Author: iWorld Australia
Coming Soon to iWorld – Smartivity
Pioneers of Augmented Reality activities for children and designers of the most unique, cool and world-class S.T.E.M. learning based educational D.I.Y. Toys for children between 3 to 14 years of age, Smartivity Labs is driven by the mission to make learning “smarter” for children. Smartivity designs toys, engagement activities and playful learning tools that serve … continue reading
Kano’s first Star Wars coding kit lets programming Padawans use the force
Blair Altland – Sep. 30th 2019 @blairaltland Back in January, we first got word of Kano and Disney’s partnership to bring a coding kit from a galaxy far, far away to market sometime in 2019. Now today we are getting an official look at what the two companies have in store for us. Available later … continue reading
iWorld Australia inks exclusive ANZ distribution agreement with ‘Curioscope’
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2019 AUGMENTED REALITY, MEET THE CLASSROOM An immersive, award winning classroom tool, allowing you to deliver a learning experience that makes the wonder of human anatomy both memorable, engaging and accessible to everyone. The Virtual-Tee combines a t-shirt with a free snap enabling your students to learn about the human body… … continue reading
Press Release – STEAM learning gets its own future-ready Ambassador!
Awarded Educator Jonathan Nalder joins the iWorld STEAM team as an ambassador to help schools explore what best practice in future-ready learning looks like. Schools have long known that trans-disciplinary learning is vital to prepare students for a fast-changing world, but Educator of 19 years Jonathan Nalder has developed a framework to help map out … continue reading
LittleBits’ Ayah Bdeir Is Filling STEM’s Diversity Gap, Block by Block
“If there’s no solution to a problem that you see, it’s up to you to create it.” Picture the New York Toy Fair as something akin to Santa’s workshop, but the elves are replaced with suited executives. As the clipboard-carrying adults shuffle between Beanie Baby-lined booths and dodge an incoming hug from Clifford the Big … continue reading
Under-representation of women in STEM is holding back national prosperity
Australia has not yet made the systemic changes required to achieve diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with the current under-representation and under-utilisation of women in the STEM workforce posing a threat to Australia’s prosperity. The findings are contained in the Women in STEM Decadal Plan launched this evening at Parliament House by … continue reading
11 Lessons to Inspire Girls to Grow into STEAM
Whew, we can hardly believe it’s March already! 2019 has begun with a blast and as we head into the changing seasons with spring beginning this month, we may be experiencing some growing pains. March also marks Women’s History Month, so we’d like to call attention to a mission close to our heart: inspiring girls … continue reading
Hands-on Review: Kano Computer Kit
As a kid, I owned a Sinclair ZX81. Like many of my generation, I learned how to program computers at the same time as playing (rudimentary) video games. I’ve long lamented that those that followed us were taught not how to use computers, but simply, how to use applications. We now have a generation of … continue reading
