Although, in a given day, 80 per cent of children consumed news from at least one source, only 16 per cent of this cohort had learnt how to interpret this material at school over the past year. That's just one finding from the ...

The constant changes in technology can be overwhelming for schools. While the increasing adoption of online learning is transforming education, it’s also opening the door for sophisticated security threats, as well as a rise in cyber bullying, radicalisation and child ...

'Australia’s foremost cyber safety expert' Susan McLean has some news: the average age at which an Australian child first views pornography is now eight. Disturbing? Yes. Truthful? No. The statistic is "definitely not" supported by research, an academic expert in the ...

When #esafety17 tops Jarryd Hayne as most trending Twitter topic in Australia, you know it must be important. “I’ve never been to a conference like this before, but its such an important issue,” a cyber security analyst confirmed. “I’ve never ...

Referencing neither sit-ups, nor cornflakes, Kristin Fontichiaro advised a group of Victorian librarians to teach students to get crunchy. She was, of course, alluding to data. In Melbourne for a School Library Association of Victoria conference, Fontichiaro, a clinical assistant professor at the University of ...

If 'likes' are Instagram’s currency, having none of them can be humiliating. Worse yet, vicious comments, ‘hate’ accounts and sharing and doctoring of people's photos without permission can be damaging at best, and life-threatening at worst. While the latter situation is ...

According to recent figures, about twice annually, a gamer dies. In January 2015, A 32-year-old man was found dead in an internet cafe in Taiwan. In September that same year, a Russian teenager died after playing Defence of the Ancients ...

You probably wouldn't follow your careers advisor on Snapchat, but you might friend ENID Network. Sydney University graduates Nina Khoury (commerce and law) and Adriana Stefanatos (commerce) created the network: an all-female careers advice and networking platform for high school and university students. Instead of content-heavy formats or one-on-one interviews, ...

Schools need to be on it to stay contemporary, so they must learn to manage the risks. By Erin Mayo. Social media. Like it or not, today’s students are more likely to have their heads buried in their Facebook page ...

  Innovation is flourishing as our schools explore new strategies for teachers’ personal development, ranging from social media to video to face-to-face discussion. By Antonia Maiolo. Schools, teachers and organisations in Australia are taking up innovative approaches to support professional ...