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DiscoveryZone - world class Learning Management now available from KiwiSchools
KiwiSchools is now truly a "one stop shop" for schools seeking online systems for communication, teaching and learning.

DiscoveryZone is the latest addition to the KiwiSchools family, and it's a fully-featured LMS or learning management system.

Schools are familiar with SMS's for managing student records. LMS's, also known as VLE's for virtual learning environment, extend the boundaries of the classroom so that teaching and learning can take place virtually anywhere, anytime.

"We've based DiscoveryZone on Moodle," says Paul Stuart, KiwiSchools CEO. "Moodle is a absolutely world class technology. It's already in use by hundreds of thousands of learners in over 100 countries around the world, and in 70 plus languages."

Not surprisingly, New Zealanders are among the most enthusiastic adopters of new learning technology, and there is already a well established Moodle community here.

DiscoveryZone is based on open-source technology. This means two things: there's a global community for the technology, and, significantly, that there's no licence fee. However, as with any sophisticated system, hosting, management, maintenance and staff training are all essential prerequisites to a successful implementation, and that's what KiwiSchools will provide.

DiscoveryZone will be integrated with KiwiSchools' well established website and intranet systems, and will always be fully supported with Start2Finish.


Intermediate Schools choose KiwiSchools intranet
Congratulations to the Association of Intermediate and Middle schools for their choice of KiwiSchools' intranet as their communication, collaboration and resource-sharing platform.


Any Tech Angels at your school?
We've all heard the story of the confused adult talking to the computer technician on the phone, getting nowhere until the tech asks "Do you have a child in the house?"

What an opportunity! Your school is full of children - some of whom will be competent (even distressingly so!!) when it comes to computers. They're potentially your Tech Angels. We like this term because it gives both the angels and teachers permission to seek and provide tech support. Win-Win!

We'll compile Tech Angels guides with your help - one each for the children and the staff - so if you already have an Angel at your school, do tell us how they help at your school. Please include their age so we can develop a profile of realistic age-related tasks.

If you don't have an angel, but would like to talk to staff in a school where they're working well, contact us