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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
More »Right tech tools can transform learning
David Barnett is managing director of Pearson. Originally a textbook company, Pearson has evolved into a provider of tech-focused learning solutions. Barnett is in Brisbane exhibiting the company's wares at EduTECH. He spoke with Education Review about the disruption taking ...
More »Macquarie Uni rolls out HSCStudyLab to hone STEM skills
Macquarie University has launched a new online resource to help high school students revise for their end-of-schooling exams. It's modeled on the New South Wales HSC curriculum and, to start with, comprises biology, chemistry and physics modules. Krista Borg, director ...
More »School software solutions and 3D printing the focus for Konica Minolta
Japanese technology company Konica Minolta is exhibiting both software and hardware solutions for primary and high schools, and higher education, here at EduTECH in Brisbane. Education Review met with marketing manager, managed content services, Mike Dooner, and national manager, government and ...
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