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ACS 17 Game-changers Manifesto

The Australian Computer Society ACS released their 2019 Federal Election Manifesto last night, recommending 17 priorities of focus for Australia to be a digital economy powerhouse.

The full report: Download here

ACS President Mr Yohan Ramasundara said, “My recent mainstream media articles may have seemed a little negative, but it is imperative that Australia has a defined strategy for how …

STEAM Projects for Mother’s Day

Maria Regina Catholic Primary school in Avalon, Sydney has teachers and students using ‘technology for creativity’ to create a Mother’s Day project this year.

Dr Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen, the school’s STEAM Manager and Director of ‘STEAM Ahead Australia’, an initiative to work with industry to bring STEAM integrated Arts programs into schools, said “Bookform is an ideal solution to get …

AISNSW History Conference

History Years 7-12

Students collect written, oral & visual stories into a digital & printed book

Years 7-10 Electives

Topic 1: History, Heritage and Archaeology

Students create a family history or a biography of one member. They formulate research questions, and select and analyse a range of historical sources to locate information relevant to their enquiry. They explain different contexts, …

Bookform selected for AusTrade EduTech mission to US

Australian EdTech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019.

The ASU+GSV Summitt in San Diego (8-10 April 2019) is a landmark event on the US education technology calendar. Austrade, in partnership with EduGrowth, will bring a delegation to attend the conference and participate in a targeted mission to New York, Washington DC, San Francisco and San Diego. This is …

Bookform starts pilot in SF USA

Bookform will partner with Athena’s Advanced Academy to pilot the ‘Family Book’ project in their online summer course program.

Athena’s Advanced Academy is an online learning environment, delivering project-based and interactive live webinar classes for gifted, talented and home-school students.

Athena’s Advanced Academy was created by Dr. Kirsten L. Stein, Ed.D. who has been involved in the field of education …

Gonski – What School Could Be

The Gonski Institute for Education hosted Ted Dintersmith, a US Education researcher & academic to discuss his recent book ‘What School Could Be’ and film ‘Most Likely To Succeed’ with a panel of education experts, Professor Pasi Sahlberg, Stephanie McConnell and Peter Hutton at UNSW last night.

Ted Dintersmith’s book ‘What School Could Be’ is a culmination of one year travelling …

Upgraded Bookform software launched

Bookform is an online tool to guide students to interview their family members or people in the community as communication & relationship building projects. Students collect stories, using voice-to-text AI & collaboration (any language) & photos, to create personalised memoirs or Family Books. 

After 2 years, over 1000 customers in 31 countries, and pilot projects in schools & aged care, …

HundrED interviews Bookform for global 100 EdTech

HundrED is a Finland and UK based not-for-profit online platform to discover, research and share impactful and scalable K12 innovations with the world, for free.

Each year HundrED selects the top 100 inspiring innovations globally and highlights them to the world.

Frederika Warren, a researcher for HundrED, interviewed me yesterday, to explore Bookform’s technology, impact and purpose, and the …

Intro Bookform to AWS Community

Bookform Pitch Deck 2018

Problem:

There are some big wicked problems in the world today. 

We’re living in a new world of hyper-connectivity, but people seem to be feeling more disconnected than ever before. Especially the young and the old.

Solution:

Bookform’s solution is technology to scaffold bringing families and communities together, bonding over sharing personal stories as a school …