Horror films featuring malevolent children are scary as hell for a reason: the cognitive dissonance between their innocent appearance and evil minds. Deceptive teddy bears are similarly frightening. In CloudPets’ case, their cuddly fur belies their privacy-breaching tendencies. The toy ...

In 1930, we had trampolines. Thirty years later, we got Transformers. In the 90s, it was all about the underwater walkie-talkie. Now, the latest iteration of child-designed toys is, of course, an app. Developed by 5-to-7-year-olds, in conjunction with social science ...

Start-ups are eyeing education as the industry to make money from, and the EduGrowth accelerator has announced the first five companies it will be helping do just that. The start-ups selected are: PrevYou – an online school for tertiary students ...

Mathspace, an Australian education technology start-up, has extended its reach into the schools of Hong Kong, continuing a period of rapid expansion for the company. Mathspace was selected by the Hong Kong government’s education technology arm, HKEdCity, as the digital ...

Technology can be good for teachers, if they know how to use it. Otherwise it’s a perennial frustration for the teacher, and an impediment to learning for the student. That’s why Michelle Michael, acting principal of Gymea Bay Public School ...

Teaching and classroom environments are changing faster than ever. Here’s a look at why technology should matter to every educator in 2017. With curriculum planning complete for the start of the academic year, technology and the role it’s expected to ...

Due to what she believes is an “epidemic” in cyberbullying among school children, a Gold Coast-based social media businesswoman has waded into the discussion. Corinna Essa is the founder of Social Media Worldwide, a firm that teaches businesses the effective ...

The Australian private tutoring industry has been Ubered by a pair of software engineers operating out of Brisbane. For co-chief executives and founders Sam Robertson and Cameron Schmidt, the story of Scooter Tutor began in 2007. Schmidt initially came up ...

Snapchat, used by teens in schools all over Australia, has joined the Children’s eSafety Commissioner’s fight against cyber-bullying. Andree Wright, acting Children’s eSafety Commissioner, said Snapchat would now work with the office to remove cyber-bullying material posted on the app. The ...

During the early years of a human’s life, trillions of brain-cell connections, called synapses, are formed, thanks to jolts of stimulation. As Donald Hebb’s theory rhymes, “neurons that fire together, wire together”. Brain stimulation can come from just about anything, ...