Indigenous people in STEM

https://careerswithstem.com.au/profile-category/indigenous-people-in-stem/

Australia’s first indigenous-led digital innovation and start-up incubator has launched in far north Queensland today. According to co-founder Leigh Harris the DHIVE (digital hive) innovation and start-up hub, based in Cairns, aims to educate the digitally disconnected and disadvantaged.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/first-indigenousled-startup-hub-launched-today/news-story/a00c671603e65e20e4c6bc6fa2324420

More than half of NSW year 9 students would fail at the first hurdle to get their HSC based on this year's NAPLAN results, new statistics from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority have revealed. It follows the surprise announcement in July by NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli that students would be required to meet a minimum literacy and numeracy standard to receive their HSC.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/naplan-half-of-nsw-students-would-fail-first-hsc-test-20161209-gt7tix.html

Watch dreamtime stories from the Yanyuwa people of the Northern Territory vividly animated in these stunning videos, ranging from 2 to 20 minutes in length. Learn why the dance of the Brolga is the most graceful, about the Tiger Shark’s travels, and why complaining about your leader isn’t always a good idea.

http://splash.abc.net.au/home?WT.tsrc=Email&WT.mc_id=Innovation_Innovation-Splash|Secondary_email|20150930#!/search/yanyuwa

AN Alice Springs school is one of the first in the country to track ­students using GPS technology to improve school attendance rates. The tracking devices are also being used to help case-managed Aboriginal families locate their children to avoid losing welfare payments if their children skip class.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/in-a-town-like-alice-springs-gps-outclasses-truants/story-fn59nlz9-1226927513887#

Sharing Australian Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture has existed continuously for more than 40 000 years. They have developed sophisticated social organisations, complex legal systems and a numerous practices and ceremonies based around their Dreamtime beliefs. There is no way we could ever hope to capture all their knowledge of animal behaviour, or of the seasons and bush tucker that each one brings. For that matter we will never know the full extent of the geographical, ecological or land management skills that these communities possess but at least some of them are documenting different aspects of their culture for future generations. Here are a number of apps that introduce students to both their oral story telling tradition and their traditional languages.

http://appsineducation.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/sharing-australian-aboriginal-culture.html

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses. (Sugata Mitra conducts his first “hole in the wall” experiment in New Delhi, India. On their own, slum kids teach themselves to use a computer. Mitra dubs his approach minimally invasive education.)

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/all/

Looking back into the best South Australian films of past 35 years

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/looking-back-into-the-best-south-australian-films-of-past-35-years/story-fni6umbp-1226738573488

GUMALA Aboriginal Corporation's systems had limited reporting capabilities and restricted functionality in its member-facing applications. Gumala is one of Australia's largest indigenous corporations. Case Study: Gumala PROBLEM: Rapid growth saw technology requirements outstrip the capacity of existing systems. PROCESS: Microsoft Dynamics CRM ``out-of-the-box'' software was teamed with NEC's business analysis and integration services. RESULT: Streamlined business processes and full transaction and system activity auditing.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/tracking-the-spoils-of-mining/story-e6frganx-1226730217932

Rotich explained that her nonprofit tech company, Ushahidi [Swahili for "testimony"], wanted to tackle the problem of connectivity in Africa and created a rugged portable device with a battery that could work for up to eight hours between charges, and switch between ethernet, WiFi, 3G and, if lucky, 4G.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/07/201372484039912339.html

The Australian Innovation Challenge is open to both individuals and teams in a range of professional categories and one general public category.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/innovationchallenge/categories-for-entry/story-fn9dkrp5-1226376993095

INFORMATION technology isn't always the first career choice for indigenous students but Alice Springs-born Garry Lockyer is determined to buck the trend. NEC's indigenous traineeship to bridge digital divide

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/it-business/necs-indigenous-traineeship-to-bridge-digital-divide/story-e6frganx-1226661417833

Video gaming's uneasy relationship with race

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/video-gamings-uneasy-relationship-with-race-20130424-2idb1.html

Computer games and home-based self-help should be considered as part of healthcare in Australia, according to those shaping its future.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/making-a-game-out-of-ehealth-20130304-2ffjx.html

Consultation on the draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Technologies

http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Static/docs/Technologies/Draft%20Australian%20Curriculum%20Technologies%20-%20February%202013.pdf