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GCSN Newsletter – 10 August 2012
Important internet provider information
GCSN has been able to arrange a very favourable deal with The Total Team and FX Networks to provide an uncapped data plan for school internet use. The deal has many other features.
- Bandwidth will be dedicated exclusively for GCSN member schools’ use
- The more schools that join the bigger the pool of bandwidth allocated for all schools to use
- Services will be available to RBI schools
- The ability to reduce the cost of the service after twelve months will be dependent on the number of schools that join the programme
- There will up-to-date reporting of individual school usage, network performance and the ability for schools and GCSN to monitor fault reporting and resolution in real time.
- Schools on copper (e.g. ADSL/VDSL services) awaiting their fibre service can join the programme under the same terms
- Additional services such as telephony, server hosting, etc will be available at very favourable rates
If you are considering the issue of internet provision and would like more information, please contact mike.hilliard@gcsn.school.nz
Forthcoming events during the next week -all on our GCSN events calendar -sign up
Scholarship mentoring for students via VC on the GCSN bridge pin 122001
These are regular events for the signed up students and being recorded
- Biology - Monday 13 August, 12:30pm to 2pm
- Physical education Tuesday 14 August, 3pm to 4pm
- Physics Thursday 16 August 3:10-4:10pm
- Mathematics with calculus Friday 17 August 3:20-4:20pm
Intermediate and Primary School champions
venue: Board room, Fendalton Library, Corner Clyde & Jeffreys Road,
Meeting 1: Thursday 16 August 1pm – 3pm OR
Meeting 2: Wednesday 22 August 3:30pm – 5:00pmEmerging eLeaders M1/3 – VC – Tuesday 14 August - 1pm to 3 pm
M2/1 – Fendalton library Tuesday 21 August - 1pm to 3pm
Pegasus Cluster
Wednesday 15 August - South New Brighton School - 3:45 – 5:00 pm with champions and technicians
Thursday 23 August - Fendalton Library 9am -4pm Teaching and Learning - Literacy #2 - lead teachers with Jill HammondIpad user group - Carol Kendal – Thursday 16 August 3:30- 5:00pm Fendalton Library -board room
Keep Saturday 1 September 2012 free. Join us at PadCamp Christchurch which is an UnConference focusing on the CREATIVE use of iPads and iPod Touches by STUDENTS.
