Health and Life Skills teacher Geoff Wood has been on the Virtual Learning Network Board for the past five years: The previous three years as Chair. Geoff started teaching at Rosmini College following a sixteen year stint as a member of the faculty and project director at Washington State University, where he managed a number of youth programmes initiatives and taught the elementary and secondary physical education pedagogy courses. He has taught in schools in the Philippines and the USA. Geoff continues to seek innovative approaches to engage students in collaborative, global thinking activities and projects. His students are currently connected to students in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific, under the banner of the well-known Over the Back Fence Project (Global Connections).