Glenfield College
High spec laptops to help relieve pressure on existing resources, and ensure students get the learning opportunities they deserve regardless of the subjects they choose.
The school has a BYOD policy, which has recently been extended to Year 9 and 10 students. These students typically use economical lower specification devices, with needs outside this being met through on-site computer rooms. With a 15% increase in student enrollment this year, these computer rooms are under pressure and often fully booked. The goal is to relieve pressure on computer rooms by providing 60 devices in total; 30 high-spec devices for Art & Design students, capable of running graphic design software, along with another 30 devices for the English & Social Studies departments for in-class work and for students to borrow in order to complete NCEA assignments. This will ensure that students have access to the devices they need to succeed in their chosen subject areas, and give teachers the tools they need to create an engaging learning environment.
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Birkenhead College
High spec laptops that help address digital inequality in classrooms and set learners up for success.
Currently, the school has a BYOD policy, but by senior year students who take a technical course require a relatively powerful device to run the software supplied. Some students have difficulty arranging this and can then limit their choices of subjects and success in that subject. The goal is to provide a number of laptops: 12 Macs and 39 Windows laptops with either 8gb or 16gb ram for the classrooms for music, media studies, digital photography and design, electronics and robotics in Years’ 11, 12 and 13. These computers will be used by students both in the classroom and be able to be taken home to allow them greater opportunities to achieve success in these subjects. Increased access to these devices will further close the gap of digital inequality in the classroom.
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Whangaparāoa College
High spec laptops that support students to choose whatever subjects they want to pursue.
Currently, the school has a BYOD policy, but by senior year students that take a technical course require a relatively powerful device to run the software supplied. Some students have difficulty arranging this or it limits their choices of subjects. Some of their top students are struggling not due to lack of effort or knowledge, but because they don’t have access to the same devices as their peers. The goal is to provide a number of laptops with a 2ghz processor and 16GB ram for the classrooms for photography and design to further close the gap of digital inequality in the classroom. (13 devices needed)
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Whangaparāoa School
Access to a laptop for every student, no exceptions.
Currently, the school has a BYOD policy with around 5% of students not being able to bring a device. Their goal is that every student has access to their own laptop in the classroom. With their current funding, they provide most of the devices, but they currently need another 20 laptops with internet access to meet their goal.
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Waitakere College
We are looking for a class set of High spec laptops that help address digital inequality in classrooms and set learners up for success.
Currently, the school has a BYOD policy, but many junior and senior students who take technical creative courses require a relatively powerful device to run the software supplied specifically Adobe Software. Some students have difficulty arranging this and can then limit their choices of subjects and success in that subject. The goal is to provide a number of laptops: 46 to be used in Visual Arts classes across the department but most specifically Photography and Design. The earlier classes have accessibility to learning specific programmes; data has shown that the achievement in their senior NCEA assessments in Visual Arts is greatly improved with increased Digital Literacy.
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