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iPad learning journals enhance skills
iPad learning journals enhance skills

How iPad learning journals and success criteria are helping students at this school improve their skills.

Teaching thinking skills in schools
Teaching thinking skills in schools

Melissa Hughes discusses the development of critical thinking skills in a changing landscape.

Global Education Episode 4: John Burns on creating a school Twitter presence
Global Education Episode 4: John Burns on creating a school Twitter presence

Teacher chats to John Burns in China about creating a school social media presence and showcasing teaching and learning via Twitter.

Peer mentoring for STEM students
Peer mentoring for STEM students

Students say a peer mentoring program linking their school with a local university has helped make science learning more relevant to the real world.

Seeing, thinking and wondering
Seeing, thinking and wondering

‘When we can see an opportunity, we can think about what’s possible and then wonder how we can make it happen.’ Fiona Gordon discusses how allowing students to construct their own knowledge can create change.

Schools and the fight against piracy
Schools and the fight against piracy

An independent study shows 26 per cent of Australians aged 12 to 17 participate in some form of piracy activity.

The digital school and enhanced student learning
The digital school and enhanced student learning

In the final instalment of his six-part series, Mal Lee discusses the impact of digital technology on student learning.

Reinventing the classroom for the digital age
Reinventing the classroom for the digital age

How can we engage girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths? One school is tackling the issue full steam ahead.

‘Invisible' stealth assessments offer learning support
‘Invisible' stealth assessments offer learning support

Stealth assessments woven 'invisibly' into digital gaming environments have the power to offer continual learning support to students, while reducing test anxiety and cramming.

Leading thinkers in conversation
Leading thinkers in conversation

Professor Geoff Masters AO, Dr Michele Bruniges AM and Sir Michael Barber gathered last month to discuss assessment reform and innovation. Here's a taste of what they had to say.