[elearning] Post-NSSCF 1:1 Programs

[Roland Gesthuizen]

What happens when a public school parent of a VCE student turns up with a perfect good computer that fits their needs but does not fit into your model? 

As I see it, BYOD at the senior levels is inevitable and authentic if we are serious about preparing students for a tertiary world that is already BYOD and encourage the notion of student ownership and appropriate use of any or all personal devices. It is against the law to mandate an annual contribution fee at a state school. 

You can listen to an interview I had with a school that has already been doing this in New Zealand for a few years http://acceln.wikispaces.com

At the lower end, our college is slowly moving towards parent supplied iPad computers with ebooks etc. My son's school is doing this for year 7 to 10. I suspect now others will slowly collapse their NSSCF computers back into the middle years.

Regards Roland

On 05/12/2012, at 5:05 PM, "Threadgold, Duncan M" <Threadgold.Duncan.M at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> Hope the end of the year is treating everyone well.
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> We’re currently in the same situation as many secondary schools – wondering how we will maintain a 1:1 program in a post-NSSCF era. At the moment we have 24/7 1:1 netbooks at Year 11 & 12, and netbook trolleys across the rest of the school. Replacing these devices in the absence of NSSCF funding will obviously be very expensive, and the school is looking at ways to reduce or subsidise this cost.
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> BYOD is one possibility, but for now we’re just examining our options for continuing with school-owned devices. One of the possibilities is for a parent-contribution model, in which Year 7-12 parents pay an annual fee for their son/daughter to have access to a netbook (or tablet, but that’s another story!) both in class and at home.
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> The problem we can see with this model is what happens when parents don’t pay the contribution. If the non-payers aren’t allowed to take it home, we would still need to purchase a device for them to use in class. If wedon’t even give them a device to use in class, this raises a number of issues for teachers who plan lessons around the technology, not to mention the social justice issues for students from poorer backgrounds.
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> This is where we are hoping for some suggestions from other schools with a 1:1 program… what are other schools doing when parents don’t pay the fee? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks for your help,
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> Duncan Threadgold
> ICT Leader
> Fountain Gate Secondary College
> Ph: (03) 8762 6839
> Fax: (03) 9796 7401
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