Yes - there are three leasing options and they are all lease to own.
If someone breaks or damages my child's chrome book will they be made to pay the excess?
As always when any damage occurs at school we would investigate and make a recommendation. When the chrome books are introduced (hopefully at the start of Term 1) we will be discussing the rights and responsibilities of using a chrome book. A question like this would be discussed with the children.
The clip we saw where there was multiple people typing on one screen at once, is this a reality of what will be happening as I feel it would be incredibly distracting?
This is a useful teaching option and will be used particularly for collaborative, full class writing but it will not be an everyday activity.
Can other students comment/edit your work while you are actually doing it?
Only if you invite them to.
Blogging, I wouldn't be happy with it being a public blog, however a private 'in school' blog I would be quite happy with.
We will be surveying our parents to find out what they would prefer...
Different school do different things for different reasons. The options seems to be:- a public blog with no restrictions so anyone can comment at any time. The thinking around this is that children need to have an audience for their writing. An example would be a child from a school blogged about Val Adams and guess who read it and responded to it - Val Adams - how cool and relevant would that be.
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- We can apply filters so that teachers, parents and other students are co authors and can comment. The world can comment but these comments are not published until they are approved by teacher or the blogger.
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- All comments have to be approved by the blogger or teacher before publishing.
Morning tea and lunch, are the class rooms going to be locked with no access to chrome books?
No one will be able to use chromebooks during play and lunch.
How will you ensure our children are safe from cyberbullying?
Cybersafety is a big challenge that is best addressed by many strategies, including a combination of network security and student education. Our school network is secure and we will have the ability to monitor (and, if necessary, manage) student activity on the internet. Our internet connection is managed by Watchdog/N4L which are both Ministry of Education partners and have solid reputations as a solution for filtering out undesirable content. No one technology solution is ever 100% secure, however, student and parent education is also an important part of approach to providing a safe learning environment and giving students the right strategies and resilience to cope when things go wrong!
Our approach will be called Cybersmart, that is, we will be teaching the children how to be smart and effective users of technology in their connected world. More to come...
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