22 October 2019
The New Zealand Productivity Commission has released their first draft report New Zealand, technology and productivity which EdTechNZ made our own submission to earlier this year.
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16 October 2019
Pauline Cleaver outlines how New Zealand education is adapting for the digital world.
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24 July 2019
I am excited that EdTechNZ’s first working group, the Digital Skills Working Group, is officially up and running and we are now working with external stakeholders to further our objectives. The primary purpose of the working group is to help solve the digital skills gap by demonstrating the effective educational technologies (tools, platforms and pedagogies) that work best for schools, tertiary learning and workforce training. The focus is on 21st century learning and skills, coupled with technology’s role in augmenting education.
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18 June 2019
A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan, south of Auckland.
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09 June 2019
Auckland – The New Zealand education system needs a serious shake up to deal with the velocity in which technology is changing the working world, EdTechNZ has said in a submission to the Productivity Commission.
Read More Nga mihi, The New Zealand Productivity Commission has released their first draft report New Zealand, technology and productivity which EdTechNZ made our own submission to earlier this year. David Glover, a member of the EdTechNZ Executive Council, had this to say:&nbs
October 22, 2019
Pauline Cleaver Pauline Cleaver - Associate Deputy Secretary of Early Learning Student Achievement at the Ministry of Education – outlines how New Zealand education is adapting for the digital world. In what’s being called the Fourth Industrial Revolution - the impact of automation on fu
October 16, 2019
Nga mihi readers, Spring is the season of new beginnings and so it is for EdTechNZ too. Last week at our Annual Meeting we announced EdTechNZ’s new Executive Council (EC), which is a blend of some of the old team alongside a diverse group of newly elected council members. Five of the c
September 25, 2019
Kia ora Readers, I am excited that EdTechNZ’s first working group, the Digital Skills Working Group, is officially up and running and we are now working with external stakeholders to further our objectives. The primary purpose of the working group is to help solve the digital skills gap by de
July 24, 2019
Ngā mihi reader, It has been a busy three weeks with four diversity and inclusion events, the last of which is tonight in Christchurch. EdTechNZ has collaborated with TechWomen to take the topic of diversity on the road. I want to acknowledge Eva Sherwood for cura
June 25, 2019
A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan, south of Auckland. Vaughan Fergusson, founder of New Zealand’s high-growth tech success story Vend and founder of OMGTech!, has rebooted an outdoor education camp to help steer kids into tech careers
June 18, 2019
Auckland – The New Zealand education system needs a serious shake up to deal with the velocity in which technology is changing the working world, EdTechNZ has said in a submission to the Productivity Commission. The commission has launched an inquiry into the impact of tech on the fu
June 9, 2019
Today, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is top of mind for most boards and executives. Many businesses have policies and initiatives in place to look at how they can improve D&I within their organisations. However, we find most of these programmes are focused on improving the internal gender s
May 31, 2019
Today, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is top of mind for most boards and executives. Many businesses have policies and initiatives in place to look at how they can improve D&I within their organisations. Unfortunately, a lot of these programmes are run by women for women and have been focus
May 31, 2019