What is the impact of going from a school that is 1-1 device in Yr 8 to a school that is still text and exercise books in Yr 9?
We are unsure however, what we do know is that secondary schools who have not implemented a digital environment will need to, to meet the MOE expectations. NCEA in some subjects is going digital in 2016 and there is a trial in one subject this year. It’s coming whether we like it or not.
Catholic Cathedral College (promoting chromebooks)
St Thomas’ (moving to chromebooks)
Villa Maria (working towards BYOD)
St Bedes (laptops with certain specifications, can accommodate chromebooks)
Christchurch South Intermediate (promoting Chromebooks / BYOD)
Hillmorton High School (IPads but can accommodate Chromebooks)
Cashmere High School BYOD
Lincoln High School BYOD
Please note: any school promoting BYOD can accommodate a chrome book.
How will we manage the social networking issues and gaming?
Using a chromebook at school is not about gaming and we will be ensuring that certain games are blocked – they will not be able to get apps like snap chat, instagram, minecraft and facebook while at school. There may be other games that make this list also.
The focus at school is on learning and whilst it can be argued that some of these apps can be educational – at this stage we would see them as a distraction. We are about teaching the children to become cyber smart – and therefore we need to teach them how to manage the social media in an appropriate way.
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