Earlier 
today it was announced that Massey Primary has completed its transition to the managed network, becoming the first school to join N4L.
At an event at Massey Primary this morning, the names of 100 schools that have signed agreements to get connected were also announced. These schools were selected following our 2014 phased rollout approach and will be connected in Term One next year.
The signing of agreements has become a ‘business-as-usual’ process now – our client management team is visiting schools around the country every day and the list of schools is growing daily. The excitement from these schools is unmistakeable and we’re loving hearing about the positive changes schools are planning to make using their new connection.
Massey Primary is using a 100Mbps connection, which is about ten times faster than what they were previously getting with their ADSL internet, and they are already enjoying the benefits of being connected to N4L.
“Since we’ve received the news in October that we’d be connecting to N4L this year, we’ve fast-tracked our plans to use digital technologies in the classroom along with our teacher training programmes,” says Principal Bruce Barnes. “The Board of Trustees has also approved the purchase of more devices. All of this will help us create better learning opportunities for our students.”
Next up is Mt Aspiring College in Wanaka and Waimate High School in South Canterbury, both of which are expected to be “live” with N4L connections over the next few days. From there, we have at least another 18 schools scheduled to join the network before the schools holidays.
Our team is excited to have taken this first step with Massey Primary and look forward to working with other schools over the coming months and years as we get everyone connected to the network.