You no longer need a floppy disk drive to play old school computer games. Nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games are now available online thanks to Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital history library. Gamers can travel The Oregon Trail, find treasure with Indiana Jones and explore the sunken Titanic, the San Francisco […]
The Mind Lab by Unitec has announced it’s partnering with the NEXT Foundation to deliver 800 scholarships for teachers to undertake postgraduate study in digital and collaborative learning. The Foundation is also providing a grant to research the impact of the qualification. The scholarships will allow more teachers to […]
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has announced that CORE Education has been chosen to deliver the Ministry of Education’s new Learning Technologies Advisory (LTA) Service. A total of $5 million will be invested in the service over three years, starting in 2015. “This service is about helping teachers take advantage […]
Fifteen pioneering Kiwi teachers have been selected to join a global community of 800 educators as part of the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert Programme. Each year, Microsoft selects people who are creatively using technology and want to share their experience and successes with other teachers. “The Microsoft […]
Schools committed to meeting the needs of today’s learners are finding the answer in Schoology. It’s a new breed of LMS that more than meets the Future Focused Learning recommendations of the Ministry’s 21st Century Reference Group, writes Lee Suckling. Schoology is an online learning and classroom management […]
You can support students to become involved in cycling at school by checking out resources at the Bike Wise ‘10 for Teachers’. It’s full of activities that will engage students and help them discover why people cycle, as well as learn about safe cycling equipment and practices. Here’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
There are always some job changes at the start of a new year. If you’re moving schools and want to continue reading INTERFACE, let us know. We’ll be able to tell you if your new school receives the magazine and who to contact to make sure you get […]
