7.45am and I'm out the door on a chilly autumn morning to top up on gas before heading to my first school visit for the day. Google Maps tells me that I’m about an hour and a quarter away and I head northwest of Auckland. With a perfectly made BP coffee in hand, it's...
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500 Pioneer Educators now in Pond
Our Pioneer Educator programme has taken off with huge success and we are very excited to announce there are now more than 500 Pioneer Educators splashing around inside Pond! Thanks to these pioneering spirits, the face of Pond has grown dramatically in just one...
InterfaceXpo in Wellington means bubbles about Pond
The InterfaceXpo series for 2014 kicked off yesterday in Wellington with a great buzz. Delegates were welcomed to the day in the Soundings Theatre of Te Papa by Greg Adams, the editor of Interface Magazine, before other organisations were given the chance to speak....
Online Pond workshops bubbling with excitement
Over the last week we’ve held two online workshops for Pond. Of course, there was the occasional technological challenge (Andy’s sound going haywire) and the challenge of recording attendance to an open digital workshop with a magic disappearing/reappearing form to...
A journey through Pleasant Point: Matthew Hall-White, Client Manager
In my role as a client manager for N4L, I have the opportunity to travel the length and breadth of New Zealand, signing up schools to the N4L managed network. I encounter many lovely towns across the country, but few as lovely as the aptly named “Pleasant Point”...
Northpower Pond workshops a success
A bright sunny day in Whangarei was the perfect backdrop for 37 educators to leap into Pond for the first time. Armed with laptops and high resolution tablets our educators entered the room, soon they would be Pioneer Educators. After a brief explanation of the...
A definitive guide to becoming a Pioneer Educator in Pond
Pond is expanding this week. Moving from advisor educators helping N4L with specific development to a wider audience of Pioneer Educators who will help shape the direction of Pond. You may be interested in becoming a Pioneer but how do you do that? There are a number...