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Planning and sustaining 1-to-1 access to technology
Planning for
1-to-1 learning: Planning
Implementation Getting organised
Checklist Implementing
Evaluating devices and
infrastructure Making it happen
Victoria as a Learning Community outlines how schools have ...the purpose of 1-to-1 learning Develop a project plan
been given greater autonomy, which includes ICT planning Ensure teachers are
and decision-making, with the role of the Department to as being to create confident, Prepare a budget confident and capable in
provide ‘support for schools to determine the best approaches flexible, self-directed, lifelong using 1-to-1 devices
to drive school improvement and to achieve best outcomes Engage school community Learning places and spaces
for their students in their local context’. (DEECD 2011) learners… At the heart of good Preparing
The Digital Education Revolution provided unprecedented 1-to-1 learning is equity to Where are we and what Apps, software and online
resources
access to funding for technology provision in school. ensure that all students have do we want to do?
Specifically the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund Support documentation
(NSSCF) had the principal objective to achieve a computer-to- equal access to technology-rich Undertake research
student ratio of 1-to-1 for Years 9-12 students by the end of experiences, and simplicity to Technical support
2011. Now that the NSSCF and other infrastructure funding Establish the rationale
has ended many schools are questioning how to and why ensure that it is easy to manage
would they sustain 1-to-1 to students in their school? and sustain. Engage school council
Schools are making these decisions within an increasingly Conduct a detailed Evaluating
expanding range of devices to choose from, with different (Microsoft 2013) readiness assessment
models of provision including school supplied, bring your own Preferred options Regularly monitoring the
device and co-contribution options, whilst trying to address impact on learning
the personal learning needs of students and the expectations
of parents. Review and management
School Policy and Governance Teaching and Learning Technical
• What are the policy and governance implications that need • How will technology be used to re-shape and enhance • What are the infrastructure and technical support
to be raised with the school community, and addressed to the way students learn and engage with the world? requirements both initially, and over the lifetime
enable successful and equitable 1-to-1 learning program? of the device?
• What teacher professional learning is needed to enhance
We gratefully acknowledge the Queensland Government’s • What digital citizenship, acceptable use and responsible capability, confidence and effect change in the classroom, • What are the cost implications and risks associated with
Department of Education, Training and the Arts in developing behaviour initiatives are required to reduce risk? where it matters most? various procurement models?
the Smart Classrooms@ 21 steps to 21st century 1- to-1 success • If implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model
publication (21 Steps). what device, or devices can be brought to school?
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Planning for
1-to-1 learning: Planning
Implementation Getting organised
Checklist Implementing
Evaluating devices and
infrastructure Making it happen
Victoria as a Learning Community outlines how schools have ...the purpose of 1-to-1 learning Develop a project plan
been given greater autonomy, which includes ICT planning Ensure teachers are
and decision-making, with the role of the Department to as being to create confident, Prepare a budget confident and capable in
provide ‘support for schools to determine the best approaches flexible, self-directed, lifelong using 1-to-1 devices
to drive school improvement and to achieve best outcomes Engage school community Learning places and spaces
for their students in their local context’. (DEECD 2011) learners… At the heart of good Preparing
The Digital Education Revolution provided unprecedented 1-to-1 learning is equity to Where are we and what Apps, software and online
resources
access to funding for technology provision in school. ensure that all students have do we want to do?
Specifically the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund Support documentation
(NSSCF) had the principal objective to achieve a computer-to- equal access to technology-rich Undertake research
student ratio of 1-to-1 for Years 9-12 students by the end of experiences, and simplicity to Technical support
2011. Now that the NSSCF and other infrastructure funding Establish the rationale
has ended many schools are questioning how to and why ensure that it is easy to manage
would they sustain 1-to-1 to students in their school? and sustain. Engage school council
Schools are making these decisions within an increasingly Conduct a detailed Evaluating
expanding range of devices to choose from, with different (Microsoft 2013) readiness assessment
models of provision including school supplied, bring your own Preferred options Regularly monitoring the
device and co-contribution options, whilst trying to address impact on learning
the personal learning needs of students and the expectations
of parents. Review and management
School Policy and Governance Teaching and Learning Technical
• What are the policy and governance implications that need • How will technology be used to re-shape and enhance • What are the infrastructure and technical support
to be raised with the school community, and addressed to the way students learn and engage with the world? requirements both initially, and over the lifetime
enable successful and equitable 1-to-1 learning program? of the device?
• What teacher professional learning is needed to enhance
We gratefully acknowledge the Queensland Government’s • What digital citizenship, acceptable use and responsible capability, confidence and effect change in the classroom, • What are the cost implications and risks associated with
Department of Education, Training and the Arts in developing behaviour initiatives are required to reduce risk? where it matters most? various procurement models?
the Smart Classrooms@ 21 steps to 21st century 1- to-1 success • If implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model
publication (21 Steps). what device, or devices can be brought to school?
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