Florida high school student Brooke Stewart would gladly swap two required foreign language classes to become fluent in JavaScript or Python, the coding languages she uses to design computer games. Lawmakers in her state have sparked national debate by considering whether to provide that option. A measure championed […]
One in 10 New Zealanders is affected by dyslexia, including 70,000 school children. Learning can be daunting and challenging for these students, so one Tauranga teacher has developed an app to improve the way they approach exams, writes Lee Suckling. Physical education teacher Charles Leota, of Otumoetai College, […]
E-books are increasingly being used in classrooms by children as young as three – and they are making a big difference to the reading habits of boys. But there are concerns the expansion of electronic devices in schools may undermine the position of traditional paper books. E-books, where […]
New Zealand’s 49 most remote schools are all now connected to faster broadband just in time for the start of Term One,Communications Minister Amy Adams has announced. The Remote Schools Broadband Initiative (RSBI) was established in 2012 to improve broadband services to remote schools. The programme provides point-to-point […]
An ‘education edition’ of Minecraft is to be launched by Microsoft. The product will offer teachers new ways to use the world-building video game in a range of subjects. Microsoft paid $2.5bn (£1.8bn) for Mojang, Minecraft’s Swedish creator, in 2014. And late last year, it bought the four-year-old MinecraftEdu […]
We’re back on deck, refreshed and raring to go for 2016! Last year was great but we’re expecting the year ahead to be full on. Our next issue publishes Friday 12 February – the second week of Term 1. Among other things, we’ll be looking at learning with robotics […]
Wow, what a night! Thanks to everyone who joined us last night to watch STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. It was great to see so many of you – especially those who made long journeys to make it. “It was lots of fun and so good to relax into […]
Everyone who received tickets to join us to watch STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS has now been notified. Judging by the reaction, it’s been a popular promotion! You should also have received instructions for attending tomorrow night (17 December). If not, please contact Editor Greg Adams – greg.adams@interfacemagazine.co.nz – […]
N4L now has 90 per cent of the country’s schools connected to its Managed Network, providing more than 735,000 teachers and students throughout New Zealand access to fast, uncapped internet running at predictable speeds in their classrooms. Announcing the milestone last week, Associate Minister of Education Nikki Kaye noting […]
A new technology agreement for New Zealand students and teachers comes with a commitment from Microsoft that student data will only be used to improve education and help kids learn, and not be used for commercial purposes. This comes with a Ministry of Education extension to its Schools […]
New Zealand will be the first country in the world today to kick-off the global Microsoft Skype-a-Thon, a 48-hour event aimed at connecting classrooms around the world to showcase how technology can be used to enhance the learning experience. At 1.00pm, New Zealand time, Microsoft’s Vice President for […]
Thanks to everyone who entered our inaugural Junior INTERFACE Awards. We received a great response and some fantastic entries. There were two categories: ‘Best Activity using Digital Technology’ ‘Best Minecraft Creation’ In the ‘Best Activity using Digital Technology’, we asked students to tell us how they’re using technology […]
