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Kids who code

Computer science knowledge is in high demand and young students are now too recognising the benefits of getting an education in ICT to learn skills such as coding. Sydney-student Viney Kumar – is one of SAP’s young ICT Explorers, who ...

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Parents unaware of kids’ online activities

Mums and dads are mostly in the dark about their child’s online activities and are avoiding crucial conversations about privacy and securities practices, a new survey shows. Polling 600 Australian parents across the country, the Norton by Symantec survey reveals ...

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OpenLearning launches hackathon for educators

One of Australia’s leading MOOC providers has launched Teach-a-thon – a hackathon for educators who want to run their own creative online courses. Embracing the spirit of a hackathon, an intensive, short term collaboration with software designers, OpenLearning will kick ...

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Tap the app for a relief teacher

A leading national jobsite for education has launched a new smart phone app that will allow principals to book relief teachers more easily and cost-effectively. The new app, Tap for Teacher, launched this week on teachers.on.net allows schools to contact ...

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MOOC to explore what uni is like

Charles Sturt University has launched a MOOC aimed to help students prepare to enter tertiary education. CSU project manager Craig Billingham said the What's Uni Like? MOOC is being promoted to Australian universities, other higher education providers, and to high ...

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Instructional code

The term coding will be unknown to some. To others, it may conjure up images of pubescent teens hunched over a keyboard until the early hours of the morning. Indeed, when I first learnt to code, that’s exactly what it ...

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Teach computer science, coding young

Teaching young kids computer science and coding is a good idea, argues a Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert, who says primary-aged children take to digital technology at a relatively fast rate. Jason Howarth, course director at the CSU school of ...

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Online portal brings Barangaroo to the classroom

Lend Lease this week announced Discover Barangaroo, an online learning portal adding a new dimension to the state’s geography teaching syllabus. Lend Lease managing director for Barangaroo South, Andrew Wilson, said: “More than 60,000 NSW secondary school students who study geography each ...

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