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Planning and sustaining 1-to-1 access to technology
Planning and sustaining 1-to-1 access to technology
“Some schools are considering Access to technology
BYOD to sustain or improve student in schools
personalised access to computers”
The diagram below presents a continuum of student access technology; and predictions of the future are of students
to technology in schools. In the past some schools limited having open and flexible access to technology to enable
student access to technology; the present situation has them to collaborate, communicate and create with a range
provided students with some level of personal access to of technologies.
Standard portable student device
1:1 Access (eg. netbook
program and notebooks) Ubiquitous universal access
across multiple personal
Any device which meets devices and school based
Class sets/COWS Range of devices minimum specifications specialist technology
Computer labs (PC/Mac) (Computer on wheels) (tablet/netbook/ (hardware/software/connectivity) (eg. video editing suites)
laptop/smartphone
Past Present Future
Limited and Open and
restricted School network based/Low bandwidth Learning Management Systems Cloud based computing flexible access
eduSTAR / School based software / to devices and
Specific software provided by schools High speed broadband access
Open source resources to
(mobile and wireless)
Wireless connectivity collaborate,
On demand access to software via communicate
an App store to support learning and create
The journey of student access to technology for learning
4 5
Planning and sustaining 1-to-1 access to technology
“Some schools are considering Access to technology
BYOD to sustain or improve student in schools
personalised access to computers”
The diagram below presents a continuum of student access technology; and predictions of the future are of students
to technology in schools. In the past some schools limited having open and flexible access to technology to enable
student access to technology; the present situation has them to collaborate, communicate and create with a range
provided students with some level of personal access to of technologies.
Standard portable student device
1:1 Access (eg. netbook
program and notebooks) Ubiquitous universal access
across multiple personal
Any device which meets devices and school based
Class sets/COWS Range of devices minimum specifications specialist technology
Computer labs (PC/Mac) (Computer on wheels) (tablet/netbook/ (hardware/software/connectivity) (eg. video editing suites)
laptop/smartphone
Past Present Future
Limited and Open and
restricted School network based/Low bandwidth Learning Management Systems Cloud based computing flexible access
eduSTAR / School based software / to devices and
Specific software provided by schools High speed broadband access
Open source resources to
(mobile and wireless)
Wireless connectivity collaborate,
On demand access to software via communicate
an App store to support learning and create
The journey of student access to technology for learning
4 5
