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Schools stories

Summit gives students a creative voice

Two Auckland students had the chance to create a digital media message with students from around the world at the recent Adobe Youth Voices Summit.

By Rebecca Wood • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Sep 2013

Schools

Study to examine how technology develops literacy skills

Massey University's study aims to prove digital tech and TVs as beneficial learning tools for children's literacy skills.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Sep 2013

Schools

Computers help connect communities

Communities connect as Otago Polytechnic's Digital Outreach gifts computers to Blueskin Bay Library, fueling online learning and skill development.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Sep 2013

Unified Communications

Students encouraged to shoot for stars

West Auckland school students to Skype with New Zealand-born NASA engineer who is fulfilling his dream to become an astronaut.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Aug 2013

Unified Communications

Join Fijian voyagers in Skype classroom tonight

Pacific voyaging and navigation is to take centre stage in a Skype in the classroom event tonight as part of the Exploring Oceans series.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2013

EduTech

Ministry extends Microsoft Schools Agreement to 2015

Teachers and students across the country have greater access to modern e-learning tools thanks to the renewed Microsoft Schools Agreement.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Aug 2013

Cloud Services

Marlborough schools to get slice of Pi

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology donates Raspberry Pi computers to 13 local schools, empowering students to compete in the {Codeworx} challenge.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Wed, 7th Aug 2013

Stories from Other Regions

Schools stories

Human Capital Management

Novopay costs schools dearly

Novopay's $100k-a-week additional cost hits schools hard, reveals an NZEI survey, marking a costly year since its rollout.

By Rebecca Wood • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Sep 2013

EduTech

Snapshot of key educational statistics now online

New educational data provides insight into school performance, drawing both interest and criticism over its accuracy and fairness.

By Rebecca Wood • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Sep 2013

EduTech

Software helps students catch their dreams

DreamCatcher, a New Zealand web-based tool, revolutionises career teaching by empowering students to make informed decisions and take control of their futures.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Aug 2013

Gaming

Game gives schools opportunity to predict the future

Teachers and students have the opportunity to forecast the future tomorrow in an online game run by the MacDiarmid Institute and StratEDGY.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Aug 2013

Wireless Networks

Allied Telesis delivers more for Education in New Zealand…

Allied Telesis powers ahead, providing enhanced network solutions for over 1,400 New Zealand schools, promising unrivalled tech support.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Aug 2013

University of Canterbury

Computer science a hit with school students

New Zealand teens shift ambitions towards computer science, lured by its creative potential, says University of Canterbury expert.

By Rebecca Wood • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Aug 2013

Cloud Services

Life Education finalist in ICT awards

Mobile health education provider, Life Education, is one of eight New Zealand finalists in the global World Summit Awards for creativity and innovation in ICT.

By Rebecca Wood • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2013

Schools

Students encouraged to mashup and remix digital content

Students have the opportunity to predict the future with the final round of DigitalNZ's Mix and Mash competition which closes in November.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2013

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying more common with girls

New study finds cyberbullying in New Zealand schools primarily by girls, with urgent calls for more sophisticated prevention methods.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Aug 2013

University of Canterbury

Selective use of technology best for language students

New Zealand language teachers need to be confident in their ability to selectively use technology, says a University of Canterbury language education expert.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Aug 2013