24 May 2023
What a month we’ve had at EdTechNZ. As part of the NZ Tech Alliance, we had the immense pleasure of being part of the team to bring Techweek to life. This year, Techweek launched the Tomorrow Expo, where on the final day the expo was open exclusively for school children to see tech in action and be inspired. We’re also proud … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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24 May 2023
Susana Tomaz | STEAM Coordinator Westlake Girls High School | Across School Lead – Pupuke Kāhui Ako at Ministry of Education of New Zealand An Ecosystem Approach to Education: Bridging Pathways, Empowering Teachers, and Cultivating Digital Innovators of Tomorrow, Locally In today’s rapidly evolving world, integrating digital technologies into the curriculum has become essential to … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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24 May 2023
Enroller connects schools to education agents and families, streamlining the customer journey from discovery to arrival on campus and everything in-between; opening up the world of education opportunities for school-aged learners. ‘’Andy Harris and I believe that international education can transform the lives of our next generation and transform the world as a result,” says … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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03 May 2023
With recent releases of MOU’s between the government and large global tech firms it’s great to see the government’s focus on supporting learning in a digital context and lifting New Zealand’s digital skills as far back as 2017. Chat GPT, one of many new AI technologies gathering pace globally, has demonstrated how critical it is … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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03 May 2023
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS? Pacific Kids Learning is an innovative EdTech and Edutainment company that produces culturally-relevant content, primarily, for Pacific kids. In an era where Pacific languages … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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27 April 2023
Established in Dunedin in December 2020, by two academics in the fields of human nutrition and computer science, Nutriblocks develops video games for nutrition education.
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30 March 2023
A salute to edtech’s best and brightest innovators, leaders, and trendsetters! Finalists and winners for The EdTech Awards 2022 have been announced to a worldwide audience of educators, technologists, students, parents, and policymakers interested in building a better future for learners and leaders in the education and workforce sectors. Celebrating its 12th year, the US-based … Continue reading "Taking a closer look at adaptive learning environments"
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Kia Ora, Last month, alongside our friends at AI Forum, we hosted a webinar on artificial intelligence and its impact on education. Over 700 people registered to attend! If you missed out, you can watch it here. It started a topical conversation on how we can help support learner outco
March 29, 2023
Susana Tomaz | STEAM Coordinator Westlake Girls High School | Across School Lead - Pupuke Kāhui Ako at Ministry of Education of New Zealand March 2023 has been an exciting month for various reasons. Two significant events that have marked this month are the celebration of International Women's
March 29, 2023
AkoTech, formerly known as Codecamp, has just announced the release of the beta version of its learning platform, which teaches children and teachers how to code with virtual robotics. The company's new immersive, AI, and gamified coding platform offers interactive lessons designed to simulate real
March 29, 2023
Exciting news! Polymath, an EdTech start-up from Auckland, is one of only two New Zealand companies selected as one of 12 tech-driven start-ups for Startmate's 2023 Summer Accelerator. This accelerator awards $120,000 in capital to help founders across Australia and New Zealand propel their earl
March 8, 2023
EdTechNZ member Kai’s Education is making headway in the US with its award winning educational robot “Kaibot”, launched late last year. The little AI-enabled learning robot is designed to help five to 15-year-old children develop coding skills, and last year won the Learn-to-Code category
February 26, 2023
Kia ora, It’s been an exciting start to the year here at EdTechNZ. I’d like to introduce our two new co-chairs, Amy Bucher, Head of Education Products at ADInstruments, and Jude Hadfield, Managing Director of the New Zealand entity at TTRO. We’re very excited to have such po
February 21, 2023
Used in over half of New Zealand schools, StepsWeb is an online literacy and language programme, originally started to help struggling learners, particularly those with dyslexia. Founder, Ros Lugg, previously a language teacher, re-trained as a dyslexia/literacy specialist as a result of h
February 21, 2023
Susana Tomaz co-ordinator of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths) programme at Westlake Girls School and MOE Across School Lead for the local Community of Learning February 2023 Susana is a passionate about leading transformative change in education that puts the le
February 20, 2023
Dunedin-based company ADInstruments has received another global edtech award for Lt, its cloud-based learning software for the sciences. The Reimagine Education Awards - also known as “the Oscars of education” - are administered by QS Quacquarell Symonds and represent the largest global program
February 15, 2023