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Phonics apps helping struggling kids A suite of apps used by over 25,000 Australian educators could be a winner for preschoolers with language difficulties.

Nominees for Telstra Aria Music Teacher of the Year Award Telstra, ARIA and The Song Room have announced the nominees for the 2019 Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award.

Study tips for Year 11 and 12 Mathematics students Most students consider their final exams as the pinnacle of their education and the most important part of their future aspirations. While a good ATAR can mean that a student will get into the degree of their choice, it is not the only pathway.

Expert panel says Brightpath meets a national need There are not many Edtech start-ups that could hope to be identified as meeting a national need, but that is what has happened for Brightpath. 

The eight reasons you don’t have solar panels on the roof of your school You already know that Australia now has over two million solar panel installations. You know that they’re getting cheaper every year. And you know how proud you’d feel to present your students and teachers with a lovely solar array.

Aussie Mum’s tech-tracking and safety company grows 600% and goes global  Australian tech startup, iStaySafe, have achieved a 600% increase in sales in recent years with the TicTocTrack tracking software and watch going global.

Victorian school students to raise $100,000 for children living in poverty  State Schools’ Relief to launch an ‘Every Student’ crowdfunding campaign to match dollar for dollar the funds raised by Victorian schools.

Is Australian youth suicide a crisis? The number of kids falling into despair is increasing, there is a marked increase in the number of youth suicides when compared to 10 years ago and by marked we mean it’s up by 70%.

If you want a career in digital illustration go south Adelaide is fast becoming a hub of digital illustration and effects with Flinders winning a place among the world’s top 10 digital illustration schools again.

Minecraft helps creativity The very thing that confounds older people about Minecraft is the key to its enhancing creativity in players; the open-ended nature of the game makes problem solving necessary which enhances inventiveness.

2019 NGS Super Scholarship awards winners This year’s NGS Super Scholarship award winning applications will see six recipients embark on a range of professional development courses focused on enriching teaching and learning

Tech and teens not so bad It’s been a common refrain; tech and social media are bad for teens’ mental health, but those assertions have been made without the backing of research largely and actual studies into the area have indicated that it might not be true.