conference – Kingswood College, Grahamstown (September 2016) [pdf]
• IEB National Teacher Conference – Computer Applications Technology  (2016)
• InSITE Conference – Tampa, Florida USA (2015)
• Study Opportunities IT & Delphi Day : Pretoria (2015)
• IEB National Teacher Conference – Computer Applications Technology  (2015)
• IEB National Teacher Conference – Computer Applications Technology  (2014)

Microsoft Educator   My Educator Network Profile page

Microsoft Virtual Academy: I have been a guest presenter in the following webinars:

• Digital Civility: Making the Internet Safer
• Physical Computing in the Classroom
• Using Kodu in the Classroom

Publications
Featured in : “Towards the Realization of the ICT Education Living Lab – The TechTeachers.co.za Success Story” (2015)

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