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TENZ Professional Learning Programme officially launched

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TENZ Awards 2015 at the Green Dragon Inn

TENZ 2015 Conference
Conference opening address on the recent evolution of Technology

Technology Years 9-13
Prince views WW1 school remembrance projects

Research + Publications
Nanogirl and the Incredible World of Nanotechnology

Technology Years 9-13
Evolocity Competition Finals

TENZ 2015 Conference
TENZ 2015 Keynote Duncan Mackintosh: 'A journey to make a difference'

TENZ 2015 Conference
TENZ 2015 Keynote: 'Design and Technology in England: Lessons in Curriculum Politics'

Vocational Pathways
Engineering E2E at TENZ 2015

Webwatch
Amazing and innovative new machines

Enterprise and Innovation

NZGTTA News: Update November 2015

TENZ News: November 2015 Update

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  TVNZ Breakfast video, 29 November
  The recent troubles at Auckland Airport poses the question, how reliable is our country's largest airport?
  Discussion starters:
  • Technological systems: catastrophic failure; reliability and redundancy
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  TV3 News video, 3 December
  When it comes to being a Toyologist, two NZ schoolchildren have it mastered - testing and reviewing $200 worth of toys every month for a year.
  Discussion starters:
  • Outcome Development and Evaluation: endpoint stakeholder feedback
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  TVNZ One News video, 10 December
  With Fonterra's fleet of milk tankers travelling over 80 million kilometres on NZ roads every year a new innovation is being rolled out to improve road safety.
  Discussion starters:
  • Design and visual communication solutions: socio-cultural impacts
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  NZ Herald, 17 December
  The NZ Herald's specialist Technology feature highlights its 10 best innovations for 2010.
  These include: the Like Bike - a rural African ambulance; SMS health care advice systems; PlanIT Valley - a new eco-city being planned in Portugal; Windstalk wind farms; and Cow Power - a 250,00 head dairy in China turning cow dung into electricity on a massive scale.
  Discussion starters:
  • Characteristics of Technology: purposeful intervention by design
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  TV3 News video, 20 December
  2011 will see the last of NASA’s space shuttle missions – what will replace it is still very much up in the air.
  Discussion starters:
  • Characteristics of Technology: historical positioning; sociocultural impact
  • Technological modeling: simulation technology