Secure your laptop with this awesome anti-theft backpack, whose hidden zippers combat would-be pickpockets when you’re out and about. An interior sleeve can store up to a 15.6-inch device, there are padded and adjustable shoulder straps for comfort, and a water-repellent outer fabric ensures moisture doesn’t leak in. […]
Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s Minecraft competition – and to MOTAT for its support. The challenge was to design and build a ‘Machine’ and the response was amazing. From rockets and rollercoaster, to computers and car, we received some awesome creations. It wasn’t easy but we’ve […]
It promises to be an exciting but challenging year ahead for digital technology in learning. From the mandatory use by schools of the Ministry of Education’s Digital Technologies learning area, to the constant evolution and dynamism of e-learning, are you equipped and ready for 2020? This special feature […]
Are you using STEAM/STEM in your teaching? STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics – is an effective way for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. If you’re using it in your classroom, we want to hear about your experiences for a ‘special feature’ in […]
AutonoMate is a new Digital Technologies curriculum resource for Years 9-10 that aims to activate student design thinking around the future of transport. Possums are better off dead, for the sake of New Zealand’s wildlife. Most people would agree but mashing that thought into the global debate around […]
Thanks to all eagle-eyed readers who took us up on the challenge to name the items we used to create the masthead in our last issue. The promise of food was clearly a big attraction as we had more than 300 entries! However, it proved quite a testing […]
Last month, Dan Milward and his awesome Gamelab team hosted our Gamefroot competition winner Jackson Pinique, from Mangere Bridge School. It was his first visit to Wellington and, along with his brother, he was given a behind-the-scenes tour of the studio and a sneak peek on the latest […]
Entries to this year’s INTERFACE Minecraft competition have now closed. Thanks and good luck to everyone who sent us their ‘make a machine’ design. We’re now in the process of judging the entries. The results will be revealed in the November issue of INTERFACE. Find out more about […]
Time is running out to take part in this year’s INTERFACE Minecraft Student Competition. Entries close tomorrow, Tuesday 15 October! The challenge is to ‘make a machine’. This could be any number of things – maybe a computer, rollercoaster, elevator, windmill, boat or vehicle – the choice is […]
From storm to tsunami to zombie apocalypse, a new augmented reality app aims to help teach young students how to react in an emergency and will be available before October’s nationwide ‘ShakeOut’ drill, writes Melanie Langlotz. Schools have been looking for new digital resources to teach emergency management […]
The Goodfellow Centre at Saint Kentigern College was a long time in the planning. It started life as two separate buildings with a breezeway between and finished as a single building incorporating flexible spaces to allow for collaborative and creative work. The architectural plans included a central space […]
Microsoft is launching a whole new world to explore in Minecraft: Education Edition. Ngā Motu (The Island) will offer students a taste of what life was like in a traditional Māori pā thanks to this virtual world’s creator Whetu Paitai. Whetu Paitai’s always been good at building. In […]
