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2 Bring your Own Device This booklet advice and information regarding student owned devices for Version 6.2 (June 2015) WHY BYOD? Bring Your Own Device There is increasing awareness of the need to equip our students with a skill set that befits the emerging technological future. Teachers and students face the challenge of using technology to its potential and therefore St Clare s is implementing a BYOD Policy in This will affect the students enrolling in Years 7 and 10 for St Clare s is committed to providing the highest standard of education to our students. We recognise the need to have innovative learning environments and virtual environments to meet the learning needs of our students and prepare them for the future. We believe that the addition of a personal device will be an important learning tool for our students. FAQ S What is BYOD? BYOD is a program whereby students will be able to bring a familiar personal device to school to use as their primary technological device. The school can provide the ability to connect compatible devices to a filtered internet service.

3 What will be provided by the school? The school will provide access to a filtered Wi-Fi internet service. No other support, software or service will be provided by the school, with the exception of Microsoft Student Advantage offered by the Catholic Schools Office. Who pays for the technology brought to school? These devices will be purchased by and remain the property of the student/ family. WHY WE RECOMMEND A TABLET DEVICE? Learning does not just involve one way of using information, or of engaging with technology. Powerful learning requires the use of numbers, videos, audio, typing, drawing, writing, sketching, painting, touching... the list goes on. Until the Tablet PC with digitized stylus was introduced to schools, teachers have been seriously restricted in the tasks and challenges they could work with students on, because they had to conform to a set of keys and a mouse / mousepad to interact with the machine. The pedagogical potential of a Tablet PC with a digital pen and multi-touch screen is far greater than mobile, slate or laptop combined. Although it has the best of each of the other form factors, the pen exponentially multiplies the potential of what teachers and students can achieve. (Travis Smith- Expanding Learning Horizons) REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The IT Specialist Staff have considered the needs of students and staff and what is necessary for the BYOD devices to best meet the needs of the students in terms of teaching and learning. The recommended specifications are as follows: Form Factor Physical Features Operating System Battery Life Wireless Capability Warranties and Insurance Software The tablet must have a PHYSICAL KEYBOARD and preferably an ACTIVE DIGITIZER STYLUS PEN (Laptop devices will not have this option.) Minimum Screen Size of 10 (Inch) TOUCH SCREEN ( Max.15 ) Camera (Front and Rear best) Windows 8 or 8.1 OR Windows 10. (Preferred.) Apple devices may not offer the same level of integration on the diocesan network and little support can be offered. Advertised Minimum of 6 hours ( the longer the better) 5GHz n ( to connect to the Diocesan network at school) (NOT a/c) Minimum 2 year warranty of devices. We recommend you seek insurance for your investment. Office 365 is available free to all students at St Clare s whilst ever they are enrolled.

4 REQUIREMENTS The IT Specialist Staff have considered the needs of students and staff to compile the list of recommendations below. Prices may fluctuate (Current June 2015). These recommendations also consider the needs of classroom teachers to deliver contemporary curriculum. Typical Devices - Available Through Local Retailers Device Specifications Price All of these devices will serve the educational needs of your young person Prices- June 2015 (Prices subject to change) ASUS T100 ASUS T200 Leader W230 Leader W450 Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Quad Core Atom Processor Up to 11 hours battery life Weight: 1.1kg 10.5 Inch Screen Digital Stylus Pen Quad Core Z377 Up to 8 hours battery life 11.6 Inch Screen Weight: 780 gm Integrated a/b/g/n 5GHz WiFi. Intel Baytrail-T Z3735F Processor 10 HD ( ), 5 point Multitouch display. Up to 10 hours battery life. Weight 650g Front 1.2MP & Rear 5MP Cameras Full sized stylus, capacitive pen. *Intel Core i5-4200y l Processor *11.6" HD 10 Finger Multitouch Capacitive Panel 16:9 1366x768 resolution. * 128GB SSD NGFF * 10 hours battery life. * 2MP Rear & 1MP Front Camera * 870 gm Digital Stylus Pen i3 Processor Up to 9 hours battery life 12 Inch Screen 8MP Rear & 3.5MP Front Camera Weight: 700 gm $448 From $8 per week rental $790 From $10 per week rental $679 From $9 per Week $1200 From $12 per Week $1300 From $12 per Week

5 Similar Devices Parents are free to purchase a device to best suit their child provided they meet the minimum specifications recommended by the school. Warranty and Insurance A school is a busy, bustling place where many people are moving about. Sometimes things are damaged, often not intentionally, but things can go wrong. We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that parents investigate insurance and warranty for devices. It will be expectation that students always have devices available for learning. / Flexi Rent Many Retailers offer an option to FLEXI RENT the device. Therefore parents pay a nominal fee to rent the device for a period of Time. After that point, parents can either purchase the device, or elect to rent a new device. WHERE TO FROM HERE? JANUARY 2016: Students begin school with their new devices. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016: Training Sessions for Students at school If you are still experiencing difficulties, please feel free to contact the school for more advice. (02)

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