Seven year 5 and 6 students at Lyall Bay School received certificates at a special assembly held at the school today to recognise their efforts in creating the latest Living Heritage site. The students chose the subject of School Milk and created a very informative site about the history of milk in New Zealand schools (the ... Read more
The Hon Amy Adams announced Dunedin as the successful Gigatown at a function hosted by Chorus this evening. Mayor Dave Cull was on hand along with Digital Community Trust Chair, Peter Hills, to accept the Award. Other finalists were Gisborne, Nelson, Timaru and Wanaka. Outcome 3 of Dunedin’s digital plan, submitted as part of the ... Read more
Deputy Speaker of the House, the Hon Chester Borrows, was a guest at a recent Computers in Homes hui in New Plymouth. Chester holds the record for the most Computers in Homes graduations attended by a Member of Parliament. As MP for Whanganui, Chester receives invitations to all Whanganui graduations, and as a trustee of the ... Read more
The Hon Amy Adams, Minister for Communications, dropped in to visit DORA, at the recent NetHui South held in Christchurch. Minister Adams had just given the opening address at NetHui south where she acknowledged the work of the 2020 Trust in promoting digital literacy through its Computers in Homes programme. In her presentation, she noted ... Read more
The 2020 Trust has advertised the position of Executive Director and hopes to make an appointment before Christmas. The new position will be based in Wellington. “During the last three years, we have introduced several innovations that support our vision of digital literacy for all New Zealanders. Our operations have expanded and become more complex ... Read more
A new report on digital technologies in schools, released today by the 2020 Trust, indicates that over 75% of schools are noticing an impact on student achievement as a result of using digital technologies in classrooms. But Trust Chair, Laurence Millar, says the rapid growth of personal digital devices used by students for learning appears ... Read more
InternetNZ has announced the dates and venue for the next NetHui South. Following on from the inaugural NetHui South held in Dunedin in 2012 and NetHui 2014 held in Auckland in July this year, this year’s NetHui South is to be held in Christchurch at the Jack Mann Auditorium at the College of Education, University ... Read more
An Auckland Digital Inclusion meetup, held yesterday at The Southern Initiative offices in Manukau, has identified the need to clarify the definition and measures of digital inclusion. An earlier meetup, held in August, agreed to progress a stocktake of digital inclusion initiatives in Auckland, but the meeting yesterday challenged whether this was putting the cart before the ... Read more
The Innovation Partnership released a discussion document today about its vision for a digital New Zealand. This aligns well with the 2020 Trust’s mission – Enabling New Zealanders to fully participate in a digital world. The Innovation Partnership’s vision has three outcomes: (1) a digitally capable generation; (2) a digitally capable economy; and (3) a ... Read more
Wesley Primary School in Auckland was the second school to receive HP Chromebooks in the prize draw for completing the recent 2020 Trust survey on Digital Technologies in Schools. Deputy Principal, Claire Edwards, was on hand to receive the five HP chromebooks when they were delivered this week by 2020 Contracts Director, Laurence Zwimpfer and Computers ... Read more
