With increased focus on schools' duty of care to students and parents, now is the time for schools to demonstrate that good information governance is an ongoing priority. Students and their parents must know precisely how their personal information is ...
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Open-ended apps best for tablets, teacher says
If tablet technology is going to be used in the classroom, open-ended apps should be employed, to prevent tablets from becoming “21st century shut-up sheets”, one teacher has advised. Grant Jones, a technology teacher at St Marys Public School in Sydney’s ...
More »Nature Research simplifies science on new website
Nature Research, the publishing group behind the prestigious scientific journal Nature, has launched a website to make complex science accessible to the general public. The npj Science of Learning Community website was launched in collaboration with the University of Queensland. It aims to make ...
More »Samsung helps bring the arts to children with disabilities
Sound, sight and touch are how Samsung Australia hopes to get children with disabilities involved in arts education. The electronics giant is hosting Samsung Dance Discovery at the Sydney Opera House. This brings kids with disabilities, and their parents, to the ...
More »Personalising the education experience, one tech advance at a time
John Baker is the founder, president and chief executive of D2L (née Desire2Learn), the Canadian learning management system (LMS) provider responsible for the Brightspace brand of educational tools. This week, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, D2L is hosting a regional ...
More »Opinion: Maximising 3D printing’s educational benefits
3D printing is a technology that originated in additive manufacturing and lets users turn any digital file into a three-dimensional physical product. The technology for 3D printing has existed in some form since the 1980s; but for a long time ...
More »Keep IT simple in schools
Keep It Simple Stupid. That’s one business leader's tech advice to schools. Nick Stanley, managing director of Tribal Group Asia Pacific, said it’s common for schools to try and implement a grand digital vision, without getting the basics right. Tribal Group is ...
More »Opinion: Tech should take a more prominent role in the classroom
Technology has woven its insidious tentacles around every aspect of our lives. It has reached deep into the darkest and most obscure corners, revolutionising the way we live. From staying in touch with friends to dating, booking gym classes, and ...
More »Opinion: Technology and the future of education
Collaboration solutions are driving a teaching transformation. Our students are living in a digital world. It is the most interconnected time in human history with 40 per cent of the world’s population – almost three billion people – online. In ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 9: Special presentation on the future of innovation in Australia
We missed last week’s episode of Talking Eds because two-thirds of the team was on annual leave but we are back this week with a special presentation – a panel of experts talking innovation. Last week, the Australia-Israel Chamber of ...
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