Kath Norton - Trustee

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Kath is a Director of CWA New Media and Director for International Business.

Formerly as Project Director for Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI), New Zealand’s bilingual education portal for principals and teachers, Kath has a wide view of New Zealand Ministry of Education (MOE) initiatives. For four years she led the team working on the project, including the Māori team responsible for indigenous community engagement, translation, and content development for the site. Project Director of Studyit and WickEd online environments for students. Studyit was awarded the TUANZ Innovation Award in 2006.

National Digital Content Strategy Seminar Expert, Providing advice on the 'national digitisation programme', New Zealand National Library, 2006.

Member of MoE working/reference group symposium to inform the development of the e-learning action plan for school 2006. Enabling the 21st Century Learner.

Her international work has included managing education consultancy and e-learning projects in Malaysia and Thailand.

Curriculum Resource Specialist, OBEC Contract, Thailand, providing Analysis and Recommendation for the actioning of an ICT Plan for Learning, 2007.

SOCCI Education Consultant, Innovation Education and Creativity, Learning Federation, Australia.

Project Manager for iNZed Malaysia Ltd of The K-Perak E-Learning Cluster in Malaysia, responsible for the project providing ICT teacher professional development in schools in the State of Perak, 2007.

Kath has been a Trustee since 2000 and currently looks after the Living Heritage and Positive Computing for Parents Initiatives.