The Insights Blog

CEO Greg Strachan spoke to Educator’s NZ about the award: “It’s fantastic to receive such a prestigious award from our long term partner Microsoft. ICT support can be a thankless task and often feedback is reserved for when things aren’t going to plan. This reco…

Google has introduced a new name for GAFE: G Suite for Education. Google has introduced a number of new features, marking the start of a new chapter for its collaboration tools for schools. The new name and logo will now appear in the admin console, online help, and ema…

Keeping track of shared documents has historically been a challenge with cloud services aimed at single users with shared documents. As staff arrive and depart, documents and links can be lost when their drive is moved or removed. Drive for teams will enable staff to sh…

We’re proud and excited to welcome a number of new clients to the New Era family this term, along with schools who have continued their ongoing journey with us. New Era has a range of Network Support Agreements that are tailored to suit individual school needs. Our Pl…

The New Era team thoroughly enjoyed catching up with clients, partners and educators over three action packed days in Rotorua. Tony Gilbert writes about the experience. uLearn is always an exciting event to attend. There is nothing like feeding off the passions and peda…

New Era is proud to support client school Aorere College as they host the 2017 Google for Education Summit in Auckland. Aorere College is a leader in digital learning, implementing the Aorere Digital with a vision for “Globally connected leaders & learners”. The…

Microsoft New Zealand and New Era are continuing to offer the Digital Learning Experience into 2017. The Digital Learning Experience is a fantastic way to see how 1:1 devices and an effective digital roadmap can transform learning in your school. Technical setup, device…

There aren’t any shortcuts for establishing routines and relationships writes Tony. Upon joining the teaching profession more than few years ago, I was given a lot of advice. Undoubtedly, this was similar as many of you fellow educators. One of the more interesting pi…

There’s a good chance that some people will not like me writing the following, but I genuinely feel that I have a responsibility to share some of what I have learnt moving from a senior management position in a school to the same in the commercial world. There may be …

Are you reaping the rewards of a well grounded ICT strategy? Tony Gilbert talks axes, shovels and gardening shears. If you have ever tried to dig a hole with an axe, you will know that although it is possible, it is really not that easy. The same goes with splitting fir…