I empower people with learning and technology. I'm an educator, life-long learner, technologist and learning space maker. My experience includes the design and creation of school makerspaces, national museum learning labs (Te Papa) and social learning spaces in exhibitions. I've been a primary and secondary school teacher, adult educator and a director of eLearning, innovation and educational technology. I've worked in schools, social enterprise, and government organisations. I've recruited and led teams of innovative educators and technologists. I utilise innovative technologies and pedagogies to create transformative learning experiences and programs. I inspire and connect people and help build communities of learning. I'm a consultant and speaker at conferences and events.
Articles & videos:
STEMiverse Podcast: Matt Richards: flipping learning environments with the Makerspace
Te Papa Blog: Election 2017: Education for all
Te Papa News: Hīnātore nominated as one of the Best in New Zealand
Education Technology Solutions: Creating a High-Tech Learning Lab in a Museum
We Are Museums: Why this museum lab generation is critical to learning
Core EDtalks: Mineclass - Student-directed, play-based learning
Kiwiparent: Technology & learning for littlies
Daily Edventures: After school innovation in New Zealand
Matt Minecraft (Mini doco by Paddy McCann): Minecraft for learning
Prime News - Makerspace (Video)
Prime News - International Space Station Project (Video)
Google for Education - Case Study
Focus Magazine - Matt Richards eLearning Leader
Education Today - Heading into the education cloud
Australian Teacher Magazine - Chromebooks: Portals to learning, The issues and implications of Digital Citizenship
Port News - School at the front of technological revolution in the classroom, Cybersafety at the forefront at St. Columba, Port Macquarie's classroom of the future
Delimiter- Chromebooks for Port Macquarie school
Networks Asia- School deploys virtualised learning environment
Computerworld- School deploys chromebooks
Conferences & events presentations:
Independent Schools Digital Collaboration Network 27/10/17
Ruapehu Transformation Project 16/09/17
Leading a Digital School 17/08/17
Leading a Digital School 17/08/17
EduTECH 2017
LoopEd 2/06/17
Future Schools 24/03/17
Te Papa Talk: Virtual Realities 20/03/17
Blended Learning & Development Conference 8/03/17
Museum Education Conference 1/02/17
Imaging Forum 24/11/16
Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum Conference 31/08/16
Leading A Digital School Conference 25/08/16
SCICON 2016 13/07/16
Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum Conference 17/03/16
Openworld Edu 26/11/15
ULearn 2015 7/10/15
EduTECH 2015 2/06/15
ICTENSW 2015 14/03/15
makerspace
Connected Education Summit 21/04/15
Future Schools 11/03/15
ClassTECH & Young Learners conferences
AIS ICT Integrators Conference 17/09/14
EduTECH 2014 3/06/14
IWBNET- 7th National Leading a Digital School Conference 29-30/08/13
PEIC- Digital Citizenship Conference 26/07/13
EduTECH 2013 3/06/13
AIS NSW ICT Management and Leadership conference 29/05/13
PLANE Festival of Learning 19/10/12
CONTACT: sirmattrichards@gmail.com
