Benefits of learning with BYOD
The school provides a few Chromebooks and iPads in each Year 5-8 class. However, having your child participate in BYOD means no students should need to wait or take turns to access their learning on a device. Learning opportunities can be taken advantage of immediately, and continue elsewhere or at other times.
Our goals include:
We also expect to see:
- Developing and lifting student achievement in core curriculum areas of reading, writing and mathematics
- Increasing opportunities for personalising learning to match learning needs; increased flexibility for timing, pace, choice of tool or learning method, access to resources in a modern learning environment
- Scaffolding and developing digital citizenship skills and practices - the opportunity to learn this in a supported environment.
- Connecting learning more closely to family and the wider community, and the ability to continue learning more easily at any time
We also expect to see:
- Increased student engagement with learning
- Increased capacity of teachers, students and families to give and receive feedback on learning
- Minimisation of physical barriers to writing for many students
- Increased opportunities for collaboration in learning - between students, teachers, families and the wider community
- More possibilities for innovative learning opportunities connected to current research about how we learn - developing multi-literacies
- Access to a wider range of learning tools through a variety of applications on the chosen device, and on the internet
- Opportunities to support a diverse range of learners - inclusivity