Quick Reference Guide to Tertiary Education

16/11/2009

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TERTIARY EDUCATION: WORTH THE INVESTMENT

12/11/2009

There's no avoiding a harsh fact of life... unless you were born rich, you'll have to work for a living. So you might as well...

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

12/11/2009

SURE, YOU KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE, BUT HOW LITERATE ARE YOU WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY? IT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE...

CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE

23/09/2009

In the April issue of actv8, we talked to Mike Chunn about Play It Strange, which was set up to provide outside-the-classroom music programmes to...

HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES VIA THE WEB

23/09/2009

The net changed music - buyers switched from CDs to MP3s. Artists followed, sidestepping record companies to sell directly to fans. But the web also...

TALLYHO TIME CAPSULE

23/09/2009

*Music industry insider, SIMON COFFEY, calls his www.tallyho.co.nz[http://www.tallyho.co.nz/] website "An historic cyber art gallery". Actv8 asked him for his thoughts on today's New Zealand chart-toppers...

Putting NCEA to the test

02/04/2009

*Year 12 student Alison Officer has had her share of assessments and exams thanks to NCEA, but actv8 gave her and some other students the...

Alt Albion: Hidden Britain

02/04/2009

*The UK is* well known for Big Ben, the London Eye and Buckingham Palace, but this Kiwi team got to experience the underground scenes where...

Wait...don't hibernate

02/04/2009

* **It's official - summer is over. : (* *That means colder *weather's on its way. No more beaches, picnics and barbies. Chilly school mornings...

Technology Seems to Rule our Lives

02/04/2009

*Diaries, letters and phone calls are now often stored electronically. Year 12 student Alison Officer looks at a few technology options that are designed to...

Cool Water

31/08/2008

You're really, really thirsty. You open the fridge and reach for a glistening can of... Hey, wait a minute! What are you really putting into...

Homework - Finding the answers online

31/08/2008

The internet and homework: your favourite pastime and your most hated chore. Wouldn't it be great to combine the two, without spending hours on Google...

Intrepid reporters for a day

31/08/2008

Intrepid reporters for a day The February issue of actv8 featured a competition in which the prize was a double pass to attttend the Wellington...

Amateurs' Hour

22/05/2008

In 1976, three tech geeks sat around a living room fiddling with a central processing unit and some basic computer chips. They got to...

How to be a lunch legend

22/05/2008

In the last issue of actv8 we gave you some tips for getting a good start to your day. Now Fuelled4School brings you an insider's...

The Robots are coming!

22/05/2008

The cute little ipods we love and the sassy laptops everyone wants on their bedroom desk — it’s hard to believe these gadgets evolved from...

Mapping Your Future

22/05/2008

* How to put yourself on the map with mash-ups *by Phil Parent* * Maps have been with us since ancient times. The Babylonians made maps on clay...

Feel-Good Fuel

15/02/2008

*Some days, it seems like everything's an uphill struggle - especially when it's a school day. But before you blame your hard-out weekend, or the...

Texting Without Tears

15/02/2008

Texting without tears Text bullying is a big problem. One-in-four teens are now thought to have received abusive messages. This abuse has even led to suicide....

Get Ready For Stage Challenge

06/06/2007

Suzanne Bowerman wants to continue Northcote College's winning streak in this year's event. by Laura Bond. Most of you have heard of Stage Challenge and many...

Talking to the Media

01/02/2007

Talking to the Media. Do you feel sorry for robots? Like unpopular contestants on New Zealand Idol, they have a bit of an image problem....

Cool Science

01/02/2007

Cool Science. Christchurch students find out about global warming by dialling Antarctica. by Bette Flagler. Danielle Nossiter, Anna Howley, Aleyce Thompson and Shelby Generfaas were among more than...

Sparks Fly

01/02/2007

Sparks Fly. What's life like after Bright Sparks? Sara Goessi talks to two previous winners. A year ago, actv8 talked to some of the Bright Sparks...

Revitalising Revision

01/02/2007

Revitalising Revision. MAGS students are big web users, and they're not just browsing. Sara Goessi finds out how the internet helps them prepare for exams. On a...

Maths Match

01/02/2007

Maths match. Web-based games have livened up maths classes at Collingwood Area School. by Laura Bond. In Disney's High School Musical Gabriella Montez showed us that being a...

Design for the Digital World

01/09/2006

Design for the Digital World. Get a qualifi cation in web design or development and your career prospects are excellent. Chris Bell tells you how...

Aorere College, Making Websites Work

01/09/2006

Making Websites Work. by Sara Goessi. Aorere College students in Papatoetoe are making real websites for real clients. What did you do in the school holidays?...

Catching the Tech Wave

01/09/2006

Catching the Tech Wave. There's a whole lot of surfing going on at Raglan Area School - on the waves and on the web. by Anthony...

Robots

01/06/2006

Robots. Do you feel sorry for robots? Like unpopular contestants on New Zealand Idol, they have a bit of an image problem. But they're already doing...

Board Games

01/06/2006

Board Games. Interactive whiteboards are bringing more fun into the classroom - and making learning easier. by Bette Flagler. Before interactive whiteboards were installed at Southland Girls High,...

Character Building

01/06/2006

Character Building. by Sara Goessi. How would you like to create your own swamp-dwelling ogre in thrilling 3D? That's the idea behind a school holiday programme...

Bright Ideas Wins Awards

01/11/2005

Bright Ideas Win Awards. A robot waiter, a finger drum machine and a trick whiteboard marker were among the winning entries in this year's Bright Sparks...

Design Courses

01/09/2005

Design your Future. If you're interested in design, a course in digital design, 3D animation, game development or 3D visualisation offers not only an exciting study...

JOIN THE VIRTUAL ART WORLD

Ever wished you could share and sell your artwork with other people who actually appreciate it? Rose Docherty has. I'm only young, so nobody would...