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It’s a rough time if you’re a kid trying to get an education, but Knox Grammar is using technology to help deliver a learning environment with a difference (once lockdown ends). To give students an opportunity to develop ideas, test and research and then dive deeply into technology programs,...
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Such is the growing industry of cybersecurity that forecasts predict that Australia will require an additional 18,000 cyber security professionals by 2026. To help remedy this shortfall, RMIT Online has announced two landmark postgraduate programs. The Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security and Graduate Certificate in Blockchain-Enabled Business will equip students with...
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Randstad is a job seeking platform that has announced a new partnership with veteran education and employment organisation, WithYouWithMe. This new partnership aims to help candidates who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 economic downturn kickstart a new career in technology. The opportunity is open to all Randstad...
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Monash University has announced that they’re partnering with tech company Indra to add a Microgrid at their Clayton campus in Melbourne. As part of the Uni’s plan to go 100% renewable by 2030, they are turning their campus, which spans 20 buildings, into a microgrid. This Microgrid essentially means...
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The lure of a tech job is obvious. Cutting-edge skills, a future-proofed career, and great reimbursement – according to Yahoo, top-level engineers can expect to earn over AU$100,000. With salaries growing, more and more people are moving into the tech industry, with the potential for entrepreneurship present also. While tech professionals are...
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Australia’s Federal Government has announced two unprecedented funding packages, each of which contains $750 grants to low-income families. Schools are now closed in Victoria and debate rages on the closure of schools in other states and territories. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised Australians should plan for Coronavirus impacts...
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NAPLAN is the Australian testing that measures the proficiency of our year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students on literacy and numeracy. The Government has announced that this year’s exams, scheduled for May, will be cancelled as a result of the disruptions caused by coronavirus. Tracking student’s results across...
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Something positive to come out of the spread of Coronavirus is a move by tech company’s to offer their digital platforms for free. If you need to work away from your school, either because you’re in quarantine, or your school is shut as a precautionary measure, Google has a...
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The 11th of February is the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Award-winning Zoologist and Venomologist Dr Jordan Debono wants more girls and women to make their mark in science. While the list of international days has definitely been abused, this is one that’s actually...
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Rio Tinto will work with leaders in Australia’s education and innovation sectors in a new, disruptive approach designed to tackle a looming skills gap in the nation’s future workforce. The company will invest A$10 million in a four-year national programme, targeted at school-age learners, that aims to fast-track the...
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Geo-blocking is the practice of restricting your access to certain online content and media according to your geographical location. One of its primary uses is to prevent access to content or services that are considered illegal under local laws, such as gambling services and the like. Another way it’s...
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This week we brought you a story about a Sydney lecturer at UNSW who was using Microsoft to great effect in his large-scale course. To help Kellerman and other teachers with their efforts in delivering Teams in Education, the product is getting even more new features. Microsoft say they’ve...
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Teachers basically make or break your learning experience. We’ve probably all had great ones and terrible ones and can understand how significantly the best ones can make complex subject easier to understand. With so much content to learn in such a short period of time, having a very organised,...
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Victoria University decided they needed a mobile app to combine all the services students would need into one location. Instead of simply paying an app development company, they pooled resources and a student-led team of Victoria University technologists and designers created a ‘super app’. This MyVU app design has...
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Today the Labor state Government of Victoria announced a new policy that bans mobile phones in schools. From Term 1, 2020 (just 6 months from now), no child attending a public school (that’s K-12) will be allowed to have a mobile phone in an effort to reduce distraction and...
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Educating our young Australians about the risks they’ll face online is important, but so is offering them the opportunity to learn about cyber security at a deep level. The Australian Computing Academy (ACA), this week launched the Schools Cyber Security Challenges (Cyber Challenges) in Western Australia. The new $1.3...
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Girl Geek Academy has partnered with world leading technology businesses Deloitte Digital and 99designs, to pilot a first-of-its-kind work experience program where students from Korowa Anglican Girls School will work alongside industry experts to create their own startups. As a father of an 8 month old girl, I’ve got...
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Sphero is well known for their series of connected robots that respond to your command, via smartphones. When Sphero released the Education version, known as Sphero Edu, things got serious, transforming the product from entertainment to a platform that could be programmed, serving as a great tool to...
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Facebook have launched a new initiative called Workplace for Good. This offers makes their paid Workplace product, available to all educational institutions and not-for-profits, for free. Normally US$3.00 per month, per person, Workplace is currently being used by thousands of nonprofits and educational institutions and with the price now being free, will likely...
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GE this week announced more than one hundred Australian schools have been selected for its 2018 GE Additive Education Program, the largest rollout of its kind in Australia. The primary and secondary schools from across the country will receive a polymer 3D printer, supporting software and an education curriculum...
