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02 Jul, 2015
By Lainey Weiser
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Corporate Step Up – Mirrabooka SHS

Steps to A Better Future With our app you get to get fit and do good deeds all at the same time. It’s a win win.

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01 Jul, 2015
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Elements – Methodist Ladies College

Bridging the gap between parents, teachers and students It is unbelievable that there is currently no affordable, effective and intuitive system that collaborates between teachers, parents and students . Elements is an innovative new platform that manages to do just that. It combines high level functionality with an interactive and personally customisable interface.Elements removes communication barriers between parents, students and teachers and creates a more interactive learning experience for all.

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GroupMap Supports our Student Teams in getting their Startup Ideas Validated

There’s nothing like a good idea... and that sir.. is nothing like a good idea. Some harsh comments perhaps but the greatest feedback you can get is an honest one. Now I'm not saying that it should just be any "schmuck" off the street that you should rely on for providing you feedback on your business idea. In fact, there may be times where the experienced guide acts as a perfect sounding board. But when it comes to validation of your start up idea, the goal is many ears and multiple points of feedback. It's the collective voice that matters. So often teams are forced to pitch with the only feedback being the compulsory applause, and perhaps the voice of just a few panel folk ...

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10 Mar, 2015
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Wow. What a Feeling!!!

Anyone else feel happy, excited, exhausted, amazed, honoured, overwhelmed, surprised, exhilarated - and overall just looking forward to your next session??! A few weeks ago was my “first day at school” at school for the season. Having been through the program last year, I was sure this was going to be a breeze… Last year I did an extracurricular program. We started with an overwhelming 26 students and 7 team across year 10, 11 and 12. The attendance soon whittled down as people got busy with other things, but we had 3 solid teams that completed and the most successful one winning a prize at the Gala Night. This year, I am mentoring 3 classes and they are all very different... A class of Year 9 fledglings just ...

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06 Mar, 2015
By Lainey Weiser
In My JSI Journey With 2 Comments

The High School Classroom Pivot By Lainey Weiser, Just Start IT Ltd Program Leader

When I graduated from high school I had no idea what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I just knew that I had so much energy to give, but didn’t know where to place it. I look around at students graduating from secondary schools today, and see that many mirror my own experience. I was lucky though. I had a father who kicked me out of bed and demanded that I get a job. I got even luckier as I landed up working for an incredibly inspiring woman, who mentored me for the ten years I was with her. But for many, their gap year, leads to further indecision, leads to wasted enrolments, leads to rising numbers ...

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04 Mar, 2015
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Where Have All the Girls Gone?

“Don’t ever get discouraged by someone telling you that you can’t do something or that you won’t be as good at something as other people. No-one else knows what you are capable of.” Michelle Sandford For a long time we have been dressing our daughters in pink frilly dresses and telling them to be quiet, play gently and not get messy. We expect our boys to do better in science, technology and maths, and our girls ...

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