Joy Allcock, leader of the Shine Literacy Project, and Deborah Grover, developer of the beagle software application used in the Shine Project, have both been accepted to present the results of the Shine Literacy Project at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford U.K., in April this year. They will be sharing the work they have done ... Keep Reading

Eleven families have been working with their e-Learning tutors over the past six months to gain digital skills to be able to learn and participate more easily in New Zealand society. All refugees have a story, some are extremely traumatic, and (almost without exception) they are very grateful to be in New Zealand and safe! ... Keep Reading

'This graduation', said Tim, 'will bring the numbers of e-Learning graduates close to 2,500 and that number is significantly higher when the families of those graduating are counted as well ... Keep Reading

This year, our meetings with Lead Teachers are being held once a term. The aim is to support schools to select the assessments and instructional strategies that fit best with their school while, at the same time, ensuring teachers are supported to continue with the instructional practices that have been shown to make a difference ... Keep Reading

Jaqs Wilton, Manager of English Language Partners, Porirua, was our guest for the graduation of our latest Kiwi Connect Programme, run for refugees from Wellington and Lower Hutt ... Keep Reading

Graduates from the 85th Computers in Homes course in Porirua were presented with their certificates by local principal, Rhys McKinley (Windley School). Rhys encouraged the graduates with their learning and praised them for supporting their children’s or grandchildren's learnng ... Keep Reading

On 21 February 2019, Joy Allcock presented a short summary of the Shine Literacy Project for the 2018 year together with the full report ... Keep Reading

Maisy Bentley is an inspiring young woman. She is currently planning her trip to New York in March to bring the voices of young Kiwi women to the United Nations 63rd session of the commission on the status of women ... Keep Reading

New Kiwis (former refugees) settle well, but how well do they integrate? We often hear the success stories and we will tell some of those stories during the course of 2020 ... Keep Reading

Graham Kelly, Chair of the E-Learning Board, welcomed everyone and congratulated them for completing the course, saying that it is often harder to be an adult learner, especially when learning to use a computer ... Keep Reading

Joy Allcock reports that 'this has been a busy year for the 26 schools in the Shine Literacy Project. A key focus for this year has been developing and strengthening the Lead Teacher network ... Keep Reading

It's a long time since 14 August 2017 when we celebrated the achievement of having influenced the lives of 2,000 low-income families in Porirua, Here was an opportunity to catch up with one of the Trust's valuable supporters ... Keep Reading

Tim Davis-Colley, Executive Director of E-Learning Trust, told the graduates that the e-Learning adventure had started in Porirua in 2001. One of the first course participants in 2001 has now graduated as a teacher, becoming an ICT lead teacher. He said that we have had a lot of stories like this over the years and we hope to have more in the... Keep Reading

Our Computers in Homes graduations are always positive celebratory events. They are made even more special when we have excellent guest speakers and presenters such as local identity Roger Miller. Roger is the Managing Partner across all three Maude & Miller law offices, in Wellington, Porirua and Kapiti. Roger has been the lawyer for e-Le... Keep Reading

The resources available to schools participating in the Shine Literacy Initiative have been developed and refined through 2017.The primary objective of the Initiative is to ensure that all children have equitable opportunities to learn to write and read and the statistics are now available for all to see ... Keep Reading