QSITE for ICT Teachers

Why ICT Teachers need QSITE

For QSITE, ICT teachers are the backbone of ICT in education - the first professionals to embrace technology and its rapid changes for the benefit of Queensland students. ICT Teachers were also the first professionals to embrace QSITE and form the foundations of our knowledge-network.

Member Profiles

John Oxley

QSITE President

John accepted the role of QSITE President in 2007 following two years as Vice President, five years on the QSITE board and 17 years as an active member.

John is currently employed as Director Information Services and Technology at Moreton Bay College and Moreton Bay Boys’ College.

“QSITE members (ICT specialists, cross-curricular pioneers and new ICT-integrationists) are always ready to help colleagues meet ICT challenges. It’s what we do.”

Kym Coleman

QSITE Board member
Student Web Challenge & Leadership Awards Representative

Kym Coleman understands the fundamental value of her 15 years with QSITE and believes in the value of ICTs in education.

“I do not see ICTs in education confined to specialist teachers. I support all staff using ICTs as an exciting and dynamic way to engage students in their learning,” Kym said.

Kym currently works as Head of Technology (Years 9 – 12), at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School……

Jason Zagami

QSITE board member
Tertiary representative
Editor of QUICK

Jason Zagami is an award-winning ICT educator who has been with QSITE for the 14 years he has been in education. He is a stellar example of an educator accessing QSITE skills and support to drive change in education.

As a Griffith University Lecturer he is once again driving change - working with the next generation of educators.

According to Jason, "QSITE offers the education profession all the same benefits as social networking and open source software”.

“In QSITE, education professionals collaborate to shape the profession.….”.
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QSITE has a tradition of support for ICT educators including tailored professional development; active representation in curriculum and policy development debates; and online collaboration for daily problem solving.

QSITE's student-focused programs, such as the Student Web Challenge and GIDGITs (IT for Girls) competitions, are designed to engage students in their ICT learning and use their skills for practical ICT implementation and curriculum-based research projects. These programs are structured in competition format to engage students even further and to publicly reward students and their schools for the efforts involved.

QSITE Conferences feature specialised IPT and ITS strands to share the latest teaching developments with all members and upcoming corporate membership programs will provide industry links for potential vocation-based teaching strategies.

QSITE supports ICT teachers in numerous ways, but we also know that ICT teachers have unique career development opportunities in a future of cross-curricular ICT integration.

Joining QSITE supports you in the daily challenge of teaching technology subjects, but will also show you how valuable your ICT skills are to others in our profession.

Whatever the reason you join, QSITE has an esteemed place for all ICT educators.