1. Parenting with Technology

2. Why a BYOD program? ‘To personalise learning through active engagement using current technologies.’ 1.Bring education into the 21 st Century 2.Equip students with 21 st Century skills 3.Compliance with Australian Curriculum 4.Facilitate creative, innovative & individualised approaches 5.Improve engagement 6.Enhance responsibility & maturity

3. Bring education into the 21 st Century ICT increasingly used in industry ICT increasingly used in our lives Normalise use of ICT ‘Technology is not really a choice anymore. It has infiltrated and changed our world so completely’ – Professor Yong Zhao

4. Equip students with 21 st Century skills ‘Our current expectations for what our students should learn were set fifty years ago to meet the needs of an economy based on manufacturing and agriculture. We now have an economy based on knowledge and technology.’ – Bill Gates Globalisation – nature of jobs changing

5. Compliance with Australian Curriculum ICT skills listed as General Capability Tested nationally Not a subject Integrated Facilitate learning across all areas

6. Facilitate creative, innovative & individualised approaches Technologies replacing blackboards? Web 2.0 – collaboration, innovation, creativity Not ‘just adding technology’ 3 seconds from knowledge Give meaning to knowledge

7. Improve Engagement 1998 Our Year 8s were bornAged 0 1998 GoogleAged 0 2001 WikipediaAged 3 2001 iPodAged 3 2003 MyspaceAged 5 2003 3G mobile phonesAged 5 2004 FacebookAged 6 2005 YouTubeAged 7

8. Enhance responsibility & maturity Trust Off-task Self-discipline Responsibility

9. Partnership We are on the journey together Feedback Training Information sessions – Year 6 and Year 7 device distribution Week 10/11 – Year 5 and Year 8 specific nights in Term 3

10. Contacts Class Teacher David Youngman Director of Innovation swaninnovation@scea.wa.edu.au Sean Greenacre Acting Principal seang@scea.wa.edu.au