One of the many pleasures of my job as Education Sector Lead, is connecting with the amazing people across New Zealand who work in our schools. As a former Principal I have a real passion for school leadership and in particular the challenges and opportunities that...
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Woohoo! Ahead of schedule and connecting kiwi kids to a world of possibilities.
1000 schools are now connected to N4L’s Managed Network, well ahead of the initial 700 set as a target for 2014. That means an awesome 319,000+ users are now able to access fast, reliable internet with uncapped data at school to enhance their learning and ensure that...
Make a Splash kicks off
This week is the first week of the Make a Splash programme and we’ve had such an amazing response with enrolment from schools up and down the country streaming in. Starting us off with 10 schools leaping into the programme this week. With these first schools...
Pond, connecting and inspiring educators in Connected Educator Month 2014
Connected Educator Month has an awesome array of activities designed to get educators connected - not just to technology but also to each other. Focusing on technology that not only helps you in the classroom but also professionally, to grow a network of like-minded...
The lowdown on ULearn 2014; by Client Manager Jonathan Vautier
We’ve just returned from a busy week at ULearn 2014 where we had a great time meeting a whole range of very passionate teachers and exhibitors. Along with the two of us (myself and Matt Hall-White) talking to schools about Pond and the Managed Network rollout, we also...
Straight from the Badger’s mouth: A raft of Pond features, by Luke Badger
As a member of the N4L support team I have taken plenty of calls over the last few months from educators about Pond. If you have called to ask about uploading images or changing your school name then the chances are you have heard me say “Welcome to Pond support,...
Pond gets even better for Secondary teachers with NZQA joining deep search
NZQA is one of the many organisations N4L is lucky enough to work closely with and we are pleased to announce the integration of NZQA into our deep search column in Pond. But, what does this mean for teachers? It means that resources available through NZQA’s website...