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Learning is a lifelong process. But NZ is not making that investment (with The Spinoff)
In a guest article for The Spinoff, Frances Valintine comments on the essential moment NZ is faced with. Will…
Guest Author 29/05/21 - 5 min read
Connections and New Directions: Learners share their experience
A lifelong learner, a campaigner for online security and a pilot cross farmer – we recently caught up with…
Britta Sisam-Jones 27/05/21 - 6 min read
Where are all the women in tech?
In January 2021, New Zealand’s Digital Skills Forum prepared the Digital Skills for our Digital Future report, which brought…
Bex Taylor 21/05/21 - 6 min read
Learning with robots
What can you learn from working with physical robots? The answer is partly suggested by the toys we give…
Dave Parsons 17/05/21 - 3 min read
The power of authentic leadership (with The Spinoff)
Jonathan Cotton, guest writer for The Spinoff, recently caught up with Saskia Verraes (Programme Lead - Leading Change…
Guest Author 15/04/21 - 7 min read
How a single tohu brought our entire organisation together
We share the idea at the heart of our unique teaching & learning strategy: Te Ara Kōtihi, how it…
Britta Sisam-Jones 31/03/21 - 5 min read
Congratulations to these future-ready schools!
We celebrate these Future-Ready Schools who have had the most teachers achieve their postgrad certificate.
The Mind Lab 31/03/21 - < 1 min read
For the greater good: Creating momentum for change in a consumerist world
Our Progamme Lead Saskia Verraes talked to The Spinoff about teaching humans how to use technological disruption to do…
Guest Author 08/03/21 - 10 min read
Involving your audience with interactive tools
David Parsons shares his favourite tools to keep your audience or students engaged online.
Dave Parsons 05/03/21 - 4 min read