Two families from our Digital Immersion Programme are set to receive subsidised broadband thanks to Spark Jump and 20/20 Trust. The two organisations share our belief that every child deserves equal access to online learning at school and in the home. Spark Jump is a flexible prepaid scheme … [Read more...]
Digital learning brings te reo to Maori kids in Sydney
Online learning tools acquired through our Digital Immersion Programme have enabled one of our schools to bring te reo lessons to an Australian classroom. Te Kura o Otangarei principal Myles Ferris has collaborated with Sydney’s Briar Road Public School in an innovative move to connect Maori … [Read more...]
Meet our team: Myles Ferris
How and why did you come to be involved with Taitokerau Education Trust? I was one of the original principals that got together to work on the reading and te reo programme Te Puawaitanga. That extended into the realisation that the future was digital and that we needed to get on board so we … [Read more...]
Digital summer school makes full use of student blogging
School holidays are finally over but to combat a slump in learning while everyone runs off to the beach, more than 2000 students across NZ have taken part in a digitally based summer school programme. It's in the form of a blogging programme for lower decile schools with a team of … [Read more...]
New digital technologies curriculum content published
On Friday 8th December the new digital technologies curriculum was released by Education Minister Chris Hipkins. A press release was issued by Pauline Cleaver (Associate Deputy Secretary) Early Learning and Student Achievement who said "We’re looking forward to supporting schools and kura in this … [Read more...]
