Congratulations to all this year’s winners in the MADE Awards. The awards ceremony at the Bay Court Theatre in Tauranga was a glamorous affair and a huge success. Check out the full results and all the action from the night. “A HUGE Congratulations to each and every finalists […]
A New Zealand-designed school programme for developing computational thinking skills is being given a major global boost, thanks to a new grant announced today by Microsoft NZ. The Computer Science Unplugged project is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles […]
Three years ago, the ‘Hour of Code’ was launched. So far, an estimated 10 per cent of all the world’s students have tried it. The 2016 Hour of Code events take place 5 -11 December. “For this year’s Hour of Code, we want to expand participation by the […]
Thanks to everyone who voted in the INTERFACE Awards 2016. Your input will help us choose this year’s winners. Good luck to all our finalists. We’re finalising the scores and placings. The results will be announced on Friday, 25 November.
There’s still time for your students to enter our Minecraft competition … but they’ll have to be quick! Entries close today. The page will be open until the end of the day. There are four categories to choose from in this year’s competition. Your Dream House (Years 1-6) Your […]
Following months of testing and free trials for early adopters, Microsoft has announced the official launch of Minecraft: Education Edition. In a statement it says: “We are excited to announce that the full version of Minecraft: Education Edition is now available for purchase in 11 languages and 50 […]
Twitter has announced that it is closing video sharing service Vine. It launched about four years ago and lets users share six-second-long video clips that played on a loop. In a statement the company said: “Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and […]
Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s awards. There was some great work on show. Now it’s your turn. We’ve chosen our finalists – congratulations to each of you for reaching this stage. Now we’re asking our readers’ to help us select the winners. Vote now! Check out the […]
Got an app you’re just itching to try? Or maybe a new digital challenge in mind for your class? Whatever it is, we’d like to hear from you. This year, we’ve reported on some great initiatives in classrooms across the country. Like the teacher who wrote an award-winning […]
“I can’t remember my password!” Does this sound familiar? As more learning activities move online, teachers are often required to set up new accounts for every student before they can access web-based educational content. On a daily basis, a student’s online learning experience can be interrupted with forgotten […]
When the people at eTV learned that the video annotation ZAPTION service that had been integrated into theirs was closing, there was only one thing for it. “Realising how powerful being able to add interactive content to videos is for teaching and student engagement, we decided to build […]
Edgewater College’s Desirè Truter was awarded the NEXT Foundation Expert Teacher Award at The Mind Lab by Unitec’s graduation in Auckland last month. The specialist English teacher recently completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) and was recognised alongside 215 fellow teachers from the […]
