Back by popular demand, education specialist Travis Smith is returning to New Zealand for a week-long, nationwide tour next month (4-8 May), stopping off in Auckland, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin. Places at the roadshows are available. Don’t miss out. Book your place. During the free, 2-3 hour sessions, […]
Love teaching? Love technology? HP is offering educators across New Zealand the opportunity to combine both passions through the new HP Education Ambassador programme for teachers. And there’s still time to do it as the entry date has been extended to the end of May. HP is looking […]
There’s still time to book your place at INTERFACEXpo 2015 in Christchurch, Tauranga or Auckland. There are just a few places left. So, if you want to come along, don’t delay. If you make the ICT decisions for your school, this is one day in the year you […]
Issue 99 – Term 2, May 2020 INTERFACE NEWS AND VIEWS NOTICEBOARD THE MIND LAB: Education after lockdown ETV: Overcoming the tyranny of distance learning MOTAT.FUN: Supporting remote learning for young Kiwis. ARE WE GOING TO LEARN FROM THE LOCKDOWN? Educators rising to the challenge and delivering digital learning. […]
After months of waiting, Microsoft finally has a proper name for Windows 10’s new web browser: Forget Project Spartan, and meet Micrisoft Edge. It still has the same flat, minimalist look you saw at the start of the year, as well as clever features like Cortana voice commands […]
A pilot programme in the US is bringing internet access at home to students. Green Bay Area Public School District said more and more of its curriculum is based online. “A lot of our classes are going paperless, a lot of the technology is just becoming intertwined with […]
Thinking of ditching your physical server and adopting computing in the cloud? Here Andrew Fergus of Lexel Education Solutions investigates seven server roles that your school should consider for migrating to the cloud. 1. Email services Email is the first function schools traditionally have looked to move to the cloud. […]
Technology doesn’t come cheap and paying for it is a challenge all schools face. One option is to lease. This lets you not only spread the costs but also enjoy other benefits, as Ross Fodie of Advaro explains. There’s more to ICT that just technology; it’s more about […]
ACG City Campus chose eTV because of its access to local content, particularly news and current affairs, and its ability to be a repository for its own videos, writes Debbie Williams. What are the benefits to using your own content? The main advantage is that students are listening […]
How can educators support ‘personalised’ and ‘social’ learning for both their learners and themselves? Kristina Hoeppner believes she has the answer: MyPortfolio. The New Zealand Curriculum encourages social and personalised learning as it emphasises community engagement, collaboration among students, relationship building, and learning to manage oneself. There are […]
As the digital world continues to evolve it’s important to keep asking ‘why’ schools should use technology and to keep thinking deeply about the opportunities these tools give our teachers and students, writes Carolyn Stuart. When schools first began to consider using digital technologies to support learning, there […]
After a year’s hard work from students at Alfriston College (right), a new exhibition was opened at Auckland War Memorial Museum: Gallipoli in Minecraft. Working in collaboration with museum staff and assisted by teacher Mark Sutherland, they utilised its First World War collections to re-create the landscape of […]
