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Accessit: New specially designed support service packages for school libraries. With high staff turnover, it’s clear that many schools around the country are seeking to maximise their investments, including those in their libraries. Now could be the perfect time for a new ‘Health Check’ for your library from Accessit.

Netsafe: WIN BIG for your school with Hector’s World competition. Throughout Term 3, Netsafe is inviting primary schools nationwide to join its Hector’s World competition. Entries are now open and there are multiple ways to participate with big prizes on offer – including a visit from Hector!

NZ Esport Health and Wellbeing free presentation: NZ Esports, in partnership with School Sport NZ, is funded to deliver an important health and wellbeing presentation free of charge. Introduce to your students the importance of play-life balance, moderating screen time, sleep, physical and mental health in esports.

Using kids’ curiosity to combat cheating with chatbots. Despite its vast and impressive capabilities, Generative AI – the artificial brain power behind chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot – is creating a technological headache for educators. New research, however, has identified an approach to teaching that could help to combat cheating with AI.

Netsafe’s advice for learning to use AI safely and responsively. Looking for help, support and guidance when it comes to AI? Netsafe has created its Generative AI Toolkit, a new resource for teachers and secondary school students to learn safe and responsible use of Generative AI tools.

From the electoral college to super delegates, 10 tools for teaching about the US election. Red versus blue. Conservative versus liberal. Trump versus Harris. Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday 5 November 2024 to elect the next US President. As the Republican and Democrat parties campaign for swing states and undecided voters, check out these online resources for learning about the US election.

File Share: two pages of online resources for educators.

Competitions: Heaps of great prizes to be won!

INTERFACE August 2024