One of the biggest debates currently in education in New Zealand, is around the designing and implementation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programmes. In my role in Advisory, I’ve spoken with many schools about how best to implement a BYOD policy. The most humbling...
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‘The Leader in Me’ and beyond; a guest blog by Simon Mutch
Simon is the Principal of Governor's Bay School in Canterbury. Having already had an article published in Interface magazine this year, Simon is clearly no shrinking violet when it comes to sharing the good news he's encountered in education - the sort of person...
Pond: developed with teachers, for teachers
N4L’s dynamic services team (the team who make Pond) have never claimed to be the experts on what teachers need. Instead their methodology has always been to work closely with educators to develop something that is entirely relevant to them and their needs. Last...
A glimpse at digital leadership with Carolyn Stuart
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...
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...