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  • Sylvia stuns EduTECH with super-awesome keynote address

Sylvia stuns EduTECH with super-awesome keynote address

Rebecca Vukovic
By Rebecca Vukovic
Published June 2, 2015

What Super-Awesome Sylvia lacks in stature, she certainly makes up for in enthusiasm. Barely visible from behind the lectern where she was standing, the 13-year-old shares with EduTECH 2015 how she came to be such a "super-awesome" voice for her generation.

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Rebecca is the former editor of Australian Teacher Magazine, EducationHQ Australia and EducationHQ New Zealand.

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