MakerBox, an educational community programme in Wellington, will be holding Maker Party Wellington on Saturday 13 September, from 12.30 to 3.30pm at the Miramar Community Centre (27 Chelsea Street). Maker Party, an international initiative sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation, unites educators, organisations, and enthusiastic technologists of all ages […]
Children are often discouraged from playing video games because it can distract them from their school work. But now new research claims gaming could actually improve their performance at school by boosting their language skills and vocabulary. In particular, Swedish scientists found that Massively multiplayer online role-playing games […]
Microsoft New Zealand has announced that its business social networking platform Yammer Enterprise will now be available to all educational institutions in the country as an extension to its free Office 365 for Education plans. Office 365 for Education provides staff and students at New Zealand schools with […]
More than 225,000 students from 700 schools have connected to Network for Learning’s (N4L’s) Managed Network and the company has announced that it hopes to connect another 300 schools by the end of the year. N4L CEO John Hanna credits the steady pace of the rollout to the big […]
Who did you vote for? Thanks to everyone who viewed and voted for their favourite video in our Toshiba Portégé Z10t competition. It was a close run thing and we’re delighted to announce the winner. Congratulations to Jo Day, of Churchill Park School in Auckland. Her video was […]
Four months into the rollout of Network for Learning’s portal Pond, more educators are set to participate. If you missed out on becoming a Pioneer Educator, now’s your chance to get your hands on an invite. From Friday 8 August, Pond Educators can start inviting colleagues to join […]
Acer NZ has launched the ‘Privilege Program’ designed to reward schools (to Year 12) for purchasing Acer products. When you purchase any Acer product through Acer Authorised Education Resellers, your school can earn points that can be redeemed for Acer products (desktops, laptops, netbooks, Chromebooks, tablets and projectors) via […]
From 45 that applied, 16 schools have been chosen by N4l for the ‘Pioneer School’ programme. They have been selected for their “diversity in roll size, age group, geographic location, socio-demographic and the variety of technologically confident staff they have on board”, according to the company. The schools […]
A Labour Government will modernise New Zealand’s schools and close the digital divide by ensuring all students in Years 5-13 have access to a portable computer in the classroom and their home, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. “The world has changed but our schools haven’t. “The average age […]
Nine students from Mana College, Porirua, have been recognised and congratulated by Education Minister Hekia Parata for their efforts in successfully graduating from a Microsoft-led IT training programme at their school. The Minster presented the students with graduation certificates for the Microsoft IT Academy’s ‘Microsoft Office Specialist’ course […]
A new flagship ‘free school’ in the UK is planning to replace teachers with computers for some day-to-day lessons. One of England’s biggest academy chains – Ark Schools – wants to set up a new ‘blended learning’ model – which will see children taught over the internet for […]
Schools are increasingly putting students under closed-circuit television surveillance to cut bullying. The practice is suggested in new Ministry of Education bullying prevention guidelines – and some schools have already put cameras near toilet blocks after learning bullied children were avoiding them for fear of getting bashed. One […]
