David Jones
Teacher (Digital Technology & Mathematics)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolDavid Jones is an experienced educator and learning designer with 16 years specialising in digital technologies and mathematics, currently teaching at Laidley State High School in Toowoomba. He combines deep academic grounding—a PhD in Information Systems and a double major in Computer Science and Philosophy—with hands-on leadership roles in tertiary learning and e-learning innovation across multiple Australian universities. David excels at integrating pedagogy, curriculum design and digital tools to orchestrate meaningful learning experiences, and has led institutional projects supporting thousands of students. Notably, he bridges theory and practice by moving from university-level educational strategy and consultancy to classroom teaching, bringing a systems-thinking approach to everyday lessons.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBA, Double Major Computer Science, Major Philosophy, BA, Double Major Computer Science, Major Philosophy at The University of QueenslandGraduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (with Distinction), Information Technology, Mathematics, Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (with Distinction), Information Technology, Mathematics at Central Queensland University
Github Skills (35)
html-to-docx9
moodle9
manim9
mathematical8
animation7
python7
docx6
math6
converter6
pdf5
html4
collections4
canvas3
vue3
visual-studio-code-extension3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
djplaner/word-to-canvas-module
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
A userscript that will create a Canvas Module (including all module items) from a Word document (using special styles)
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 241 pushes in 1 year 6 months
instructure-canvasword-documentcanvasjavascriptuserscript
djplaner/canvas-collections
Jan 2022 - Apr 2024
Transform Canvas LMS modules by adding structure, visuals, and context
Contributions:15 releases, 1 review, 33 PRs in 2 years 3 months
canvascanvaslmsjavascriptcollections
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