Giles is a teacher and the e-learning coordinator at Marlborough Boys' College. He has been part of the Pond rollout and engaged directly with our development team to have a say in the shape Pond takes for the rest of New Zealand's educators. Here he presents his...
Elise Goddard is the Director of E-Learning at Mt Albert Grammar School in Auckland. Here she shares her experience working with N4L during MAGS’ recent transition to the Managed Network. MAGS is very fortunate to have the perfect set up to deliver IT services to our...
Can you believe it’s already been a year since we connected our first school to the Managed Network?! Massey Primary School in West Auckland was that first school and we recently went back to visit them and reflect on the past twelve months. Led by Principal Bruce...
As part of our continuous improvement of the Pond environment we are pleased to launch a new alternative registration option for educators. Any educator working in a NZ school can now register for Pond by going to pond.co.nz and completing the new self sign up...
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...
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...
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...