OtagoNet
is a collaborative community of rural Otago secondary and area schools
established in 2001 to take advantage of broadband telecommunication
opportunities, including the use of videoconferencing. Its aim was to
widen and enrich the educational opportunities for rural Otago area and
secondary school students and enhance teaching and learning. As a
community of schools we have actively worked to overcome rural
isolation and the difficulties of small roll sizes by strengthening
existing interaction and collaboration between these rural,
geographically dispersed schools and their communities.
