Fusion Networks Announces IT Internship Pilot

One of Maniakalani's key partners, Fusion Networks,  recently announced an IT Internship Pilot which it will be undertaking with students from Tamaki College. The programme will allow students to gain practical, hands-on experience in the IT sector, where they can develop skills and competencies which will help them when they enter the workplace.

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Technology: What's it really doing to our kids? - NZ Herald

A recent article by NZ Herald's science reporter, Jamie Morton, investigates how the increasing prevalence of digital technology is affecting child development.

The article includes comments from Professor Stuart McNaughton, director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education. Professor McNaughton mentions Manaiakalani and the research into digital devices within education which Manaiakalani and Woolf Fisher have been working on together.

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Documentary about Mālama Honua visit

Last March, two vessels visited Auckland as part of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. The waka landed at Pt England on the Tāmaki River, and were greeted by 2500 students from Manaiakalani schools.

A half-hour documentary produced by ʻŌiwi TV about the visit and the story of Manaiakalani was released yesterday.

Watch the documentary by clicking the image below:

Click here to learn more about the visit on Manaiakalani.org

Digital devices for all children - Horowhenua Chronicle

A recent article by Ashleigh Collis in the Horowhenua Chronicle talks about the founding of the Te Hinaki Trust, which was formed in 2015 with the goal of improving access to digital technology for learners in Horowhenua, following the same approach as Manaiakalani.

Te Hinaki trustee Douglas Rowan talks about how the trust was formed after visiting the Manaiakalani cluster in Auckland: "I have never seen a change in achievement patterns like I've seen with Manaiakalani. It was unbelievable."

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Manaiakalani picks up two New Zealand Innovation Awards

The Manaiakalani Education Programme was announced as the winner in two categories of the New Zealand Innovation Awards 2016 on Thursday October 20th at SKY City Convention Centre. 

The categories that Manaiakalani won in are:

1. INNOVATION IN EDUCATION, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT - Sponsored by Chartered

2. EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL INNOVATION - Sponsored by Yellow

Overall there were 21 winners, 19 highly commended awards across 11 industry categories and 10 business disciplines.

Click here to read the full press release

Here is a short video interview with Russell Burt (Manaiakalani Schools Convenor & Principal of Pt England School):

The New Zealand Innovation Awards eZine below also has a page about Manaiakalani (page 19):

Fusion Networks & Manaiakalani

Fusion Networks is a specialist technology integrator and Manaiakalani partner, who manage the technology in over 40 of the Manaiakalani Schools.

Fusion Networks' October newsletter talks about the Manaiakalani programme and the work that Fusion does in support of the programme both in Auckland for the Manaiakalani Cluster and for clusters in the Manaiakalani Outreach programme.

Fusion has recently put up a case study on their website which looks at how schools on the West Coast are embracing digital learning with support from Manaiakalani and Fusion Networks.

Click the image below to read the case study on Fusions website:

Click here for a PDF of the case study

Manaiakalani in EdSurge Magazine

A recent article in the American magazine EdSurge was written by Manaiakalani's Executive Chair, Pat Snedden. The piece explores the success of the Manaiakalani programme and how it was initially sparked by tapping into Maori concepts and using them to shape the education process.

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Nanogirl writes about Manaiakalani

Nanogirl (Dr. Michelle Dickinson) is a science & technology columnist for the New Zealand Herald. In a recent article Dickinson talks about the changing state of education as the world becomes increasingly digital and the challenges this brings for children who lack access to the internet and other digital technologies. Manaiakalani is featured in the article as an example of an initiative that aims to help children in New Zealand by bridging the digital divide.

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Rebecca Jesson: equal education

Dr Rebecca Jesson is a senior lecturer in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland. As part of a recent Radio New Zealand interview, Dr Jesson talked about research that she and her team at the University of Auckland's Woolf Fisher Research Centre have been conducting into Manaiakalani's digital teaching and learning programmes.

