Te Aroha College’s Troy Smith is one of 15 New Zealand teachers accepted as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert for 2015. Next year he will be working to implement 21st Century learning with partner schools. How do you feel about being made a MIE Expert? Very excited and humbled. I’m […]
Christchurch’s Linwood College has been experimenting with Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 devices since the start of the year and has been impressed with the results, writes Lee Suckling. Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet 3 has proved the perfect addition to Linwood College’s philosophy for providing ICT for students that replicates […]
A study by researchers at the Institute of Education, University of London, suggests that learning online while at school helps students become confident, capable independent learners, and teaches them online research and communication tools – which the study says are essential requirements for university study. Researchers looked at […]
We’ve chosen our finalists, now it’s the turn of INTERFACE readers to help us select the winners. Click here to read more about this year’s INTERFACE Awards finalists and their entries. Once you’ve decided on your favourites, make your selections. Your choices will be combined with our judges’ scores […]
With the help of computing enthusiasts nationwide, an Auckland couple is working to create New Zealand’s first dedicated computer museum – and you could own a piece of it! Husband and wife team, Mark and Katie Barlow have created a combination of a Charitable Trust to hold and […]
An Auckland school is seeking legal advice on how to best protect the intellectual property of students who are designing and programming apps. Avondale College is looking at how best to protect the work of students whose work could have commercial potential. The college has set up an […]
“Miss! We made it breathe out fire!” exclaimed 10-year-old Joe, pointing at the laptop on his desk, where he has programmed his animated dragon to belch flames into the face of the Greek hero Heracles. Gasps of excitement ripple across the classroom, as the children at Launcelot school […]
Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s award. We’ve chosen this year’s finalists. Congratulations to: Best Teaching with ICT – Primary and Intermediate Chris Dixon and Hayley Hikairo, Maungatapu Primary, Tauranga – Battle of Gate Pa Nick Leith, Casebrook Intermediate School, Christchurch – Creating a website Kerry Poulsen, West Melton School, […]
HP has announced the winners of its inaugural Rural Schools Competition, with the top prize of $10,000 worth of HP products and support going to Te Kura O Hata Maria School. It was one of more than 60 submissions. A panel of judges, including a Rural Women New […]
The ‘Digital Technologies in New Zealand Schools – 2014 report”, the ICT survey by Research New Zealand for the 2020 Trust is soon to be released. What a sneak peek? A special 4-page supplement exclusive to INTERFACE Magazine provides a report card on selected key results from the […]
Are you teaching computer programming? Are you and your students using coding in your classroom? If so, we want to hear from you. Next year we’re planning a number of projects and features on the subject. We’d like to learn about your experiences using code, from the successes […]
Today N4L (Network for Learning) announced its has connected the 1,000th school to its Managed Network, which means more than 40 per cent of New Zealand schools are now signed up with it. In total, nearly 319,000 students, teachers and school administrators are now using N4L’s services, which include fast and reliable […]
