Student-owned devices

MOBILE PHONES/HANDHELD/‘WEARABLE’ COMMUNICATION DEVICES AT SCHOOL

If students bring mobile phones or other handheld communication devices to school, they must be switched off at all times during lessons. They must under no circumstances be brought to exam rooms .

“Wearable technology” (e.g. smart-watches/pens, Google glass) should not be brought to school.

Mobile phones may be of use to students (communicating with parents about travel arrangement for example), but they can also be a real nuisance within the School itself. So if a student needs to bring a mobile phone to School:

• it should not be used at inappropriate times during the day – e.g. during lessons!

• it is liable to get lost or damaged, so don’t bring an expensive one

• it should not be seen purely as a fashion item

• it must not be used for inappropriate purposes – phoning someone in the next-door room for a chat is not proper use.

• it is expressly forbidden to take photos or videos of someone on a camera-phone (or any other device) without their knowledge and permission. The school will take a serious view of any breaches.

Our school is a BYOL school. All year groups from 9 to 13 are expected to bring a laptop every day. Support is available from Mme Marie-France Labelle : marie-france.labelle@ecolint.ch

All laptops should have:

• Operating System

English or French (preferred) Windows 7 and higher, Mac Operating System X 10.6 or higher.

• Mandatory Installed Software

Microsoft Office 365 (downloaded from my.ecolint.ch using student's login)

Google Chrome Browser (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/)

Google Drive App (https://www.google.com/drive/download/)

Anti-Virus: Microsoft Windows Defender (Win 8 &10) or Microsoft Security Essentials (Win 7) or other)

For more information: HERE