Using technology to showcase technology

Frances Manwaring | 8 February 2010 | 0 Comments

We're delighted to be hosting New Zealand Learning Technology 2010 in March.  This virtual trade show is an extension of New Zealand's presence at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT 2010) and the associated Education Resource and Technology Exhibition 2010 being held in Singapore in March. These events focus on enriching learning experiences through the innovative use of existing and emerging technologies.

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The 'Hell hole of the South Pacific'

Frances Manwaring | 10 November 2009 | 0 Comments

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Kororareka (now Russell) was the stomping ground for whalers and pirates in the early days of European involvement with New Zealand and gained a reputation as a den of iniquity, full of bawdy houses and grog shops. 

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Riding the Big Balls

Frances Manwaring | 2 July 2009 | 1 Comments

Until yesterday zorbing was a complete unknown.  Our first thought was that it must be might to do with folk dancing - the sort of thing Zorba the Greek was into.  Apparently not. Zorbing is when you get inside a big plastic ball (zorb) and roll very fast down hill, trying not to damage yourself into the process.   Kiwis are actually startlingly good at thinking up new ways to scare ourselves and the rest of the world...thinking bungy jumping here and think about the truckloads of expeditions following in bold Sir Ed's (as the the late great Sir Edmund Hilary is universally known hereabouts) trailblazing footsteps to the peak of Mount Everest and back.

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