School communities faced numerous challenges as they supported learning from home. The Government’s swift action against COVID-19 placed restrictions on our movement and closed schools in a matter of days. Overnight, schools and their communities not only faced the...
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Children kept safe at home with N4L’s new safety filter
Your students can now be protected from the worst of the web after school hours with N4L’s new safety filter. Parents can apply the filter to their children’s devices and schools can put it on any devices they send home with students after school. There is no cost to...
Why oh why Raspberry Pi
You may have seen a little box (about the size of a deck of cards) hanging out in your server cabinet with a cheeky little Raspberry icon on top - if you're wondering what this - it’s your school’s Raspberry Pi. Mmmmm Raspberry Pi - that sounds good - what does it do?...
Learning from home – N4L’s role
We are supporting the Ministry of Education in their response to Covid-19, which involves providing devices and safe connectivity, where possible, to school-aged children who are without. Our role is to help children and teachers stay safely connected while they learn...
Together for a better internet
That’s the theme of this year’s Safer Internet Day, happening 11th of February. The annual global event is about supporting a safer online world and that’s what N4L is here to help with - a safer and more secure online learning environment for schools and kura across...
N4L’s Term 3 IN BRIEF Newsletter
Welcome to the latest edition of IN BRIEF In this edition we share email best practice tips, a reminder that Cyber Smart Week is coming and an overview on VPNs. There are also a couple of important things to note... The SNUP Helpdesk will now be managed by...
VPN’s What you need to know
We know VPNs are a hot topic for schools and while there can be legitimate needs for them, they can be used as a network workaround. You’ve heard the acronym but what does it mean? VPN stands for virtual private network, basically it means a user can send and...