Thursday 8 August 2013

Friday, 9 August 2013

Do apps help babies learn? Group says no

Smartphones don't make smart babies, an advocacy group declared in a complaint about mobile apps that claim to help babies learn. 

University bargaining underway around country

Employment negotiations are underway in several universities around the country including the University of Auckland, AUT and Massey where TEU members have all already met with employer representatives, and Lincoln where members are finalising claims to present to their employer. TEU’s deputy secretary Nanette Cormack says government funding cuts and pressure on universities to comply. 

Art links school and iwi

Auckland stuff.co.nz
I hope what I have put into it and the taonga being at the school means that the effort is felt by the students too." He says the artwork is a progression of his style and he hopesstudents can draw inspiration from it. "The materials I used, the way...

Play Truck helping children to learn

Of the kids who start at Takanini School each year, only 20 per cent have had early childhood education experience.That is well short of a Government target to have 98 per cent of new school entrants having experienced early childhood...

Remix of uni arts courses

Stuff.co.nz
Consultation with staff has ended and, if progressed, the plan would not be open to review before 2017, dependent on stability of staffing levels and student experience, acting Pro Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Le Cocq said yesterday. Programme changes ... 

Box wants to be the teacher's pet

PCWorld.co.nz
The education vertical has been a good one for Box, whose sales in that market have grown about 120 percent in the past year, according to Whitney Bouck, general manager of Box's enterprise business. "We're announcing we're going big in education," she ... 

Passive Learning Is Over! NCEA Eagle Lands in Wanaka

This year’s NCEA Examinations are fast approaching and students are nervously preparing to be assessed against the national curriculum. A new approach to NCEA is emerging, led by education and learning development expert Rakesh Pandey of Dunedin.

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