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News from 2011

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19 December 2011

Read David Glover's blog on new digital products and services for the US education system

Posted in: General news

18 November 2011

Learning Media wins the CLL Best Book or Series in Primary Education Award for the second year in a row for two issues of the School Journal.

Posted in: Awards

1 November 2011

Collaborative social media sites like Facebook are the inspiration behind Be Healthy, Be Active – Kia Ora, Kia Korikori ‘, an interactive teaching programme.

Posted in: Health

28 October 2011

Darren Gammie blogs about why feedback is important to any individual or group who seeks to improve or change.

Posted in: Digital, General news

13 October 2011

Board Chair Sandy Maier said the year had been one of change and challenge for Learning Media,as the company released its 2010/11 financial results.

Posted in: Company, General news

29 August 2011

A School Journal on the Moriori has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.

Posted in: Awards, Literacy

26 August 2011

Votes from thousands of grateful students last night won CWA's  StudyIt  website a record fourth victory in a row in the Net Guide’s People Choice Awards as Best Student Site. 

Posted in: Awards, Digital

9 August 2011

Cate Hensen, a student from Cardinal McKeefry School in Wellington is the winner of this year's Elsie Locke Writing Prize.

Posted in: Literacy

3 August 2011

Find out more about the levelling of The School Journal and What's New

Posted in: Literacy

6 July 2011

A Citizenship and Tax Education tool developed by CWA New Media for Inland Revenue was launched on 4 July. CWA is a business unit of Learning Media.

Posted in: Digital

9 June 2011

Learning Media Limited has won an international industry award for its interactive whiteboard reading comprehension resource, Strategy Zone.

Posted in: Digital

8 June 2011

Learning Media CEO David Glover will be convening a panel of leading educational gamers from around the world at a major US conference in Washington on 8 June 2011.

Posted in: Digital

18 May 2011

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Posted in: Company

9 May 2011

Learning Media Te Pou Taki Kōrero recently launched its Scholarship for Academic Writing in Te Reo Māori at the University of Waikato’s Kingitanga Day celebrations.

Posted in: Company, Māori

29 April 2011

Strategy Zone is a finalist in the Distinguished Achievement Technology Awards of the American Association of Educational Publishers

Posted in: Awards, Digital

12 April 2011

Learning Media has finalised an agreement with CWA New Media to acquire its business, bringing together two leaders in educational publishing.

Posted in: Company

23 March 2011

Learning Media CEO, David Glover, joined Dean of Education Graeme Aitken at the University of Auckland to launch the Learning Media Scholarship for Research into Literacy Learning.

Posted in: Literacy

16 March 2011

Learning Media Limited is in discussions to acquire the business of CWA New Media, a national leader in online education and digital development. 

Posted in: Company

1 March 2011

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Posted in: Company

18 February 2011

Read the article featured in the February/March issue of Mana magazine about 50 years of publishing the Māori language journal Te Wharekura

Posted in: Company, Māori

2 February 2011

Learning Media has been recruiting to some dynamic market and service positions. We'd like to introduce you to a few of our new recruits.

Posted in: Company