Laptop One to One Flyer - A GUIDE FOR PARENTS

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Laptop One to One Flyer - A GUIDE FOR PARENTS

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Laptops 1:1 at Corpus Christi College

A GUIDE FOR PARENTS

M I D D L E S C H O O L L A P T O P 1 : 1 P R O G R A M M E

For more information about the Laptop 1:1 Programme, please

contact :

Matthew Ivulich, Head of Middle School (Years 7-9)

[e-mail]

Visit

www.corpus.wa.edu.au

Corpus Christi College

Murdoch Drive

BATEMAN WA 6150

Postal Address

PO BOX 279

WILLETTON WA 6955

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email

[e-mail]

The Classroom Environment

The nature of the 1:1 Laptop environment is that students will have their laptops with them available for use throughout the

day. The use of laptops will depend on the particular learning activity, which is at the discretion of the teacher. Students will

find that their use of laptops will vary from day to day and that their laptop activities will blend with others such as writing,

reading, discussion, debate and testing.

The nature of the College, and State-wide, testing is that students are required to take the majority of tests by hand

rather than with their laptop. With this in mind, it is our school policy that handwriting skills and activities will remain as a

fundamental component across the curriculum.

The Home Environment

We believe that it is important for parents to be as involved as possible in all aspects of their child’s work. You are encouraged

to regularly spend time with your child, asking them to explain the work on their laptop. The creativity expressed in their

work will be encouraged by your interest as well as the interest of their teachers.

Using the MacBook at home will have no additional requirements if it is used as a standalone computer. However, if you

already have ADSL access you can use an Ethernet cable or the in-built wireless to connect. If you are using ‘dial-up’ you

will need a USB-to-modem cable to attach to the MacBook. Your ISP will offer free advice with regards to this.

...Empowering every learner to serve and

enrich our changing world.

Why a 1:1 Programme?

To provide a student-centred, experience-rich education for the 21st Century

1:1 Laptop Programme Goals

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Cultivate proficient, up-to-the-minute know-how in 21st Century Technology

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Teach discernment and ethical use of technology

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Expand methods of learning

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Increase intellectual attainment

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Enhance access to educational opportunities, formative assessments, and

differentiated instruction, providing one to one access for anytime, anywhere

learning

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Encourage the disposition and capacity to be lifelong learners

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Improve communication, widening our sense of community through alternative

means of interaction between teachers, students and parents

Laptop Learning Environment

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Collaboration

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Shared Experiences

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Work across disciplines

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Control own learning environment

21st Century Technology at Corpus Christi College

Technology is an increasingly integral means of education in our ‘changing world’ at Corpus Christi

College. As part of our commitment to empowering every learner to serve and enrich our changing world,

the decision was made to implement 21st Century Technology via the platform of a ‘parent funded’, 1:1

Laptop Programme for Middle School students in 2009.

This exciting programme will maximise the Middle School learning environment, enabling student

collaboration, shared experiences, and work across disciplines, as well as enabling the students to take

control of their own learning environment. It will also provide teachers with innovative, powerful tools

to create more engaging and valuable learning experiences that span peer groups, subject areas and

physical location.

These aims underpin our Middle School philosophy and the International Baccalaureate Middle Years

Programme.

The Laptop

The College chose the Apple platform, ‘the MacBook’, because of its

flexibility in being able to run Microsoft, as well as Apple Mac applications. An

additional, crucial consideration in the MacBook’s favour was its new operating

system ‘leopard’ which makes it possible to limit the time the machine itself

will operate. These limits will be determined in consultation with students,

parents and staff. Another aspect of the ‘leopard’ OS is its content filtering

which gives the machines built in protection anywhere, anytime. This means

that we can extend the protection offered by the College to the home. The

filtering extends to social networking sites so that pages containing offensive

language or other content will not be seen on the MacBook.

The MacBook

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Runs Microsoft applications when required

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Is equipped with CD/DVD drives

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Contains a broad suite of educational software

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Contains creative tools: Garageband; iPhoto; iTunes; iMovie and iWeb

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Includes other internet software e.g. PDF writing