
N7 is a collaborative company. We work with teachers from around the world to create the best possible learning experience for students.

We are proud to have a growing community of teachers who are passionate about education and are committed to helping their colleagues and students.

We have some exciting new initiatives to help our community grow and to reward our contributors:

## 💚 Affiliate Rewards

N7 now offers **USD$100** for every new teacher you refer to N7 Premium. Help empower educators worldwide and earn some extra cash along the way.

[Get your referral link now](/affiliates) (it's free!)

## 🏅 Contributor Prizes

We are rewarding our community contributors by giving away **USD$700** to members who help make our platform even better. **Each contribution will earn x1 entry to win USD$50** - the more you contribute, the greater your chances to win.

Ways to contribute:

- **Identify question ambiguity or error**
- **Create of a community question**
- **Create of a community test**

_2 winners will be drawn every month until December (2023)_

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## FAQ

**How do I point out ambiguous / erroneous questions?**

Just leave a comment under the relevant question which clearly identifies the error and explains how you would fix it.

**How do I create and share my questions with the community?**

Create a question, then hit the _Share to Profile_ button to have it <span>⭐&nbsp;_Shared&nbsp;to&nbsp;Profile_</span>. Once N7 has verified a shared question as complete and correct, it wille become a Community question freely available for your colleagues worldwide.

✍️ Checkout these style guides to help in creating impactful questions:

- [Multiple Choice Question Style Guide](/style-guide#multiple-choice)
- [Short Answer Question Style Guide](/style-guide#short-answer)
- [Extended Response Question Style Guide](/style-guide#extended-response)

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**How do I create and share my tests with the community?**

Like questions, create a test, then hit the _Share to Profile_ button to have it <span>⭐&nbsp;_Shared&nbsp;to&nbsp;Profile_</span>. Once N7 has verified a shared test as complete and correct, it will become a Community test freely available to your colleagues worldwide.

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_Happy teaching!_


N7 works with teachers worldwide to create the best possible learning experience. We have new initiatives to help our community grow and to reward our contributors.

July is N7 Community Month


## Be Flexible 🤸‍♀️

Schools are dynamic places and so is the learning process - plans change, events pop up, cohorts vary and life happens! When it comes to planning a subject’s scope and sequence, many teachers (including myself) therefore think in terms of WEEKS - anything more granular too often fails to stay relevant as the year naturally unfolds.

<blockquote>Oh so there is an excursion on Monday now?</blockquote>

## Be Quick 🏎️

N7 Fast Timeline is a very simple tool you can use to QUICKLY visualise your scope and sequence as well as automatically throw some dates around your units - hope it helps!

Give N7 Fast Timeline a go: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.n7.education/tools/fast-timeline">https://www.n7.education/tools/fast-timeline</a>

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P.S. Please let us know if you would like N7 Fast Timeline extended / improved in some way or you notice anything amiss - just click on our help beacon in the bottom right hand side of any page to start the conversation.


N7 Fast Timeline is a super simple and free tool designed to very quickly generate a scope and sequence for your subject.

N7 Fast Timeline


As published in [ACER](https://www.acer.org/au/) Connect Issue #250 - [Agency and Digital Literacy](https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1260&context=connect).

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The **Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)**, a unique International
Organisation that sets standards and defines best practices across global economic
and social policy, has in recent years brought student agency into focus.

According to the OECD, **student agency** is defined as

<blockquote>
  the capacity to set a goal, reflect and act responsibly to effect change. It
  is about acting rather than being acted upon; shaping rather than being
  shaped; and making responsible decisions and choices rather than accepting
  those determined by others.<sup>1</sup>
</blockquote>

Their **Future of Education and Skills 2030 framework** casts a wide net across a
variety of domains ranging from, for example, student agency in well being through
to student agency in sustainable development.

In this respect, how might we consider the intersection
between student agency and digital technology?

So often a one way street, where students
are the consumers or users of technology/data, the enactment of agency in a realm
of online “metaverse” tech giants may at first seem a herculean undertaking. However,
developing the right digital literacy skills can prepare students to shape this evolving
space rather than only being shaped by it.

