Manaiakalani Summer blogging

Dr Rachel Williams has been giving media interviews about the success of the summer blogging programme the WFRC has implemented for Manaiakalani children during the holidays.

"Students across 10 [sic] east Auckland schools can read and share their blogs with one another, giving and receiving feedback.
It’s paying off, she said: "We’re seeing incredible gains personally, socially, developmentally, in terms of literacy achievement in both reading and writing".

The full newspaper report is here

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.

To read the full article, click the image below:

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