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Peter Abt


Peter Abt
Peter is passionate about teaching with mobile devices and believes that they can transform learning across the curriculum. He has a strong interest in coding and has worked with students as a Digital Technology/STEAM Specialist on a diverse range of creative projects including Spherogreen screenstop motion animation and Minecraft.
 
He has over 25 years’ experience in primary and secondary education and is the creator of Teaching with the iPad website and YouTube channel. He has also developed and managed a school iPad program of around 90 devices.
Peter’s most notable publications to date are ‘Creating Stories with ScratchJr’ and ‘Teaching with the iPad’ which focuses on the pedagogy of using the iPad in the classroom.
 
In 2015 Peter became an Apple Distinguished Educator as recognition for his work in this field and was selected to speak as a showcase presenter at the 2017 ADE Academy in Melbourne, Australia. He has spoken at several conferences including EduTECH (Sydney), i-Educate (Brisbane) and TECHpalooza on the Gold Coast.
 
Peter was selected in the inaugural Sphero Hero ambassador program and has a keen interest in the area of robotics. In 2018 he also became a Book Creator Ambassador for his work with students creating digital books.
 
He is currently a Digital Technology Coach at Burnside State School on the Sunshine Coast, Australia and can be contacted via Twitter.