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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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.

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

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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Graeme Aitken: Focus on social inequality will aid teachers - NZ Herald

The Manaiakalani Digital Teacher Academy was referred to in an article in the New Zealand Herald in response to the Prime Minister's announcement about upcoming changes to education. Professor Graeme Aitken, Dean of Education, University of Auckland, says; 

"We have recently developed a post-graduate programme with the Manaiakalani schools in Tamaki to support the digital learning, community-based programmes they have developed across their cluster.

Each of these initiatives requires the university to work differently and flexibly - to itself be humble about that fact that we learn as much from working with teachers as they learn from us and that together we will advance knowledge."

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