What Teachers Need To Know About The New Google Play For Education

iPad's monopoly of the ' school tablet market ' is being compromised now after the announcement of Google Play for Education. Google seems to be moving towards displacing Apple's hegemony of this...

$136 million investment fast tracks school network upgrades - Wireless to be included in SNUP Programme

Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced the Government will invest $136 million over the next four years to complete the School Network Upgrade...

Microsoft Office365 Workshop

Continuing on from the series of workshops from Microsoft last year, we are starting the next round of sessions This session will cover the new Office 2013 suite of products. Look forward to seeing...

How Game-Based Learning Can Save the Humanities By Jordan Shapiro,

My seven year old son and I have been playing on the Gamestar Mechanic website all week. We’re learning the principles of game design. We’re making our own video games. Most importantly,...

8 Classroom Management Tips–From Google

by Jennifer Rita Nichols, TeachThought Intern One of the biggest struggles facing new teachers is figuring out how to effectively manage a classroom. This is very different from teaching–make no...

Upcoming Workshops, Events and Scholarship Sessions

Tuesday 28 May

Microsoft Office365 Workshop

GCSN Event
Friday 31 May

LEARNZ Geospatial virtual field trip

3rd Party Event
Wednesday 05 Jun

Primary Champions Meeting

GCSN Event
Friday 07 Jun

Kevin Honeycutt Keynote for teachers

GCSN Event
The GCSN Calendar lists events and workshops held by GCSN and the community. Visit the Calendar

Recent Teaching and Learning Resources

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The Teaching and Learning directory has materials to supplement courses. Visit the Directory

From around the Blogs

23/05/13 - Farewell, Dr. Glass Dangerously Irrelevant
Regular readers of this blog know that I don’t always agree with Dr. Jason Glass, Director of the Iowa Department of Education. But I’m going to be one of the first...
23/05/13 - Fear is a prison Dangerously Irrelevant
As Howard Rheingold notes, The technology affords an environment in which students [can] take on more of the power and responsibility for their own learning. But we don’t...
23/05/13 - Interest-driven learning is now both accessible and required Dangerously Irrelevant
Mimi Ito says: There have always been people who are really passionate about their learning and interest-driven, but with the advent of new technology, this kind of learning...
23/05/13 - Interest-driven learning is now both accessible and required Dangerously Irrelevant
Mimi Ito says: There have always been people who are really passionate about their learning and interest-driven, but with the advent of new technology, this kind of learning...
23/05/13 - Caine's Arcade National Library
Teaser: The Imagination Foundation is a non-profit organisation with a mission to “find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in children around the world...

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