Canberra independent school Radford College has updated its information management system to better protect student, staff and parent personal data in a time of cyber attacks and data breaches. Efforts to centralise and streamline enrolment, onboarding and personal information has ...
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The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) and the federal government today announced a virtual work experience program that will allow young people to explore a career in tech. High school students and post-school leavers, or 14-25 year olds, can access ...
More »Qld public schools trial learning with generative AI
Select Queensland state schools have begun trialling generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates personalised quizzes, based on student answers, to cater for unique learning styles and improve learning. The technology will be tested by 500 students, from years five ...
More »Free food-waste education program for Aussie students
An anti-food waste initiative is providing free, curriculum-centred lesson plans, teacher training and classroom resources to schools willing to teach their students about sustainable food practices. FEAST, a 10-week education program by food rescue organisation OzHarvest, aligns to the years ...
More »Teachers ask for legislation to regulate AI into Australian curriculum
The first public hearing for an inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the Australian education system was held in Canberra at Parliament House on Wednesday, and is to be the first of many to decipher AI's ...
More »Engaging with students in the era of screens
The last few years have been a testament to the education industry’s ability to innovate and transform. Across the nation, we have witnessed a significant shift in how classroom materials are being dynamically delivered to students – aligned with a ...
More »2021: A new and better educational landscape?
Amidst the school shutdowns of 2020, more than a few of us pointed to teachers’ improved relationships with technology as a silver lining. Surely, after a year of wrangling kids in video calls, teachers would no doubt emerge as digital ...
More »Australia’s opportunity to emerge from coronavirus as a global education superpower
The scourge of coronavirus has placed an enormous strain on our educators and our education system. As a nation, we should have celebrated harder that teachers in all sectors were able to entirely re-imagine the learning experience for every single ...
More »Sick and missing school: the robot helping kids stay connected to class
MissingSchool's telepresence robot is helping chronically sick kids like Ayla stay connected with their teachers, friends and learning spaces.
More »Why school’s never out on cybersecurity
From April to June 2019, 245 data breaches were reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) under the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme. Yet again, education was among the top five sectors by notifications in the quarter. ...
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