If tech is the future it’s still looking like it will be a future that’s pretty short on women.
   The tech industry will be a significant employer but the number of women involved, apart from a prominent handful, remains dwarfed by the number of men.
   What is odd is that tech needs the kind of skills that women are often strong in, soft skills are at a premium in the industry as are strong communication skills.
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Over 60 days, MyTeacherAide has been challenged and tested in Pilot Mode by more than 400 educators. And now it’s been launched, with a 7-day free trial offer for teachers wanting to try it in their classroom.
  The creation of two Tasmanian teachers, the platform promises to address common teaching challenges, such as time-consuming lesson planning and the need for personalised student engagement.
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Until recently, LaTrobe SDS’s diverse cohort of learners, aged 5 to 18 with moderate to severe intellectual and associated disabilities, were learning in outdated facilities on an undersized campus in Traralgon, a regional town two hours south-east of Melbourne on Gunaikurnai Country.
   In 2020, the school began working with architects to masterplan and design a co-located campus on an underutilised site within Traralgon College. Read more

Keeping children connected to their schools, teachers, and classmates is a must during a health crisis, the question is how.
  Parents, teachers and healthcare workers need information and towards this a resource for families and their helpers facing the prospect of a child having to stay out of school for an extended period, the Australia-first National Insights for Education Directories (NIEDs), has been launched by not-for-profit MissingSchool. Read more

The good work that Schools Plus has been doing funding impactful projects and addressing imbalances in education will continue under new CEO Sherrill Nixon.
   Nixon is the second CEO since founding CEO Rosmary Conn. Prior to joining Schools Plus, Sherrill had a long career as a journalist and editor with Fairfax Media, Australian Associated Press and News Corp, across newsrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide. Read more

Longer exposures to screens may not have the harmful effects on child and adolescent behaviour and mental health as once thought - provided it is interactive, educational and does not reach extreme levels.
   Parents watching television with their kids has a positive effect on literacy rather than them watching alone and touch screens and augmented reality showed strong benefits on learning.
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