Are you using Minecraft in your classroom? If so, we want to hear from you for an upcoming ‘special issue’ on this popular building game. We want you to tell us about your experiences using this teaching solution. Just get in touch with INTERFACE Editor Greg Adams and […]
Interested in finding out more about what computer coding can offer? Looking for ways to use it with your students? In the latest issue, read how eight teachers share with INTERFACE their experiences of bringing programming into their classes. Learning how to adapt and change with technology, Janie Tito, Chilton […]
Teaching computational thinking, digital technology and cyber security at primary school level has been identified by NZTech in a first-ever substantive report to be as integral as maths and English to the nation’s economy. The New Zealand education system is not evolving fast enough to generate local talent […]
A charity group has teamed up with Ngai Tahu to produce a first-of-its-kind initiative to teach primary school students how to embrace Ngai Tahu’s cultural beliefs and language by creating a variety of coding projects incorporating te reo. Code Club Aotearoa is a charity that partners with primary schools and uses the knowledge of […]
Previously only available on Google Apps, education management system Hapara can now be used with Microsoft Office 365 and OneNote. Microsoft New Zealand’s Education Sector Manager Evan Blackman says by combining OneNote and Hapara, educators have a powerful tool that helps them focus attention on improving student learning outcomes. […]
3P Learning has been awarded the 2016 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year Award. The Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year Award recognises a partner organisation that excels at providing innovative and unique services or solutions based services on Microsoft technologies to education customers. 3P Learning was also […]
3P Learning has announced that it now fully supports Google SSO and Office 365 SSO for both Mathletics and Spellodrome. Direct SSO login links have been added across all product homepages: Office 365 Mathletics Spellodrome: Coming Soon Buttons on all Mathletics Homepages. Google Single Sign On Mathletics Spellodrome Buttons on all Mathletics Homepages. For […]
In the July school holidays, Catalyst runs a three-day ‘Arduino Academy’on the 11, 12 and 13 July . Applications are open for the eight places available Aimed at senior secondary school students, the Catalyst Arduino Academy is three days of learning about the Arduino. “We hope we can inspire […]
Sometimes, no matter what you think of an app or website, the only opinion that really counts is from those in the classroom. Here students at Heaton Normal Intermediate School give us their views on a selection of tools. Thematic (thematic.co) “Thematic is a great site for any […]
Thanks to students from Churchill Park School for creating this fantastic video of INTERFACE Xpo 2016 at the Vodafone Events Centre in Auckland.
The Mind Lab by Unitec wants teachers to crowd-source its future locations. The Where to Next campaign gives you the chance to bring its postgrad programme to your hometown. And it’s easy – teachers simply register themselves and their school through the Where To Next interactive portal and once a location receives […]
All the action from INTERFACE Xpo 2016 in Taupo on Monday 23 May, 2016. Produced by PC Films, students from Putaruru College. Thanks for creating such a great video of the event.
