Teach Middle East Magazine Jan-Feb 2016 Issue 3 Volume 3 | Page 9

IBUTORS... GUEST WRITERS Dr Sujith Samuel Mathew Mr Tony Ng Bettina Bennett Ms. Cory Wilkerson Bashaer Mohammed Al Kilani Tracy Edwards Bashaer holds M.Ed. in Leadership. She has a diverse experience in education as instructional supervisor, curriculum developer and currently holds an IT lecturer position in Fatima College of Health Sciences. She has designed and implemented E-learning based curriculum and has conducted research on E-learning. Tracy has an extensive background in teaching and professional development. She recently earned her doctorate from Pepperdine University in Learning Technologies. Tracy currently works as an instructor for the Abu Dhabi Education Council where she focuses on using technology to enhance English instruction. Visit her blogs at http://tracyrenee70.blogspot.com/ and http ://tracyedwardsteacher. blogspot.com/ Marwa Al Samsam Steve Bambury Tony received both Bachelor and Master degrees in Computer Science from the USA. He has over 15 years of experience working in the industry and academia. His research interests include Grid/ Cloud Computing, IT Mobility (Integration), and HumanComputer (Robot) Interaction. Dr Sujith Mathew is an Assistant Professor at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi with a PhD from University of Adelaide. With more than 15 years of experience, his research focuses are in ubiquitous and distributed computing, concentrating on the Internet of Things. Bettina is currently a Cycle Two and Three educator here in the UAE. She is also a Teach UAE Magazine Blogger. Cory is an Arts Education consultant and former Theatre teacher whose current work is in standards and assessment. She is currently the Project Manager for the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, publishers of the US national standards in the arts. Marwa has worked as an educational consultant and a teacher trainer for Oxford University Press since 2009. As a trainer, Marwa is interested in language acquisition theories particularly the effect of developing language skills for non-native speakers of English being exposed to first language resources. Steve is Head of Computing at Jumeirah English Speaking School and the founder of the GESS Award-winning iPad Educators website. Steve is an Apple Distinguished Educator, a Microsoft Innovative Education Expert, a Book Creator Global Ambassador, a Nearpod PioNear and a Seesaw Ambassador. Class Time | | Jan - Feb 2016 | 7