Preparing Young Men For Life

If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. – John Dewey

Our Vision

• To embrace e-learning, through personalised learning opportunities that are flexible and authentic and meet each student’s aspirations and educational needs.

• To provide increased access to ICT for students, staff and parents for the purpose of improving learning outcomes for the boys.

• Creating an environment that enhances and improves student and teacher excellence, through integrating new technologies into the wide range of opportunities students are offered to enable them to participate in a global world.

What does the Digital World Look Like at St John’s?• Well resourced learning spaces• Wifi• Network Account• Google Apps for Education• Learning Management Systems• Student And Parent Portals• Digital Literacies and Citizenship

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICEBYOD is simply a program where students

bring their own personal devices to school and connect them to the school wireless network

that allows filtered internet access.

Noeline Wright’s (University of Waikato) literature review looking at ‘e-Learning and implications for New Zealand schools’ highlights the following benefits of e-learning afforded by access to internet capable devices:• Improved motivation and engagement• Greater independence and personalised

learning• Improved critical thinking and development

of multi-literacies• Greater access to information, resources and

experts• Greater opportunities for collaboration in

wide contexts, including international ones

Research citing the potential benefits of e-learning

Top Device Tasks

• Digital Textbooks• Email/Video/Audio/Images• Inquiry Learning• Note-taking• Productivity (Word Processing, Multimedia)• QR Codes• Reading via ebooks• Research• Student response systems (quizzes)• Subject specific apps• Watching subject related videos• Creating rich media content (Video/Podcasts)

Laptops, Netbooks, Tablets are

focus

Smartphones and iTouch

devices have a place but not

key drivers

What Devices Can Be used?

• What devices can my child bring?– Laptop/Netbook– Tablet (includes iPads, Windows tablets, Android

tablets, etc.)– Smart Phone

The choices

• Parent choices:– To allow you to bring or not to bring

• Student choices:– To bring or not to bring

• Teacher choices:– To allow use in class or not allow in class– Teachers CANNOT require students to have or

bring devices to class this year

Who's responsible?

• Bring devices at your own risk• This means that if you bring a device,

you are responsible for keeping it safe and secure

• Do not leave your device in a classroom, even if the teacher allows it

• You are responsible for the appropriate use of your personal computing device

Bring Your Own Device• What if my child’s device is stolen or

damaged?–Students bring their personal electronic

devices to school at their own risk just like any other personal items. The school will NOT be held responsible if any personal electronic (or other personal item) is lost, stolen, damaged, or misplaced.

Bring Your Own Device• Will my child be at a disadvantage if they

don’t have a device?– No! Other resources are made available.

• What network will users access?– Students will have access to school filtered

internet access only by logging in to our network. All “chat” and “IM-ing” capabilities have been disabled.

What will BYOD Look like in 2014• Optional• Student/Parent Choice over device• Policies in place for new academic year (website)• Students able to use in class when appropriate to the

learning activity• Teachers varying from experimentation to wide ranging

integration• Professional Development for staff and students

At St John’s College, we envisage a learning environment where technology is a part of us, not apart from us.

Further Information

http://www.stjohns-hamilton.school.nz/Community/BYOD-E-Learning

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