Introduction

ICS administrators, teachers, and parents contributed to the development of a new ICS Instructional Technology Plan in 2012. This plan coordinates technology implementation with curriculum, professional development, and budgeting. A good portion of this plan also details a 1:1 laptop initiative, with a goal of one laptop to one student. ICS is dedicated to supporting this program in order to enhance learning while meeting the needs of each student.

1:1 Computer Environment

The platform selected for the ICS Middle School 1:1 Computer Program is the Apple. You are very welcome to purchase your Laptop either from Apple Authorized Education partner SenCo Masslink or any other Apple Retail store. Display size recommended not to be less than 13" and storage is recommended not to be less than 256GB;

To ensure optimum hardware support to be available to the ICS community, it is recommended that all Laptops are covered by current AppleCare warranty and an effective protecting case. Purchases made through the Apple Authorized Education partner SenCo Masslink will enjoy an academic discounts. 

You can purchase the MacBook through:

1. Submit the order for School 1 to 1 Program at the  Senco Masslink www.eduoffer.com website. (Login instructions are available in the FAQ.) This online order includes three-year AppleCare+ warranty. These orders will be prepared for distribution:

   • If you order the laptop in early May cutoff date (actual cutoff day will be announced annually) and plan to use it in next school year, the laptop will be distributed before the end of the school year.

   • If you are ordering in the middle of the school year, it will be distributed 1 month after the order has been placed.

2. Or, you may purchase computer from another supplier (or use an existing MacBook). If purchasing from another supplier, or using an existing MacBook model, please, make sure that you have a three-year AppleCare warranty included.

Login to Senco

1. Go to www.eduoffer.com

2. Choose International Christian School from the school choices in the upper right

3. Use the ICS student’s email address, such as yyy1303@school.ics.edu.hk

4. Use the password: IcsPurchase2025

5. For logging in the first time, if the system is complaining the account being inactive, you would need to check the student email account for "Senco eShop account activation" email for account activation.

6. Click on School 1 to 1 Program:

7. Select from the available models

Note: In case if you will decide to purchase a MacBook from another supplier, other than SenCo MassLink, please follow the software configuration guidelines, or visit one of the set up sessions run by the IT/AV Team.

Digital Citizenship

ICS students are learning digital responsibility through lessons in elementary computer class, middle school Facegroup, and high school Tribe meetings, in addition to technology integration in other ICS classes at all grade levels. ICS considers technology skills and ethical application of technology to be vital to both academic achievement and character formation. ICS is developing additional training to help students build responsible habits and wise time management related to their use of technology. Appropriate use of digital devices will be addressed, such as smartphones, tablets, media players, and related hardware, as well as ethical usage of social networking, cloud computing, and privacy of personal data.