Editor: Nicole Day

Higher Ed reimagined: navigating the three Rs to build agility and resilience

St Andrew’s Cathedral School selects Surface to streamline operations and accelerate learning

Each day of term – at least, each day of term in a normal, non-Pandemic Year – 1,300 students from K-12 make their way into the very heart of Sydney, to St Andrew’s Cathedral School. For them school is a high rise perched alongside the Town Hall; a city school in a city landscape.

Office 365 Education is free to eligible students and teachers*

University of Newcastle transforms with Dynamics 365, strengthens links to students and strategic partners

One of Australia’s leading regional institutions, the University of Newcastle (the University) has its main campus in that city, with satellite facilities throughout the Eastern Seaboard of Australia as well as a campus in Singapore. It offers graduate and postgraduate programmes to domestic and international students and boasts a major research portfolio.

Microsoft School Transformation Program

The Microsoft School Transformation Program is a free school-wide professional learning program that sees school leaders, teachers, learning support teachers and IT professionals build their capacity to transform their school and support students using the technology they already have at their fingertips.

Charles Sturt University builds 360-degree student view, streamlines engagement

While Charles Sturt University (CSU) boasts an impressive list of 10 physical campuses it’s also a leader in online learning; more students choose to study online at CSU than at any other Australian university.

Indigenous students mix traditional knowledge and modern technology to envisage a different world

NAIDOC week is Australia’s largest celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. During the 2020 NAIDOC week, more than 1,000 Indigenous students in Years 3-8 from 31 schools around Australia took part in the first National NAIDOC Minecraft Education Challenge – bringing together the world’s oldest living cultures with the latest in 21st Century technology.

Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle relies on data lake and AI to explore drivers of student learning

Many of us recall that line on a school report that revealed to our parents that perhaps we had not been achieving all we were capable of.

Tasmania streamlines management of student devices, injects IT confidence

Turn the clock back and imagine teaching a classroom of children, some of whom are equipped with slates and pencils, some with pen and paper, some with nothing. It’s a nightmare for the teacher to wrangle.

Join Microsoft at the EduTECH 2020 Virtual Expo

EduTECH 2020 Expo and Conference has gone virtual this year! Running over two days on November 9 & 10, the EduTECH Australia 2020 Virtual Expo will bring together educators, leaders and futurists to share, discuss and learn about the latest developments in education and technology, from wherever they are in the world.