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N4L’s Pond wins most innovative initiative at Hi-Tech Awards
N4L (Network for Learning) won the most innovative initiative award at the Hi-Tech Awards gala for its online learning hub Pond, designed to make it easier for teachers to find and share educational content, as well as connect with their peers across the country. The...
N4L opens Pond up to wider community
N4L (Network for Learning) is making online learning hub Pond more accessible by allowing its registered users - currently 8200+ teachers - to make the learning materials they add to Pond’s fast-growing catalogue available for public viewing. From today, teachers can...
N4L finalists for two Hi-Tech Awards
Managed Network recognised for success with public sector; Pond for its ‘innovative initiative’ N4L (Network for Learning) has been named a finalist for two categories in the New Zealand’s Hi-Tech Awards. Managed Network - Finalist for Best Public Sector...
N4L reaches 500,000 school users on Managed Network
N4L reaches 500,000 users on schools’ Managed Network Schools across New Zealand fast-track digital learning More than half a million students and teachers across New Zealand are now using N4L’s Managed Network to support their learning, with schools continuing to...
More than half of schools using N4L’s Managed Network
Today N4L (Network for Learning) is marking the halfway point of its Managed Network rollout, with more than 50 percent of New Zealand schools starting the year equipped with N4L’s fast and reliable internet services. N4L CEO John Hanna and Associate Minister of...
Schools fast-track digital learning with N4L
N4L’s Managed Network turns one It is now more than a full year since the first schools started using N4L’s (Network for Learning) Managed Network to help fast track their digital learning plans. More than 40 schools across the country have been using N4L’s services...
N4L connects 1000th school to Managed Network
More than 40% of New Zealand schools now access fast internet with N4L Today N4L (Network for Learning) connected the 1000th school to its Managed Network, which means more than 40% of New Zealand schools are now using N4L’s services, providing them equitable access...
All teachers can now jump into N4L’s Pond
New features revealed at ULearn make it easier for teachers to share classroom resources Teachers are gearing up to make a bigger splash in Pond, the new digital learning hub designed by Crown-company Network for Learning (N4L), now available to all educators and...
N4L Managed Network rollout ahead of schedule
Company on track to connect 1000 schools this year More than 225,000 students from 700 schools have connected to Network for Learning’s (N4L’s) Managed Network and today the company is announcing that it hopes to connect another 300 schools by the end of the year....
500 teachers invited to start using N4L’s new learning portal: Pond
Strong demand from education community to be Pond’s first users AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 5 May 2014 - Today Network for Learning (N4L) will begin inviting 500 educators to start using Pond, the web portal it is developing to make it easier for schools to find and share...
N4L unveils name and features of a new portal especially designed for schools
The new portal that Network for Learning is building for schools is now called Pond, with its new look and key features unveiled this afternoon at the Festival of Education in Auckland by government ministers and N4L senior leaders. The company also explained that a...
N4L names IT Panel to help schools get on managed network
23 schools now using the managed network, with 700+ to be up and running in 2014 Today Network for Learning (N4L) is naming 12 New Zealand technology companies tasked with helping the country’s schools get up and running on its managed network. The companies will form...
N4L managed network live with first school
Rollout picks up pace with 100 schools signed Today Massey Primary is the first school to go live with a connection to Network for Learning’s (N4L) managed network, with staff and students now exploring new ways of learning thanks to their new fast, safe and...
Schools transitioning to N4L managed network
School names and sneak peek of portal unveiled at ULearn conference The company bringing safe, fast and predictable internet to New Zealand schools, Network for Learning (N4L), today announced the names of more than 20 schools that have begun the transition to its...
N4L welcomes Jack Matthews to the Board
Former media and telecommunications boss Jack Matthews has been appointed to the Board of Network for Learning. His appointment comes as the company progresses its work on building the managed network that will provide New Zealand schools with equitable access to...
Network for Learning to start building world-class schools’ network
Telecom selected as N4L’s network services provider From today, schools are encouraged to visit Network for Learning’s (N4L) new website to register their interest in using its managed network, which will give all schools equitable access to safe, predictable,...
School principal joins N4L
N4L is excited to welcome school principal Carolyn Stuart to its senior leadership team. Carolyn fills the newly created role of Education Sector Lead, where she will be working collaboratively with principals, school leaders and other education sector representatives...
N4L team boosted by new talent
Following the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer in December, newly formed N4L has since filled three key full-time roles to help fulfil the company's goal of delivering a fast, reliable and safe online educational network for New Zealand schools. Here are the...
Final winners in N4L iPad2 draw
The final draws have been made in N4L's Term 4 competition. Melissa Marriot, Year 9 at New Plymouth Girls High School, and Cheryl Torrie, Year 5 at Awapuni School in Gisborne, have each won an iPad2 for their school and a $50 iTunes voucher for themselves....
Ultra-fast network for schools speeds up with CEO appointment
Former telco boss John Hanna to lead Network for Learning. New Zealand's 2,600 schools are another step closer to getting safe and affordable ultra-fast internet with the appointment of a chief executive officer, John Hanna, to lead the organisation tasked with making...