Just as literacy is characterised by the
ability to read and write a human language, it may be extrapolated that digital literacy
is characterised by the ability to read and write a digital language. Students typically
learn how to use the various functions that systems/software make available, in a
sense exercising the ‘reading’ end of the digital literacy spectrum, however they
often have limited or many times no exposure to the _‘writing’_ aspect of digital literacy,
that is, learning to code. Given a student’s ability to affect change is at the heart
of student advocacy, learning to code becomes a critical factor in empowering students
to impact the digital space.

![Digital Literacy, Digital Literacy - Reading & Writing](/blog/digital-literacy-curve.jpg)

To take a concrete example: let’s consider **Salaam**. Salaam
(which means ‘peace’ in Arabic) is a survival video game made by Lual Mayen. Lual
was born in South Sudan during the outbreak of the Second Sudanese Civil War and
spent 22 years living in a refugee camp with his family before moving to Washington
DC <sup>2</sup>. The character in Salaam is a refugee who must be kept alive throughout the
game by collecting enough food, water, and medicine. In partnership with the **United
Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)** and other NGOs, Salaam went on to
support refugees through a novel mechanism where players who bought in-game resources
would, through such purchases, donate those same items to refugees in reality.

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    Salaam - Video Games for Peace. <sup>3</sup>
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Beyond only the consumption of videos games, a command of both the _‘reading’_ and _‘writing’_
of aspects of digital literacy meant that Lual was able to bring his own experiences
and goals to affect how others engage with the medium.

In this way, **digital literacy
is intimately connected with student advocacy** in the digital technologies domain.
To recognise this link may help to reframe how we think about the role of ‘learning
to write’ in a digital sense (coding) and appreciate its importance as an agent of
student advocacy in the modern world.

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<sup>1</sup> Oecd.org. 2021. [online] Available at:
[https://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/teaching-andlearning/learning/student-agency/in_brief_Student_](https://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/teaching-andlearning/learning/student-agency/in_brief_Student_)
Agency.pdf <br />
[Accessed 1 November 2021]. <br />
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<sup>2</sup> Washington Post. 2019. Once he was a refugee. Now he’s a CEO making
video games for peace. [online] Available at:
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/videogames/2019/10/14/once-he-was-refugee-nowhes-ceo-making-video-games-peace/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/videogames/2019/10/14/once-he-was-refugee-nowhes-ceo-making-video-games-peace/)
<br />
[Accessed 1 November 2021]. <br />
<br />

<sup>3</sup> Salaam in game image (featured image). [online] Available at:
[https://indiegamesplus.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/salaam-1.jpg](https://indiegamesplus.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/salaam-1.jpg)
<br />
[Accessed 1 November 2021].


Digital literacy is intimately connected with student advocacy in the digital technologies domain. To recognise this link may help to reframe how we think about the role of ‘learning to write’ in a digital sense (coding) and appreciate its importance as an agent of student advocacy in the modern world.

Agency and Digital Literacy


At most schools, there is someone responsible for purchasing goods and services for teachers and students.

It's much simpler for teachers to just send a checkout link to this person and have them manage the payment details and subscription — N7 allows you to do exactly this.

# How to use payment links

## Step 1: Go to billing

Once you have an account, visit your [account subscriptions page](/account/subscriptions).

## Step 2: Create a payment link

Select your desired syllabus pack and then look for the _Have someone else pay and manage your account's billing_ section.

![Create a payment link form](/blog/create-payment-link.png 'Create a payment link form')

Enter the email address of the person you want to pay and click _Send Checkout Link_. You may also enter an optional message which will be included in the email.

## Step 3: Wait for the purchase to complete

Once N7 Premium has been purchased, your account will be automatically upgraded and you will receive an email welcoming you to N7 Premium.

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Using a payment link is the preferred method of purchasing N7 Premium as it also gives the person who paid control over your subscription.
They can cancel anytime and update payment details as required without you as the teacher having to worry about billing at all.


Payment links allow you to have someone else pay for your N7 premium subscription.

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