News Archives
This page contains all archived news that has been published on NEAL's front page.
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Have you re-joined the NEAL community for 2013 yet? 29/04/13 ---- Our new sustainable model of eLearning support is underway! We are excited to be working with such an amazing cluster of schools continuing the collaboration, networking and professional development. Please remember, if you haven't paid your annual subscription yet you need to ASAP to remain part... |
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Orewa College rocks 16/03/13 ---- "Through the looking glass" - a conference reflecting on BYOD, twelve months on. Orewa College ran a very smart, extremely well organised two day conference which reflected on their experiences from the perspective of both staff and students as they commenced their second year where students... |
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eLearning Planning: The WHY before the WHAT 04/03/13 ---- As part of our new sustainability model, NEAL is working more closely with specific schools through a variety of eLearning and ICT support. While we still offer community-wide events, the importance of understanding and addressing individual school needs is most vital to our long term... |
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N4L is making progress 03/03/13 ---- We were delighted to host John Hanna (CEO for N4L) together with Chris South (head of content and services) and Jeremy Nees (chief technical officer) at Hobsonville Point School earleir in February. They are on a tour of schools to seek input from school leaders so that the network they are... |
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iPad Best Practice Group - Create - Collaborate - Share 08/02/13 ---- The iPad Best Practice Group began in 2012 with approximately 5 schools in attendance at our initial session. Since then, we have steadily grown with groups of teachers initiating their own sharing with the wider group, creating content-rich, on-the-ground experiences of effective iPad use.... |
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NEW: NEAL eLearning Support starts Term 2! 06/02/13 ---- The NEAL Trust are excited to announce their new unique model of eLearning support which starts in Term 2. With the Government funding finishing a new business model has been established with schools buying into either the annual subscription to be part of the NEAL community ($100) or using a... |
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SNUP to include wireless? 03/02/13 ---- The Ministry has issued a Registration of Interest (ROI) document for contractors to undertake the last 1100 SNUP upgrades by the end of 2015. It includes a request for the provision of wireless integration services. This is an exciting new development for SNUP and comes quickly on the... |
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eTextbooks -free 04/12/12 ---- I know many secondary schools are investigating eTextbooks for their students. There are many advantages for the students from this strategy. No more back-breaking bags full of text books Any time/device access to their book via the cloud Up to date editions The ability to annotate, highlight, cut... |
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Teacher Blog Directory 05/11/12 ---- INTERFACE magazine, which many of you will be very familiar with, seems to be everywhere that schools are when looking forward, especially in technology and eLearning circles . The magazine has managed to stay relevant, vibrant, and innovative in a climate that often accelerates and changes... |
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Students' Printicular App Attracting International Attention 05/11/12 ---- A group of University of Waikato students has created an app which is being used by Walgreens, a major pharmaceutical chain in the U.S. The app was developed as part of a software engineering project in partnership with New Zealand's MEA mobile company. Printicular allows the... |
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eLearning Planning for 2013 26/10/12 ---- The NEAL team has been meeting with principals and leadership teams to discuss and develop eLearning strategies for their school. We have been using the eLearning planning framework as a supporting guide, focusing on one or several of the five dimensions: 1) Leadership and strategic... |
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Digital Citizenship resource launched 21/10/12 ---- A powerful and comprehensive set of resources to support Digital Citizenship was launched on WikiEducator at a special event at the National Library in Auckland on 10th October - see http://bit.ly/digitalcitizenshipnz This significant collaborative development was inspired initially by Claire... |
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Head in the Clouds 09/10/12 ---- Hey, You, Get off of my cloud! The battle to host your data in the cloud is heating up, with the big players now weighing into the education market. Choosing which service to use is as confusing as trying to choose a mobile phone plan, with many different features being provided to create a point... |
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The NEAL team expands 22/09/12 ---- NEAL is delighted to announce that Melissa Grant, recently DP at Takapuna Primary has agreed to join the team and work alongside Andrew Cowie in promoting and delivering professional development around eLearning and what ultrafast broadband will bring to teaching and learning at your school. ... |
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NEAL at ULearn 22/09/12 ---- We had a great time and so clearly did everyone else it seems. Our stand was very understated with a simple touch screen supporting our new Profile Mosaic website where we celebrate the successes of our teachers. See the profile of work that you do at www.profilemosaic.co.nz. What... |
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Retail Service Providers - who are they 22/09/12 ---- Retail Service Providers (RSPs) are the companies from which you will obtain your internet service over your ultrafast broadband (fibre) service. Some of them will also provide other applications and services relevant to your school - some will not. The mystery is - who are they? ... |
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Learning Without Limits Update 10/09/12 ---- The Ministry of Education is in its last stages of a counrtywide series of presentations to bring the sector up to date with the drive to deliver ultrafast broadband (or equivalent) to all New Zealand schools. The four sessions in Auckland on 3rd & 4th September were well received with some 40... |
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New Zealand's Copyright Tribunal to hear first cases 07/09/12 ---- In a move that is being watched closely around the world, the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal will be ramping up its 3 Strikes Law. Now active for a year, has been the framework for issuing infringement notices totalling about 2700. Now, the Tribunal is taking it to the... |
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National Standards Web Access 13/08/12 ---- With all the controversy around National Standards, the government is boldy going ahead with a new website to encourage interaction with National Standards data and school communities. The move seems to be aimed at showing the relevance and importance of obtaining nationally managed data for... |
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Network for Learning company established 05/08/12 ---- A new Crown entity to manage the Network for Learning has been established. The chair of the board is Helen Robinson who brings twenty-five years’ experience in technology companies to the role and will lead an independent board to oversee management and governance of the Network for Learning... |