Click the image below to listen to the interview on the Radio NZ website:

Here are two more articles about Dr Jesson's work with Manaiakalani: Phys.org and Scoop.co.nz

Spark features Manaiakalani in February Newsletter

The February newsletter sent out by Spark to all subscribers across New Zealand featured an update on their support of the Manaiakalani Programme.
As well as mentioning our local schools it goes on to explain that Spark has increased support to include the five Manaiakalani Outreach Clusters around New Zealand.

Click the image below to read about Spark's contribution to Manaiakalani:

University of Auckland profiles MDTA

The University of Auckland have recently profiled the 2014-2015 MDTA graduating beginning teachers on their website. This marked the occasion of their graduation from the digital immersion programme which was hosted at the Google Offices in Auckland. 

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Manaiakalani Success Story - Hapara

Our friends at Hapara have released a case study on Manaiakalani and the way we use digital teaching.

"Manaiakalani schools infuse training in self-awareness and self-regulation into the experience of their children. By using progressions, self assessment, and teacher feedback/feedforward, students are able to know exactly what they have learned, assess how well they have done, and understand what they need to learn next."

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World-Class Auckland: Dramatic learning aid leads the way nationwide - NZ Herald

As part of a series on World-Class Auckland, Manaiakalani Education Trust Chair, Pat Snedden, speaks to the NZ Herald about Manaiakalani.

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Our new workforce

Manaiakalani has been mentioned in an article on Futureintech.co.nz.

"One initiative that’s addressing this problem is the Maniakalani (‘the hook from heaven’) project, which operates in 12 schools in Tamaki’s low socio-economic communities. It provides the predominantly Maori and Pasifika students with access to digital technology at school and at home via a subsidised rent-to-own scheme for netbooks, and supports more digital approaches to teaching and learning. He described how Pt England Primary School has even formed a partnership with an overseas software development company that involves students doing user testing and writing reports as part of their classroom activities."

 “They’re creative, smart, hardworking and brown. They will be our new workforce.”

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Data key to fixing education inequality - Stuff.co.nz

Tamaki College has been featured in an article for Stuff.co.nz about the school's involvement in the Starpath Project. To read the full article, click the image below:

Digital leaps forward for decile one school - Stuff.co.nz

Tamaki College has been written about in an article for Stuff.co.nz by Rose Cawley. The article looks at the progress being made in raising student achievement, and talks about initiatives that are helping to boost outcomes, including Manaiakalani. 

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Manaiakalani mentioned on WhaleOil.co.nz

As part of an opinion piece about school decile ratings, Pete from the WhaleOil blog mentions Manaiakalani, praising the use of digital teaching to empower our learners. He also talks about how impressed he was by the Manaiakalani Film Festival, which was held last week.

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To see all the videos from the Manaiakalani Film Festival click here.

Nathaniel helps raise half a million dollars for NZ Kids

For the second year in a row one of our own Manaiakalani kids has been mixing with some big names in New Zealand to raise money for kids who need a hand up to acquire technology. Tamaki college student Nathaniel Tuia does a stellar job of presenting this funny and engaging film that played at The Warehouse Supplier Awards dinner 2013.The charity recipient was Variety’s Laptops for Learning programme. The film tells us why it’s essential to get technology into the hands of poorer kiwi kids and inspires the audience to give generously.

Link to original article.

Here's the video:

Manaiakalani and Learning and Change Networks New Zealand

The Manaiakalani Cluster has been working with the Learning and Change Networks to support schools around New Zealand. They have made this video to give an overview of what is being achieved in the LCN schools. At 1:07 we see Stonefields School featured and at 3:07 a brief glimpse of how Manaiakalani is actively supporting the Kaikohe Cluster in the far north.

 

Learning and Change Networks New Zealand from Learning and Change Networks on Vimeo.

What is Learning and Change Networks? 

A group of schools/kura and communities working together to grow capability and to accelerate achievement of priority learners in ways that recognise cultural diversity and that grows innovative and effective 21st century learning environments.

Schools fight for e-education - One News

Manaiakalani has been supporting a cluster of schools in the Mt Roskill area - Ako Hiko - to follow a similar journey to the one we are on.

This weekend TV One featured Wesley Intermediate and the Ako Hiko cluster on the news and mention was made of Manaiakalani during the item.

Click below to watch the segment: