At Carbrook State School, we place value on developing our students as digital citizens in a community. That is why our school has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into upgrading the school's wireless network, server, and bandwidth to allow students to utilise electronic devices such as laptops and iPads throughout all the learning spaces across the school.
In 2021 the school introduced a School Owned/Parent Pay Take Home Laptop Resource Scheme for Year 4 students with payment options over the program period of 3 years. Due to the success of this program, this program has been conitnued and is offered for our
Year 4 - 6 cohorts.
With the current world-wide climate, digital communication is more important than ever. We have been forced into a digital world of communication with the COVID pandemic and while uncertainty exists around the longevity of this pandemic, there is a greater need to have a plan and response to learning that works across the school/home learning environments.
Students and parents/caregivers are asked to lend their support to this very valuable and innovative program. Strong support from parents and caregivers is paramount to ensure the program is successful and that students gain the maximum benefit.
What are the benefits of a computer for students' program?
- Enables personalisation of student learning through access to online learning resources.
- Students can work on their own individual computer (reducing log in times throughout the day and ease of data retrieval) and have access to the digital tools when necessary
- Allows continuous access to educational materials, allowing learning efficiency to happen anywhere, anytime (home and school)
- Provides an engaging, interactive environment for learning
- Strengthens links between home and school, giving parents the opportunity to see firsthand, every day, what your child is learning at school and have relevant, timely, accurate and quality conversations around your child's learning and progress
Please be advised that students will not be working on their laptop for every minute of the day. Students will still engage in paper-based learning tasks, hands on activities, hand written tasks and utilise hard copy reading resources etc. The computer will be a device that they will utilise throughout the day when it supports a particular learning task. Students will be encouraged to utilise their devices at home for home learning and homework tasks. Therefore, traditional learning methods and digital learning methods will be used in conjunction with one another to support teaching and learning in the classroom.
If you have any questions regarding this Computers for Students program, please do not hesitate to contact the office on 32090888.