There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy. NAPLAN results show 16.2% of Year 3 students are at or below the national minimum standards in numeracy and 12.9% are at or below the minimum standards in reading. By Year 9, this climbs to 20.4% and 25.1% respectively. The 2021 early development census also found […] … learn more→

Since the world is the world, technology has been present in our day to day. In the Lower Paleolithic, Homo habilis began to use stone tools: from then on, humanity has not stopped generating new objects based on the elements it found in its immediate environment. We must not forget that technology is everything created by man, […] … learn more→

Even though x is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears throughout American culture – from Stan Lee’s X-Men superheroes to “The X-Files” TV series. The letter x often symbolizes something unknown, with an air of mystery that can be appealing – just look at Elon Musk with SpaceX, Tesla’s Model X, and now X as a new […] … learn more→

The Short Celts already said it: “ Tell me a story and you will see how happy I am ”. The ancient human interest in telling and listening to stories has become a powerful and popular marketing tool (with the modern anglicism of storytelling ) in the business world, due to its ability to capture the public’s attention. Surely we all remember […] … learn more→

Are you thinking about learning a language? Perhaps you’ve decided that it’s time to dust off your classroom French. Maybe you’re planning a trip to Japan and feel like you should make the effort to learn the basics, or work is sending you to the Cairo office for a year and you’ll need Arabic. Learning […] … learn more→

Let’s face it: when we perform certain tasks at work, we often resort to the same tools. Although there are already many alternatives to PowerPoint that make it easier for us to create dynamic presentations, we feel confident and don’t want to spend too much time learning how a new resource works. Who can blame us? We […] … learn more→

Going to school can be challenging for children and young people at times. Most young people will have patches during their school career where it feels hard. That’s normal. Getting through those hard times can bring with it sense of mastery, confidence and resilience. Of course, this is not the experience of all young people, and many […] … learn more→

Cardiac arrest is a severe condition where the heart suddenly stops beating. Quick action is needed to save a person’s life. Online CPR training allows people to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to perform CPR and provide life-saving assistance. Both BLS and CPR certification courses talk about saving a life with CPR. This blog […] … learn more→

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a report highlighting the many challenges of the growing presence of technology in education. This report is groundbreaking in its call for corporate responsibility for education technology and in its recognition for the need for enhanced literacy curriculum. In a chapter on governance and regulation, the […] … learn more→

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform launched by research company Open AI, can write an essay in response to a short prompt. It can perform mathematical equations – and show its working. ChatGPT is a generative AI system: an algorithm that can generate new content from existing bodies of documents, images or audio when prompted with […] … learn more→