A bike safety system devised and built by two brother attending Mosman High School, on Sydney's lower north shore, has won recognition at the NSW edition of the 2016 Australian Information Industry Association iAwards for achievement in innovation in the digital economy. According ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 6: PPD’s hidden victims, Melbourne’s new MATRIX, seniors on the internet
In Episode 6 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss post-partum depression (PPD) in new dads, a new maths hub in Melbourne, tech skills in senior citizens and the 2016 federal election. ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, Episode 5: The Con’s urban ‘Odyssey’, pre-election childcare policies, medication for kids
On Talking Eds, I am joined by Campus Review and Education Review editor James Wells and Early Learning Review editor Loren Smith to chat about four interesting stories that made the news this week. Updating Shakespeare for the kids was ...
More »Students are the key to outcomes, so get their input
Australia is not alone in analysing its school education system and questioning its future directions based on national and international test results. Over the past few years, I have been a member of two OECD review teams that have examined ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 4: Girls in STEM, the unlucky country, going manic for Word Mania
This week on Talking Eds, the team behind Education Review, Campus Review and Early Learning Review discuss ways to attract and retain girls and women in STEM subjects and the disparity between lucky and unlucky young Australians. We also go manic for words in celebration ...
More »Word Mania returns to breed verbosity, dispense prizes
The 2016 edition of Word Mania, an online literacy challenge for students in years 1 through 9, was launched last week, with practice now open for verbose youngsters looking to share in $100,000 worth of prizes. The game requires loquacious learners ...
More »Talking Eds: Smoking bans, cute babies and what the Brock Turner case tells us about rape culture
In Episode 3 of APN Educational Media's weekly review podcast Talking Eds, editors James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review join me, news editor Patrick Avenell, to chat about the effectiveness of ...
More »FedUni prepares to welcome teachers and teacher educators for ATEA conference
Teachers, and the teachers who teach them to be teachers, will descend upon Federation University in Ballarat, 100 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in July for the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference. It will be the first time this event has ...
More »Tools for the times: equip students with the devices they need
Teachers and students must have the resources for learning modern technologies; there are many affordable options available. The Digital Technologies Curriculum was rubber-stamped in September 2015, but the rollout in many schools has been delayed. Anecdotal reports suggest this is ...
More »Cure for social ills: maintaining vigilance in the Age of Instagram
Keeping students, teachers and systems safe from cybercrime in the age of Snapchat and Instagram requires being proactive and vigilant. Educational institutions have a duty of care to provide a safe learning environment. This extends to the online world and, ...
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