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Schools make the switch to virtual excursions

In recent years education has transformed immensely, with technology being a driving force of this transformation. In particular, we have seen the rise of video collaboration solutions enter the classroom, expanding learning from the four walls of the school to ...

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Schools need modern environment, curriculum: expert

Schools must innovate and transform to match the needs of 21st-century learners, Dr Heidi Hayes Jacobs, president of Curriculum Designers Inc. argues. Hayes Jacobs, an internationally recognised expert in curriculum mapping, told a masterclass audience at the recent EduTECH conference ...

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Classroom collaboration and the digital space

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important for the modern classroom particularly when it comes to improving productivity and effectiveness through technology, a roundtable discussion heard yesterday at a conference in Brisbane. Matthew O’Brien, head of strategic planning at Brisbane Boys College ...

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Embracing digital tools for a new world

Educators need to harness to power of digital tools to better support teaching, learning and leadership in schools. That’s according to Eric Sheninger, senior fellow at the International Center for Leadership in Education, who spoke to educators from all across ...

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Get the most out of educational tech

Digital tools or traditional, value counts. Leading educators have stressed the importance of maximising the academic and financial value of student screen time to ensure any digital learning modality schools adopt is not simply technology for technology’s sake. During a panel ...

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Full STEAM ahead: a modern classroom

Melbourne’s Lauriston Girls’ School is breaking new ground in the way science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics – STEAM – are being taught to students. A fabrication laboratory, called a FabLab has been set-up to reinvent the classroom for the ...

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