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ICT Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Approach 2018
17.10.17
Since 2014 we have extended the invitation to families to BYOD from years 8-12. There have also been some students from years 6 and 7 who were invited by their individual class teachers to avail themselves of this opportunity.
While from 2014 the BYOD approach has been an invitation, the significant nuance next year is that BYOD will become an expectation.
In the Senior School from 2018
We are asking each Senior School student to commence 2018 with their own laptop device. This means that there will not be loan devices in the PRC. There will however be a small number of day loan devices in the Library/resource hub to accommodate only temporary student ICT needs and issues. This small pool of loan devices will not be available for long-term use.
In the Middle school from 2018
The current situation with devices in classrooms will continue, with students in years 8 and 9 being invited to participate in the BYOD program.
In the Middle School from 2019
We are asking each Middle School student to commence 2019 with their own laptop device.
For more information about the BYOD program, obtaining free Microsoft Office software and device options, please visit the Portal@TWC help site www.tenison.catholic.edu.au/portaltwc
This website contains easy steps for both parents and students, located under the ‘BYOD information’ tab at the top of the site.
Families can also email byod@tenison.catholic.edu.au with further questions.
Our students are from a highly digital generation and to prepare them for the future and their lifelong learning journey, BYOD has offered the exciting opportunity to transform our learning environment to meet their future needs. We have found that BYOD:
is a way to transform our teaching and learning environment to consider new possibilities for our student’s personal learning journey; promotes individual, self-directed learners who can find solutions to education problems; provides an engaging learning environment for students to discover and explore their own learning journey. supports anytime, anywhere collaborative learning environments.
There will also be implications for the re-purposing of some of our current ICT classrooms that currently have desktop computers located in them. This strategy will gradually, deliberately and carefully evolve in unison with our master planning approach.
We urge families for whom this approach will cause significant hardship to contact Mr Neal Turley, Business Manager, to discuss your individual circumstance and how the College can support your family in this approach.
David Mezinec | Principal