Preparing teachers for dealing with challenging students is one of the most important aspects of a teaching degree, but until now many courses took a more theoretical approach to the issue or relied on the exposure preservice teachers would receive ...
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Three ways Australian schools can improve their cybersecurity in 2020
Educators from all grade levels around Australia are starting to realise the benefits of digital technologies in the classroom. Typically, education is one of the last industries to make extensive change, holding on to traditional practices and methods. But digital ...
More »Shaping Australia’s future: celebrating World Teachers’ Day
As someone who was a teacher in a former life, I can relate to the common description of teaching as a largely thankless job. Often it’s not until years later that a teacher will be approached by a student they ...
More »Melbourne Symphony Orchestra launches schools program for 2020
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has announced its Schools' Season for 2020 that includes programs for kinder and prep, primary and secondary students and includes world-renowned artists. The season also contains an MSO Work Experience component that offers insights into “the ...
More »Education institutions ‘ill-prepared’ for cyber ‘beast’: report
A new report has warned that Australian education institutions are ill-prepared for the cyber-security threats of the digital age. Commissioned by cyber security group Cisco, the report provides clues as to why successful cyber attacks are happening more often and ...
More »The hidden safety trap in schools
In an age of Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and smartphones, it’s hardly surprising that students are taking and sharing far more photos than they ever have. Schools, too, have not been immune to this picture-taking craze, with most estimated to be ...
More »New plagiarism tool developed by educators
Text-matching software for detecting and preventing plagiarism is nothing new, but new software released by Swedish start-up Urkund in partnership with Androgogic promises to up the ante. In a world increasingly full of “copy and paste” and students paying for ...
More »EduTECH 2019: Interactive panels with a difference
Interactive panels – or interactive whiteboards as they are often called – have come a long way since they first entered classrooms way back in the 1990s. These “touchpads turned on their side and stuck on the wall” have revolutionised ...
More »EduTECH 2019: Cyber security services for schools
Technology has become such a critical part of education that schools require expert and reliable internet service providers. Providers like Superloop can fit the bill, offering both internet infrastructure and cyber security services. Three years ago, Superloop joined forces with ...
More »Taking a fresh approach to cybersecurity in the education sector
As we approach the middle of 2019, education institutions the world over are no doubt bracing for a busy year of learning against an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks. For many, their natural defence mechanism is to deploy new technology and ...
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