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The Newshounds
Equipping Students for the Digital Age
Thought leaders committed to media literacy
Squiz Kids is a dynamic news platform designed specifically for children, aiming to foster media literacy and critical thinking through engaging, age-appropriate content. They reach young audiences through their daily news podcast and interactive learning programs. With a focus on empowering the next generation to become thoughtful, informed citizens, Squiz Kids makes complex topics accessible and fun for kids.
Building on Squiz Kids’ have a popular podcast and curriculum-aligned learning resources...
Squiz Kids Today
Your shortcut to the world around you.
Gang-Gang guide to referendums
His home town of Canberra is all a-flutter over something called 'a referendum'
Money + ME
A financial literacy podcast for primary-school aged kids.
The book club
Each month, Catch the Reading Bug and her crew of reviewers
Newshounds
Money + ME
A financial literacy podcast for primary-school aged kids.
The book
Each month, Catch the Reading Bug and her crew of reviewers
Newshounds
Their newest classroom program, Newshounds, was ready for the next stage of development after a very successful pilot.
Tested with over 2,000 teachers , it was time to take their valuable feedback and improve on the platform's user experience (UX).
Despite the program's well-received content, feedback highlighted challenges with the technology and delivery mechanisms used, impacting the overall effectiveness of the program.
The goal was to enhance the Newshounds platform to deliver a more engaging and accessible experience for teachers by streamlining content, incorporating gamification to encourage student participation, and ensuring ease of future updates through a robust CMS.
A platform built for scale and engagement
Miroma Project Factory (MPF) stepped in to overhaul Newshounds with two key objectives:
Re-platform the programfor greater scale
Improve engagementwith both teachers & students
Our approach involved a complete redesign of the user interface (UI) and UX,
Simplified Lesson Delivery
We reduced lesson time from 90 minutes to 40 minutes, aligning with classroom needs and teacher feedback.
Enhanced Gamification
Playful elements such as token-based rewards and a futuristic cityscape to measure progression were introduced to keep students engaged without sacrificing the educational value of the content.
Content Management System (CMS) Integration
We implemented a robust CMS, allowing Squiz Kids to seamlessly update lessons and ensure the platform evolves alongside fast-moving media trends.
Teacher-Centric UX
The platform was redesigned to prioritise ease of use for educators, enabling them to focus on teaching rather than troubleshooting the system.
The impact?
Empowering educators and students alike
With MPF’s improvements, Newshounds has been re-launched as a streamlined, scalable resource that empowers educators to deliver media literacy lessons with ease.
The new design allows Squiz Kids to continually update their content, ensuring their programs stay relevant in a rapidly changing media landscape. Teachers now have an intuitive, engaging tool at their fingertips, to enable educators across the country (and the world!) to foster critical thinking in students.
The Squiz Kids team have been key opinion leaders for bringing media literacy and critical thinking skills directly into the Australian school curriculum, and have been major contributors to the Australian Government's Parliamentary Enquiry on Social Media and Australian Society in 2024.
With MPF’s re-platforming, Newshounds is now fully equipped to scale further, empowering even more teachers and students to navigate the complexities of the digital media world.
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