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The 2020 Trust signed a Lottery Grant Agreement today for $1.4M over three years that will result in 7500 unemployed people obtaining basic digital skills. The programme called KiwiSkills 21C (Digital Skills for 21st Century Workers) uses the internationally-recognised ICDL online training and testing products to upskill participants with essential digital skills for life and work. ... Read more
Chertsey School in mid-Canterbury, near Ashburton, was the winner of the prize draw for ten new turquoise HP Chromebooks. They were delivered to the school today by Laurence Zwimpfer from the 2020 Trust and 2020 intern Kyle Cotchett. The school was drawn at random from the 729 schools that completed the Digital Technologies in Schools ... Read more
Minister Amy Adams’ announcement today that more than half a million households, businesses, schools and health centres are now able to connect to ultra-fast broadband is a significant milestone on New Zealand’s journey to become a digitally empowered nation. What began as a vision some years ago is rapidly becoming a reality for many New Zealanders. ... Read more
A report released today from the Online Voting Working Party raises concerns that a significant number of people could miss out if New Zealand were to proceed with ‘online-only’ voting in the 2016 local authority elections. While the 2013 World Internet Project concludes that 92% of New Zealanders use the Internet, the 2013 Census suggests a somewhat different ... Read more
A new report, tabled in Parliament yesterday, on parental engagement in lifting student achievement acknowledges the contribution that Computers in Homes is making in strengthening relationships and engagement with children and their families. The report was prepared by the Education and Science Select Committee and chaired by National MP, Dr Cam Calder. The report acknowledges ... Read more
InternetNZ’s AGM tonight announced the successful candidates in the recent election for Council members and what a delight it was to hear the returning officer announce that Sarah Lee had been provisionally elected to the Council. The results were examined and certified by the official scrutineer on Friday 1 August. Sarah is currently the National Marketing Executive for the 2020 Trust’s ... Read more
Digital inclusion is one of five key measures that the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) uses for assessing “intelligent” communities. The other measures are broadband connectivity, knowledge workforce, innovation and marketing / advocacy. Robert Bell, an ICF co-founder from New York, outlined what it takes to be an intelligent community at a public talk in Wanganui today. Wanganui is ... Read more
Over 60 people came together on 10 July at a digital inclusion meetup to share experiences and discuss ways for scaling up a variety of digital initiatives to respond to the huge challenges faced by many Auckland communities, especially those in South Auckland. The meetup was organised by the 2020 Trust, with support from InternetNZ ... Read more
The latest Living Heritage site was published on 19 June 2014 by Waitakere College students “A College of many Cultures website“. Students researched their school history and its cultures as well as the migration stories from many of their peers. They discovered that students at the College came from 19 different cultures and in just one class, 10 different languages ... Read more
The 2020 Trust launched a new Living Heritage initiative “Their Names Shall Live” on 21 May 2014 at a recent Computers in Homes hui in Wellington. The initiative aims to encourage schools to develop Living Heritage sites telling the stories of the soldiers in their communities who never returned from World War One. Trustee Andrew ... Read more
