Stories by Rebecca - Page 3
Software has potential to help kids with autism
Tue, 30th Jul 2013
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schools
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king kong
Assistive learning software to help autistic children recognise emotions from facial expressions recently won a UniServices prize in the Spark Ideas Challenge.
Novopay still bugging teachers
Wed, 17th Jul 2013
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edutech
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ministry of education
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novopay
Positive progress has been made in resolving outstanding issues with Novopay under the Remediation Plan – but the system is not out of the woods yet.
Learning in the virtual world
Thu, 11th Jul 2013
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edutech
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martech
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schools
New Zealand's VLN Primary School revolutionises rural education, offering virtual lessons in languages and more to students nationwide.
Tech boost for West Coast schools
Thu, 27th Jun 2013
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wireless networks
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cloud services
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ict
An almost $500,000 investment in new computer equipment over the last three years has seen West Coast primary schools become more tech savvy.
Perfecting an online privacy policy
Wed, 26th Jun 2013
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data privacy
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cloud services
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cookies
The security of personal data is top of everyone's mind when surfing the web, but how do you keep information coming through your school's website secure?.
Digital tools foster student creativity
Thu, 20th Jun 2013
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martech
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adobe
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creative technologies
92% of educators say digital tools boost student creativity, yet 37% want more in curriculum but face time constraints, Adobe survey finds.
Ding, ding, next round in Cisco vs Ruckus
Wed, 19th Jun 2013
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
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cisco
Cisco fires another shot at Ruckus in their ongoing tech rivalry, boasting superior wireless capabilities on a new website.
School privacy has room for improvement
Tue, 18th Jun 2013
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data protection
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data privacy
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schools
New Zealand schools lack adequate privacy policies on their websites, warned the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner after a recent investigation.