Fast connection to the Internet, video conferencing and skyping enables teachers to easily share ideas, network and collaborate on teaching practice and learnings.

BENEFITS YOU’RE EXPECTING

We’ve started by listening to primary and secondary school Principals from a range of schools from Northland to Dunedin and across the decile range. They’ve all told us that they’re excited about the benefits N4L can deliver:

• Less hassle – the ICT procurement sorted
• Fast and reliable internet
• Facilitating a standardised approach across the sector
• Affordable
• Flexible and multi-modal
• Shared information and knowledge retention
• Accessible to all – so more equitable
• Enables collaboration between teachers and schools – video conferencing and / or skyping
• Can streamline systems

CONTENT AND SERVICES

Affordable and authentic content for schools and which support the curriculum, is the real treasure that we’ll be able to provide to schools. The content and services we’ll provide will depend on the feedback schools give us. We’ve been given some ideas which we’ve listed below. Let us know if you agree, or of other content you think we should be considering, especially resources that you’ve found great for the curriculum.

Feedback form

Potential Content and Services over time

Teaching and Learning

• Parent Portal
• E- Portfolios
• e-AsTTle
• TKI website
• Cybersafety

Administration

• VLN Course Brokering
• Student Management Systems
• Financial Management Systems
• Library Management Systems

Infrastructure Services

• Voice over IP Telephony
• Offsite storage and backup
• Virtual servers
• File sharing
• Remote LAN Management
• High definition video conferencing
• Web Conferencing Services

OVERSEAS EXAMPLES

Check out what they do in London by visiting these links:

London Grid for Learning - Content Matrix

London Grid for Learning - Videos

The UK National Education Network

FURTHER READING

A summary sheet of key research findings and an updated reading list is available on the Enabling e-learning website, see www.elearning.tki.org.nz/Research-and-readings.