Traditional teaching methods are no longer working for today’s students, according to an e-learning expert. David Kinane, an e-learning consultant with more than 10 years’ experience, says a lack of student interest in education is a growing problem. However, it is not because students do not want to learn but because of how they are [...]

Social media and smart phones are closing the digital divide between Māori and Pakeha, according to the Māori Internet Society.  Chairman Karaitiana Taiuru (Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu) says mobile phones with internet access and sites such as Facebook have made new media more accessible. The digital divide refers to the gap between people who have [...]

If knowledge is power, it is worth thinking about what happens to those who do not have the same access to knowledge. The increasing connectivity of our society raises the issue of the digital divide in New Zealand.  In a recent visit to Auckland, to attend AUT University’s Project [R]evolution conference, Hilary Clinton’s innovation advisor [...]

The 2012 “Zero Budget” has the Green Party begging the Government to rethink its cuts to education amid fears some schools could lose technology teaching. Under the Budget, reduced teacher numbers may mean specialist technology teachers are the first to face the axe. Specialist technology teachers are responsible for training students in woodwork and metalwork, [...]

Unless you’re a proud member of the Beige Brigade or a high school cricket coach you may not have heard about the Kiwi cricket smartphone app knocking the world for six. Kiwi smartphone app CricHQ, co-founded by former Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming, is forecast to overtake popular website TradeMe in the number of online [...]

A New Zealand entrepreneur has developed a smartphone app that can convert voice to text cheaply and in just a matter of hours. Alexei Dunayev’s app, Transcribeme, uses voice transcription technology to organise recordings of meetings, for example, into logical chunks, such as between breaks in conversation or with a change of speaker. The app [...]

BLOG: Do you ever wonder who’s behind the scenes while your enjoying watching a movie at your local cinema? Well, that’s the projectionist, which is actually what I do for my part time job. We frantically thread up the movies you watch through 35mm projectors before the shows are about to start, as well as [...]

Review: It has been three months since my technology-greedy mits got a hold on the white iPhone 4. Considering Apple made me wait 10 months for it after the black counterpart was released, I had high expectations for my new little gadget. Firstly let me get this straight. I love my gadgets but I’m no [...]

Young viewers are keeping their eyes on two screens at once with the “.co-hosts” on the new television channel U. TVNZ launched U on May 14, targeting 15-24 year olds. Every Monday and Wednesday night a range of .co-hosts go online to chat with other viewers about the shows airing at the time. Nick Baker [...]