What’s on your tech radar? Whatever it is, you’ll find it at INTERFACEXpo 2015. If you make the ICT decisions for your school, this is a day not to be missed, with presentations, workshops, an exhibition, and networking opportunities. We’ll be holding three events in May – all […]
Social studies teacher Rich Rowley says he ‘couldn’t have managed’ without video service eTV and its easy access to New Zealand content. What attracted you to eTV? The main reason was easy access to New Zealand specific content. I’ve heard some teachers say: “why do we need eTV when […]
Pink’s not traditionally been my thing but I can definitely make an exception for the new Stream Notebook 11 from HP (although it’s officially Orchid Magenta and also comes in Horizon Blue). First impressions are this device looks good, performs pretty well and is very affordable. The RRP […]
If you are a busy, inquiring educator, who enjoys face-to-face opportunities for professional development, check out the CORE Education Breakfast Seminars and Workshops programme for 2015. Breakfast Seminars and Workshops have been running successfully in New Zealand’s five main centres for a number of years now, and a […]
Nineteen organisations have joined forces to mark today’s Safer Internet Day in New Zealand as Kiwis report an increasing array of internet harms, reports organiser NetSafe. Safer Internet Day is celebrated worldwide to encourage the safe and positive use of the internet and digital technologies, especially among families and young people. In 2015, […]
Network for Learning (N4L) has announced it’s started the new school term with more than half of schools using its Managed Network. More than 400,000 students and 28,000 teachers from nearly 1300 schools are now using N4L’s internet services, complete with uncapped data, web filtering and network security […]
While Raspberry Pi fans were told to expect a brand new board somewhere around 2017, it turns out this isn’t the case. The new Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for US$35/£25 and has some fundamental upgrades. What’s changed? The processor on-board has been upgraded to a 900MHz quad-core chip and […]
New polling of over 1,000 British teenagers aged between 16 and 18 years reveals schools are being left behind by new technology and that the vast majority of pupils are more advanced in using education technology than their teachers. The independent research, conducted by specialist polling agency YouthSight and […]
A leading UK private school, with some of the best results in England, is publishing digital textbooks which are available to download free online. The Stephen Perse Foundation in Cambridge is publishing 12 multimedia textbooks for IGCSE biology. They are being made available on Apple’s iBooks online store […]
Fifteen more companies, including Google and the YouTube-based educational organization Khan Academy, have signed on to a pledge to protect student privacy. The pledge was highlighted in a speech by US President Obama last week, in which he also said he will introduce legislation to protect data collected in the classroom. […]
Computing is the most popular school subject in a new poll of pupils while their parents were more likely to name English as their favourite lesson. Nearly one in four (24 per cent) children aged between six and 12-years old said that computing and technology are the subjects […]
Bellevue West student Tyler Grafft is in the middle of a high school competition, and he’s just scored for his team…by finding two unauthorized users that weren’t supposed to be on a computer. In this competition, there are no cheering fans, screaming parents, pep bands or PA announcers. […]
