A few weeks ago I was asked to be part of a Digital Inclusion panel discussion at NetHui. The theme for this year was “the Internet is everybody’s business”. The 3-day covered a range of issues including education, privacy, security, copyright and a particular focus...
As of June 23rd, Google is now using HTTPS to deliver all of their search websites. HTTPS - is an encrypted protocol for providing web pages to users. Trade Me, Amazon, online banks and many other websites all use HTTPS to protect their users data and identity as they...
We have recently been informed by Google that they are making changes to their search functionality which will have implications for your school, specifically with regard to the way content filtering works in Google Search. These changes are being made to improve the...
On Tuesday night, one of our Pond Advisors Gerard MacManus joined the Pond team as they released the latest version of Pond, which was packed an awesome new look and feel, and some great new features. On his oneteachersview blog Gerard shares his experience about...
Last Saturday Carolyn Stuart and I attended Educamp Welly, hosted by St. Mary’s College in Thorndon. We joined more than 100 other teachers, who had travelled from afar afield as Auckland, Palmerston North, Hawkes Bay and Wanaka. There was an enthusiastic and positive...
Creative Commons Aotearoa is hitting the road, taking the message about Creative Commons (CC) to 18 centres across the country. The focus is on schools and those working in schools, but they’re also presenting to galleries, libraries and museums. Here at N4L we’re...
After working as a Deputy Principal for a few years and then Acting Principal at Upper Harbour Primary School in 2014, I’ve now taken up the challenge of working with the team driving large scale changes to service for the education sector. No one comes to my office...