It’s a rough time if you’re a kid trying to get an education, but Knox Grammar is using technology to help deliver a learning environment with a difference (once lockdown ends). To give students an opportunity to develop ideas, test and research and then dive deeply into technology programs,...
Such is the growing industry of cybersecurity that forecasts predict that Australia will require an additional 18,000 cyber security professionals by 2026. To help remedy this shortfall, RMIT Online has announced two landmark postgraduate programs. The Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security and Graduate Certificate in Blockchain-Enabled Business will equip students with...
Randstad is a job seeking platform that has announced a new partnership with veteran education and employment organisation, WithYouWithMe. This new partnership aims to help candidates who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 economic downturn kickstart a new career in technology. The opportunity is open to all Randstad...
Monash University has announced that they’re partnering with tech company Indra to add a Microgrid at their Clayton campus in Melbourne. As part of the Uni’s plan to go 100% renewable by 2030, they are turning their campus, which spans 20 buildings, into a microgrid. This Microgrid essentially means...
The lure of a tech job is obvious. Cutting-edge skills, a future-proofed career, and great reimbursement – according to Yahoo, top-level engineers can expect to earn over AU$100,000. With salaries growing, more and more people are moving into the tech industry, with the potential for entrepreneurship present also. While tech professionals are...
Australia’s Federal Government has announced two unprecedented funding packages, each of which contains $750 grants to low-income families. Schools are now closed in Victoria and debate rages on the closure of schools in other states and territories. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised Australians should plan for Coronavirus impacts...
NAPLAN is the Australian testing that measures the proficiency of our year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students on literacy and numeracy. The Government has announced that this year’s exams, scheduled for May, will be cancelled as a result of the disruptions caused by coronavirus. Tracking student’s results across...
Something positive to come out of the spread of Coronavirus is a move by tech company’s to offer their digital platforms for free. If you need to work away from your school, either because you’re in quarantine, or your school is shut as a precautionary measure, Google has a...
The 11th of February is the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Award-winning Zoologist and Venomologist Dr Jordan Debono wants more girls and women to make their mark in science. While the list of international days has definitely been abused, this is one that’s actually...
Rio Tinto will work with leaders in Australia’s education and innovation sectors in a new, disruptive approach designed to tackle a looming skills gap in the nation’s future workforce. The company will invest A$10 million in a four-year national programme, targeted at school-age learners, that aims to fast-track the...
Geo-blocking is the practice of restricting your access to certain online content and media according to your geographical location. One of its primary uses is to prevent access to content or services that are considered illegal under local laws, such as gambling services and the like. Another way it’s...
This week we brought you a story about a Sydney lecturer at UNSW who was using Microsoft to great effect in his large-scale course. To help Kellerman and other teachers with their efforts in delivering Teams in Education, the product is getting even more new features. Microsoft say they’ve...
Teachers basically make or break your learning experience. We’ve probably all had great ones and terrible ones and can understand how significantly the best ones can make complex subject easier to understand. With so much content to learn in such a short period of time, having a very organised,...
Victoria University decided they needed a mobile app to combine all the services students would need into one location. Instead of simply paying an app development company, they pooled resources and a student-led team of Victoria University technologists and designers created a ‘super app’. This MyVU app design has...
Today the Labor state Government of Victoria announced a new policy that bans mobile phones in schools. From Term 1, 2020 (just 6 months from now), no child attending a public school (that’s K-12) will be allowed to have a mobile phone in an effort to reduce distraction and...
Educating our young Australians about the risks they’ll face online is important, but so is offering them the opportunity to learn about cyber security at a deep level. The Australian Computing Academy (ACA), this week launched the Schools Cyber Security Challenges (Cyber Challenges) in Western Australia. The new $1.3...
Girl Geek Academy has partnered with world leading technology businesses Deloitte Digital and 99designs, to pilot a first-of-its-kind work experience program where students from Korowa Anglican Girls School will work alongside industry experts to create their own startups. As a father of an 8 month old girl, I’ve got...
Sphero is well known for their series of connected robots that respond to your command, via smartphones. When Sphero released the Education version, known as Sphero Edu, things got serious, transforming the product from entertainment to a platform that could be programmed, serving as a great tool to...
Facebook have launched a new initiative called Workplace for Good. This offers makes their paid Workplace product, available to all educational institutions and not-for-profits, for free. Normally US$3.00 per month, per person, Workplace is currently being used by thousands of nonprofits and educational institutions and with the price now being free, will likely...
GE this week announced more than one hundred Australian schools have been selected for its 2018 GE Additive Education Program, the largest rollout of its kind in Australia. The primary and secondary schools from across the country will receive a polymer 3D printer, supporting software and an education curriculum...
