Meet Our 2018 Presenters
An amazing team of global presenters awaits you, as always hailing from both Africa and around the world, coming together to offer hands-on engaging workshops full of creative strategies, social learning and new ways of making connections to learning for you and for your students! Read on, explore the site… and by all means REGISTER at a location near you!
Claudia Stanfield
Cape Town, Wstrn. Cape, South Africa
Claudia Stanfield is the Social Franchise Manager of Shine Literacy. Shine is a literacy organization with programmes that are helping to…
Kevin Baloyi
Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa
Kevin Baloyi is one of four producers of EdTech Summit Africa. He is currently working at Mitchell House in Polokwane teaching English and IT…
Jordan Budisantoso
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Jordan Budisantoso is the founding Computer Science Teacher at Washington Leadership Academy, an open-enrollment public charter…
Lizzy Laidlaw
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Lizzy currently teaches 5th and 6th grade math at Town School for Boys in San Francisco, California. She holds a masters in general childhood…
Thabiso Simelane
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Thabiso Simelane is the Senior Phase Maths Co-ordinator at OLICO Maths Education in Diepsloot. As a key member of the OLICO team, he has…
Isabel Tarling
Cape Town, South Africa
Isabel Tarling is a Learning Science scholar researching Teacher Change, Pedagogy and Integrating Educational Technologies into teaching and….
Dr. Alex Thomas
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Alex is the Founder and Director of the Atlanta Teaching and Learning Lab, an organization specializing in curriculum design, interdisciplinary…
Karen Kirsch Page (K2)
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Karen, known as K2, is a co-founder of ETSA. She currently serves as a senior Professional Development facilitator working in U.S. schools and with…
Taylor Deutsch
Ft.Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Taylor received her Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science and began teaching in Miami, FL out of college. Starting as a math…
Anthony Egbers
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
As an Apple Education Trainer with Leadership focus, a Google Education Group Leader and Google Education Trainer – he is always looking for…
Peter Wächtler
CapeTown, Wstrn Cape, South Africa
Peter holds a an engineering degree in Media Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany. After working as a…
Dr. Stephanie Hayden-Adeyemo
Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
seasoned and reflective science educator, Dr. Stephanie Hayden-Adeyemo is a staunch supporter of…
Gugulethu Radebe
Durban, KZN, South Africa
Gugulethu Radebe currently serves as an Education Facilitator at the Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre. Gugu’s last school position was as a…
Kim Stuart
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Kim Stuart is the Director of Library Services at Town School for Boys in San Francisco, California, where she teaches digital literacy. She has been…
Senzo Ngcobo
Pietermaritzburg, KZN, South Africa
Senzo Ngcobo is a teacher by profession. He taught for 10 years at St. Joseph’s High School, New Hanover. He was a Zulu, History…
Siobhan Thatcher
CapeTown, Wstrn Cape, South Africa
With an academic background in Media, Linguistics and Education, Siobhan Thatcher has primarily worked in schools and on projects …
Mona Ewees Mkumatela
CapeTown, Wstrn Cape, South Africa
Mona has been a teacher and school principal for the first 14 years of her career working both in the primary school and high school context…
Nerissa Sturrup
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Fueled by passion for education and social equity, Nerissa always wanted to be an educator. Nerissa worked as a peer and youth educator…