Education technology news stories

Brisbane-based K12 school Redeemer Lutheran College has enlisted the help of IT solutions provider BES IT to upgrade the college’s internet connectivitity and campus security.

The use of properly integrated educational technology can also lead to better student outcomes, more well-adjusted students, improved student retention, and more.

“For tech companies to continue to grow and compete on a global stage, AWS is working to grow the skills base and cultivate the next generation."

"We're seeing great innovation around how universities are delivering curriculum, however universities need to ask studentswhether it's in the right direction."

Integrating innovative new technology into products significantly improves the educational experience.

ServiceIQ and ELPNZ are the first TEOs to utilise the LNAAT API.

Lightspeed Systems is an education technology provider that partners with schools to deliver mobility and management solution programs.

"While the 2017 Focus Prize could not be awarded this year, we know that there is significant innovation in local curriculum design"

Founder and CEO of littleBits, Ayah Bdeir says the combination of games with a tactile experience makes for an incredible learning tool.

Now in its third year running, there is $10,000 cash to be won to help kick-start social enterprises - last year was an online NCEA tutorial platform.

The project aims to give students practical gardening as well as digital skills.

Energise is small enough to be intimate, while big enough to stretch thinking and is purely education-focused with not a sales pitch in sight.

Tarawera High School professional development e-learning leader, Sam Gibson will soon be joining just 35 other certified educators around the world.

Teaching proper research methods is about so much more than enabling students to turn in the perfect paper.

Technology is disrupting education in ways that students and educators could not have conceived.

​As far as years go, 2016 was without question a turbulent one for those in the education industry - here are the biggest stories of the year.

Research suggests that there are significant educational benefits to some old-fashioned analogue skill sets that can be critical to the way we think.

The Bett Asia 2016 summit took place this week, gathering all the leading policymakers, researchers and most forward thinking educators in APAC.

“Your students are learning without you” - does this phrase spell the end of teachers or the beginning of a new era?

Baxter the humanoid robot will make an appearance at the Central Northland Science and Technology Fair, inspiring intermediate & high school students.

"LINQ will accelerate students’ learning process, giving them access to a powerful and intuitive way to model information."

Yes you read right. What if we could read students’ brains and see what they’re thinking?

CodeCamp has been thrilling Kiwi children during the school holidays this year, teaching them the basics about coding and digital literacy.

There will be 37 million connected devices in New Zealand by 2020, so it’s no surprise that everyone is still talking about the Internet of Things.