Kristin School teacher, Nathan Calvert has been awarded the inaugural NEXT Foundation Expert Teacher Award at The Mind Lab by Unitec’s graduation yesterday. The ceremony marked the course completion of the first 130 teachers to undertake the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital and Collaborative Learning), with the […]
The Mind Lab by Unitec has today announced it will offer its Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) to Auckland tertiary educators for the first time. Commencing in November 2015, the qualification was previously available to primary and secondary teachers, but will now be offered […]
Northland’s Whananaki School has won the second HP Rural Schools Competition taking away $10,000 worth of HP technology. Earlier this year, HP New Zealand teamed up with Rural Women New Zealand to give rural primary schools the chance to win a share of $20,000 worth of HP products […]
During October, Cyclone is hosting its ‘Google Education Roadshow’, visting Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland, and Dunedin. This informative day will empower your educators to transform student learning with Google, GAFE, Chrome, and Chromebooks. Book your place! For more information go to cyclone.co.nz
CLNZ Education Awards celebrate excellent New Zealand educational resources – but needs your help. This year’s awards will feature ‘Teachers’ Choice’ winners in the primary, secondary and te reo Maori categories. Supported by its Teachers’ Choice media partner, INTERFACE Magazine, Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is asking teachers […]
Affordable Maker Space Solutions Sitech Systems NZ is stocking the Robotist range from Artec Blocks. Great for hands-on STEM experimenting from age 8. Students can design and build robots. The basic robots that they can control. The basic kit contains infrared, touch, light, and sound sensors, as well […]
Waitakere College was the first school in New Zealand to sign up Zaption. It saw its combination with eTV as the perfect solution for storing, manage and actively using video content, says Lee Devenish. Why did you choose to use eTV? It looked like a really powerful tool […]
From choosing devices to organising servicing and PD, managing a BYOD programme isn’t easy. Here three schools describe how Harvey Norman is proving a safe pair of hands for their student devices Sarah Trethewey, Lead teacher for ICT, Katikati Primary, Bay of Plenty “Our lease was up and we […]
The Connected Learning Advisory (CLA) is a free advice service that’s helping schools integrate digital technology with learning, so they can get the best results for their students and communities, writes Nathaniel Louwrens. When new Principal Denyse Healy, of Blenheim School, was looking for support with the use […]
Applications are now open for The Mind Lab by Unitec’s Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) starting in November in Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington and Christchurch. Want to find out more? Free ‘Postgrad Open Home’ sessions are being held where you can take a closer look and learn first […]
Education expert Travis Smith is New Zealand this week, visiting Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Napier, and Auckland. He’ll be delivering ‘Teaching in Technology’, engaging sessions that show educators how they can integrate technology into their teaching to increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes. The dates and venues for the seminars are as follows. There’s […]
Creativity and innovation are skills that are recognised as increasingly important in both the learning environment and workplace, creating a requirement to understand how better to cultivate and teach these skills more effectively within the classroom setting. The Maker Culture which is the general term given to inventors, […]
