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Macarthur school adapts quickly to home schooling during COVID-19 pandemic As early as January, the Headmaster of Macarthur Anglican School began planning for a potential lockdown period when COVID-19 began to surface. 

St. George Foundation doubles amounts available Emergency payments of up to $5000 for approved charities who are experiencing immediate funding pressure as a result of COVID-19 can also be accessed now by applying through the St.George Foundation website.

Earth School keeps locked down students connected to nature Earth School provides free, high-quality educational content to students, parents and teachers around the world who are currently cooped up.

Global film festival starts May 29 on Youtube Here is some great binge watching to be had; Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube will run We Are One: A Global Film Festival, a 10-day digital film festival exclusively on YouTube.

Practical and personal guidance in a time of COVID Times are tough and that means everyone has to adapt, get out of their routines and muster up some resilience. How that is done is another challenge, but there is help and strategies to be found.

Rich data makes for better maths Data is one of edtech’s strong suits. After all, micro testing and the ability to personalise learning in real time are developments that aren’t really practicable with traditional teaching methods.

Effective online teaching requires more than LMS When students are confined to home for what could become an extended period, finding ways to provide interactive contact with teachers will become paramount.

Scott Sleap's STEAM hotbed There is a troubling contradiction in NSW's Hunter region; youth unemployment sits at about 30 per cent while jobs at advanced engineering companies go unfilled.

Online Uni booms Tuition free, access for all University of the People has seen huge growth as online learning becomes the preferred mode during the outbreak.

‘Inside out’ museum Through the new portal ‘Australian Museum Inside Out’, the Australian Museum (AM), the nation’s first, has opened its doors virtually.

Young not seeking eating disorder help It looks like eating disorders and body image issues are rife in the young but many are not seeking help as they don’t consider that the disorders are really illnesses and don’t want to risk losing autonomy.

COVID-19 Impact: Year 12 ATAR calculation will change Year 12 students will receive an ATAR university entrance rank in 2020 but assessment authorities will have to change how scores are calculated during the COVID-19 pandemic.