Hi! I’m Kate Zarb; educator, creator (and total nerd).

Ko Maungatautari te maunga.
Ko Tainui te waka.
Ko Waikato te awa.
Ko Ngāti Raukawa te iwi.
Ko Kate Zarb taku ingoa.
Tēna koutou, Tēna koutou, Tēna koutou, katoa.

Work
I work where tech, art and education intersect, currently as an Associate Teaching Fellow in the Department of Communications & Creative Arts at Deakin University.

I built and run teachenglishonline.com.au, dedicated to supporting and providing educational content for TESOL teachers to pivot online. It ranks #1 on Google.

Qualifications
Master of Education (Digital Futures and Innovative Practices) [Research] (i.p) – University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Certificate of Education, UniSQ
Bachelor of Arts (Education & Digital Media), Deakin.

Passion Projects
I create in a few guises, with my digital media project “Kae Zars From Mars” premiering at the 2024 New Zealand, Melbourne and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.

The projects explored Artificial Intelligence (AI), colonisation, Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of The Spectacle‘ theory and the potential of Creative Commons media. Read more here.

I have worked extensively with the reclamation of digitised illustrations in the Public Domain via collage, specifically focusing on materials of Māori imagery.

You may even find me performing some occasional comedy and poetry (Runner-up in the 2024 Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) Raw Poetry Slam). #HumbleBrag