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• The top CIO trend for 2019? The need to reskill...fast

  Pressure to adapt skill sets to new technologies, and the threat of automation of some jobs mean that every professional must now ensure their own skill set does not become obsolete

• How to build a platform for volunteers to teach the digital curriculum

  Inside the Voluntari.ly weekend hackfest in Manukau

• Movers & shakers: Linda Smith joins LINZ; Adam Gower now head of digital operations at Watercare

  Plus: New datacentre and offices of ACSData in Wellington; LearnCoach co-founder David Cameron; Phil Goldie of Microsoft; Gerard O’Connor of PDV

• NZTech CEO Graeme Muller: ‘For every new tech role created, 4.9 other support roles are created’

  ‘For every new tech role created, 4.9 other support roles are created’

• Hackathon with a mission: Tamariki and tech

  A call for ICT organisations to help build a platform that will connect volunteers to teach the new digital curriculum

• CIO upfront: Inside a different kind of IT bootcamp

  I recently ran a couple of sessions to help skilled migrants find jobs in Wellington. The experience highlighted key challenges the ICT sector needs to tackle as it prepares the workforce for unceasing change

• Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for US$1 million

  Auction house Christies ran the nine-day online auction called "On the Shoulders of Giants" to raise money for the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

• AI advancements and the impact on teaching, learning and future leadership

  It is not such a wild thought that our youth will be educated by a robotic interface in the foreseeable future

• Education Payroll adds ‘flexible workspaces’ to business continuity strategy

  This way, pay must go through for NZ teachers and school staff in the event of a disaster

• New IT degree at Weltec and Whitireia features AI and other disruptive tech

  ‘Future-oriented’ degree aims to provide industry with the skills and knowledge needed for business growth and sustainability

• Where ICT needs to evolve, fast

  Industry leaders talk about shifting mindsets and taking steps to foster diversity and inclusion in the sector

• CIO upfront: Ministry of Education gets it right with technology upgrade

  Complex education sector IT project wins back trust after Novopay troubles - and earns top project award nomination, writes Bruce Aylward of Psoda.

• Malala Yousafzai calls for technology to help bridge the education divide

  The Nobel Prize winner and Pakistani activist speaks, for the first time, before a technology conference

• 10 reasons to ignore computer science degrees

  Many organisations are looking beyond the CS degree to hire programmers who can deliver real results. Here’s why they might be right.

• N4L works with Fortinet for major refresh of school networks

  Upgrade to meet changing needs around internet capacity and security, and provide reporting tools to better understand and manage student internet use