26 February 2025
Welcome to our first Newsletter for 2025. In this issue: Annual Pulse Survey | New Members and Member News | Upcoming Events | Member Spotlight | Teacher’s Voice
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24 February 2025
What an incredible way to launch the new academic year! The AI in Education Conference series took place in the last week of January, reaching over 900 educators and school leaders from Hamilton, and Kāhui Ako and Principal Associations in Taupō, Nelson, and Wellington.
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24 February 2025
Network for Learning (N4L) - Providing faster, safer internet for Aotearoa New Zealand’s schools and kura
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10 February 2025
Participate in the 2025 EdTechNZ Annual Pulse Survey and help inform EdTechNZ’s priorities and initiatives. Complete the survey and go in the draw to win a $100 Prezzy Card! Your views matter. They help inform where EdTechNZ should focus its priorities and attention to deliver value and support to our EdTech community. We look forward … Continue reading "Exploring Edtech at techweek2020"
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05 November 2024
Submission by EdTechNZ to Ministry of Education Our submission is based on member insights into the role of digital technologies reshaping education for students and educators. Members expressed optimism about technology’s potential to create a more inclusive and forward-focused education system, but they also identified challenges that need to be addressed. To maximise digital technology … Continue reading "Exploring Edtech at techweek2020"
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24 October 2024
Kia ora, As we power through the final quarter of 2024, there are still plenty of wonderful opportunities to connect with the EdTech and education community, grow your network, and access support for you and your business. There’s still time to register for the Safer Technologies for Schools (ST4S) briefing on 6 November, hosted by the Ministry … Continue reading "Exploring Edtech at techweek2020"
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23 October 2024
In my March blog, I highlighted the urgent need for an AI framework for New Zealand schools. At that time, I was four months into my Master’s in Technological Futures with AcademyEX, focused on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), and gaining valuable insight into AIED through my international network. Now, seven months later – just … Continue reading "Exploring Edtech at techweek2020"
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23 October 2024
If you’re in the business of developing ’EdTech’, you’ve probably heard about Safer Technologies for Schools (ST4S). But what exactly is it, and why is it so important for schools – and for you as a supplier? ST4S is the trans-Tasman initiative that evaluates digital products used in schools and kura to ensure they meet … Continue reading "Exploring Edtech at techweek2020"
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Techweek2020 is almost upon us (it begins next Monday) and there is a great line-up of EdTech, and education related events! This year’s programme is largely online, so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your couch. This provides a rare opportunity for people to join events regardless of geogra
July 21, 2020
We are in a time when the pace of change driven by new technologies looks set to accelerate like no other time in recent history and it is widely recognised technology will be critical in driving the recovery of the global economy. A huge part of that recovery will involve the education sector.
June 23, 2020
Xero’s cloud learning solution Xero Learn is an example of a success story which has emerged from the COVID-19 crisis. Xero Learn lead Michelle Taggart tells us more: Xero has seen a significant increase in adoption of cloud learning solutions through our EdTech tool, Xero Learn, and
June 22, 2020
This is the year for EdTech. Now more than ever there is the opportunity and the imperative to reshape how we deliver education. While the New Zealand education sector has responded well to the current challenges, it also saddens me a little to think that it took a world-changing event to trigger c
May 14, 2020
A new year and a new decade always presents the opportunity to look at things through a different lens and rethink our future. Here at EdTechNZ, we think now is that time for us. As part of this, it’s timely to remind our members that you will get out of your membership, what you put in. Graem
February 26, 2020
Ngā mihi readers, Thanks to some great work from David Glover, three EdTechNZ Executive Council members met with the Productivity Commission earlier this month to discuss their current inquiry into technological change and the future of work. The EdTechNZ Digital Skills
November 26, 2019
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