Taj Pabari is a 17-year-old high school student attending Brisbane’s John Paul College who has absolutely no aspiration to study at university. But he’s also chief executive of his own tech start-up, Fiftysix Creations, and spends his free time with ...
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A report commissioned by the National Broadband Network (nbn) and the Regional Australia Institute has argued half of Australians will need high-level IT skills by 2030, and will also need to retain soft skills like communication and critical thinking. The ...
More »Don’t grade Genius Hour, teacher says
Genius Hour is becoming a trend in schools in Australia and globally. And one teacher has warned teachers shouldn’t tell the students they will assess it, and shouldn't mark it via a rubric. Otherwise, they'll just get slide show presentations. And if ...
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Australian youth unemployment is almost the highest it’s been in 10 years. For Generation Alpha, who are now about 5 at the oldest, it's looking more and more like the challenge they'll face as adult workers will be to innovate or fail. ...
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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