In the second episode of APN Educational Media's new Week in Review podcast, now titled Talking Eds, new editor Patrick Avenell is joined by James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review to dissect ...
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Measure students’ soft skills: Mitchell Institute
A university think tank wants the soft skills of schoolchildren to be measured, including critical thinking ability, work ethic and sense of community responsibility. The report Education data: Harnessing the potential, from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute, states that these attributes should ...
More »For teachers looking to chill out
Talk to most teachers, and they’ll tell you their job involves a fair share of stress. Many published studies show some stress can be good. It hones focus and helps you get things done. But too much stress can be very, ...
More »Ritalin linked to higher heart disease risk in kids
The controversial hyperactivity drug Ritalin has been linked to an increased risk of heart rhythm problems. A new study found that the drug frequently used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with an increased risk of abnormal heart ...
More »Focus is on unimportant issues, misconceptions: Hattie
The education debate is focused on issues that don’t matter, if John Hattie’s research is to be believed. But a survey behind the new ABC documentary Revolution School has found many people disagree with Hattie. The ABC airs the second episode of its four-part ...
More »Get student data visualised, for easy analysis
Schoolworx is a student administration program for primary and high schools that enables administrators to visualise the performance, attendance and discipline of students and cohorts. It's a web-based program that centralises data for access on desktop and mobile devices. Modules include ...
More »Wireless, not powerless: how wifi is changing education
One of the most striking features of the EduTECH conference being held this week is how happy and satisfied all the delegates, speakers and exhibitors have been with the free wireless internet available at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. ...
More »‘The library is not a shhh place anymore’: Softlink
Softlink is a Brisbane-based company specialising in library software for schools. Its most recent release is Oliver V5, a purely web-based app that enables students to access books, both the paper and electronic kind, while at the school, at home or ...
More »STEM skills and surviving disruption: David Thodey
David Thodey is chair of the board at CSIRO and the former chief executive of Telstra. He delivered the evening keynote on day one of EduTECH in Brisbane, on the subject of STEM education and the need to equip students with ...
More »Firefly moulding the student, teacher, parent triangle
Londoner Joe Mathewson co-founded Firefly in 1999 to create a link between students, teachers and parents. The current iteration of this software enables teachers to set assignments, students to complete them and parents to monitor their kids' progress. Mathewson introduced ...
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