Want to re-imagine learning but don’t know where to start? Microsoft is offering schools the chance to explore the future of learning with a free ‘Digital Learning Experience’, writes Anne Taylor. Every school is excited by the potential of digital learning – from greater student engagement and higher […]
As momentum continues to grow around The Mind Lab by Unitec’s Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning), two schools share their experiences of this innovative and exciting programme. The Gardens School, Auckland When Principal Susannah Fowler offered teachers the chance to participate in the postgraduate […]
ACTIVboardNZ has a number of great offers for schools during Term 2. Don’t miss out! “We’re wanting to support the many schools who have adopted mobile technology in the classroom,” said Murray Thoms. “For Term 2, we will be bundling Apple TVs with our popular 55” ActivStation teaching and learning platform, […]
It certainly caught a few people’s eyes – even our own printer called to check we hadn’t made a mistake on the cover of the last issue. But no, we hadn’t left off the ‘E’ by mistake. Or changed our name to ‘INTERFAC’. As you’ll recall, the feature […]
Conferenz and NZ Tech bring best practice in pedagogy and education technology to New Zealand with the Advance Education Technology Summit in July. The event is is about connecting communities and experiences to learn about the best ways to use technology in our schools – at the same […]
The NZ Transport Agency’s Game Design Competition has prompted cross-curriculum delivery for a class of Year 9 students, writes Wayne Erb When students from Heretaunga College investigated potential road safety hazards on local streets, they took to their bikes. Before pedalling out the school gate, they strapped on […]
What’s new? What do we think? What do you need to know? There is a selection of new devices being pitched at the education market. INTERFACE Editor Greg Adams checks out two options for your BYOD device. Acer Aspire R3-131T You know how sometimes a device just feels good. Well, […]
If the power fails, how will your school cope? Lexel investigates the implications for the classroom and beyond, and why you should seriously consider Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). We all know the frustration of a power outage, from food going off in the now-warm fridge to having to […]
When one solution for student devices wasn’t working, Whangarei Girls’ High School took the initiative and changed its supplier. It turned to Acer and hasn’t looked back, writes Lee Suckling. Whangarei Girls’ High School recently invested substantially in buying several hundred Acer laptops after the school’s previous solution […]
St Mary’s College is in its second year of BYOD. Here we talk to Elena Grant about the direction they’ve chosen to take and the decisions they’ve made along the way. Can you describe your BYOD programme? 2015 was our first year of BYOD. We introduced it at […]
Delegates at this year’s INTERFACE Xpo are in for a technological treat – Ian Taylor will be our keynote speaker at the three events. Ian is founder of Animation Research Limited. He was inducted into the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame in 2009 and is one of New Zealand’s […]
We’re delighted that Adobe, Microsoft and Toshiba have signed up as sponsors of INTERFACE Xpo 2016. They complete an impressive line-up for this year’s event of key technology companies working with schools in New Zealand. The sponsors of INTERFACE Xpo 2016 are: GOLD: N4L, Harvey Norman and Cyclone […]
