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Wow, what an Xpo!

Wow, what a great three days we’ve had at this year’s INTERFACE Xpo. Thanks to everyone who came along and helped make it such a success. We began in Wellington last Thursday, moving to Taupo on Monday and finishing in Auckland yesterday. We had a blast and hope you did, […]

It’s all go for INTERFACE 2016!

Just hours to go now until the start of INTERFACE Xpo 2016. We’ve got a great day planned and we look forward to kicking off the roadshow at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa tomorrow! We’ll then travel up to Taupo (Great Lake Centre) for Monday and Auckland (Vodafone […]

Introducing Microsoft’s Digital Learning Experience

Want to re-imagine learning but don’t know where to start? Microsoft is offering schools the chance to explore the future of learning with a free ‘Digital Learning Experience’, writes Anne Taylor. Every school is excited by the potential of digital learning – from greater student engagement and higher […]

Why are teachers heading back to school?

As momentum continues to grow around The Mind Lab by Unitec’s Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning), two schools share their experiences of this innovative and exciting programme. The Gardens School, Auckland When Principal Susannah Fowler offered teachers the chance to participate in the postgraduate […]

‘Two for one’ offer and more from ACTIVboardNZ

ACTIVboardNZ has a number of great offers for schools during Term 2. Don’t miss out!  “We’re wanting to support the many schools who have adopted mobile technology in the classroom,” said Murray Thoms. “For Term 2, we will be bundling Apple TVs with our popular 55” ActivStation teaching and learning platform, […]

Solving the case of the missing ‘E’

It certainly caught a few people’s eyes – even our own printer called to check we hadn’t made a mistake on the cover of the last issue. But no, we hadn’t left off the ‘E’ by mistake. Or changed our name to ‘INTERFAC’. As you’ll recall, the feature […]

Sign up for the Advance Education Technology Summit

Conferenz and NZ Tech bring best practice in pedagogy and education technology to New Zealand with the Advance Education Technology Summit in July. The event is is about connecting communities and experiences to learn about the best ways to use technology in our schools – at the same […]

INTERFACE Xpo 2016: Meet our keynote Ian Taylor

Delegates at this year’s INTERFACE Xpo are in for a technological treat – Ian Taylor will be our keynote speaker at the three events. Ian is founder of Animation Research Limited. He was inducted into the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame in 2009 and is one of New Zealand’s […]

Winner announced of NEXT Foundation’ Expert Teacher Award

Congratulations to Aorere College’s Gareth Haddon who has been awarded the NEXT Foundation’s Expert Teacher Award and received a $5,000 cash prize. Runners up Wayne Widdowson from Gulf Harbour School and Savelina Lepou of Mt Roskill Primary School both in Auckland, were also recognised. The award was made at the graduation ceremony […]