My first job out of school was an administrator role at a local hospital (bear with me, I do have a point). I was excited about my new job because the money it promised would pay for my ‘new’ (read ‘old’) car - and the new mag wheels I had just acquired for it. The...
Earlier this month I wrote a blog post for Safer Internet Day (SID), it was a good article the best blog. Honestly, it was very good (#trumpetblowing). You can read it here. But in my haste to advocate the importance of making the internet safer, I failed to introduce...
SID Theme: Be the change: unite for a better internet. ‘Safer Internet Day’ (SID ‘17) is an opportunity for schools, and the organisations that support them, to reflect on how we can make the internet a safer place for students. But don't be fooled, it’s not all...
Last week the Ministry of Education (MOE) sent a message to schools suggesting they take action to mitigate the risks of their servers being affected by cyber security threats. Cyber security is an ongoing challenge which requires continuous vigilance, education and...
Here at N4L we aim to ensure connections are working well for all schools using the Managed Network. However, events can happen that disrupt the network. These events range from hardware failures (e.g. power cuts in specific geographic areas) or fibre cuts, to...
Last Saturday a few of us from N4L’s Wellington-based team had the pleasure to attend EducampWelly at Karori Normal School (with huge thanks to Rebekah Nathan and the teachers of the Kereru block for letting us invade your space) along with nearly 100 other...
Pond is a constantly evolving environment responding to the changing needs of teachers. Our agile approach to ongoing development means Pond users are now familiar with the regular feature releases and updates. We’ve had several new feature releases and updates in the...