BYOD WWHS Procedure

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE PROCEDURE

Rationale

The centrally driven and supported model for the supply of technology resources in education is no longer a model that can meet the demands of teachers and students. Wagga Wagga High School values the rich learning experiences that tightly integrated interactions with technology brings. The promotion and advancement of this integration is core to the school’s educational philosophies.

Facilitating Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Wagga Wagga High School empowers its students and gives them direct involvement in how they use technology in their learning. At the same time, BYOD enables teachers to build on their experiences in the previous centrally-delivered model and adapt to this new heterogeneous BYOD environment without losing the core technological capabilities they have been able to rely on.

References

• Student use of digital devices and online services 

• Digital Citizenship

• Student Behaviour 

Objectives

1. To facilitate and promote bringing a computing device to school by all students in Years 7 - 12 for their education.

2. To provide a safe environment for students to achieve Objective 1.

3. To ensure a minimum standard of device compatibility.

4. To enable students to use technology to further their learning, independently and in structured lessons.

5. To provide a basis on which Wagga Wagga High School teachers can continue to tailor lesson delivery so that students can use their devices in class toward specific learning outcomes.

Actions

Students and Parents/Carers

• In 2024, all students in Years 7 - 12 will be expected to bring a computing device to school each day.

• This device must be a personal device of the student's own choosing and ownership which meets the Device Specification

• Students must use their device in accordance with the school’s Student use of digital devices and online services procedures and the Department of Education’s Student use of digital devices and online services policy.

• Students must follow teachers' directions regarding appropriate use of their devices in class.

• Each student is absolutely and solely responsible for the care and conduct of their own personal device whilst:

• at school or other school activities

• travelling to and from school or to and from other school activities

• Students must connect their devices to the designated wireless data network that Wagga Wagga High School supplied using their individual user account credentials only. Students with a TAFE level user account MUST NOT use it at school. Students must not connect to any other network, wired, wireless or cellular. Students must not bridge the Wagga Wagga High School designated network to any other network.

Teachers

• Teachers should encourage and facilitate using students' devices in their classes where they deem appropriate. However, use of students' own devices in class is at the sole discretion of the teacher.

• Teachers should follow standard discipline procedures in case a student fails to bring their device, in the same manner as if a student fails to bring any other required material to class.

Wagga Wagga High School 

Wagga Wagga High School will:

• maintain a BYOD Equity Procedure to ensure all students, no matter their family’s financial means, have full access to the computing resources that are required by their courses.

• publish a Device Specification describing the requirements for devices brought to school per the BYOD program. This Device Specification may include requirements for device specifications that go to:

  • size or form factor

  • network connectivity

  • operating system and standard software

  • input method

  • security measures

  • battery runtime

  • other device features or software requirements determined by the school

• provide a wireless network with a filtered Internet connection to which students may connect their BYOD program device.

• provide support to assist students with establishing network connectivity with the BYOD program device.

• accept no responsibility for loss or damage to, or maintenance or repair of, a student’s device, due to omission, negligence or otherwise of the school, a staff member or another student.

• not facilitate the student’s access to any network or school service if their device fails to meet a requirement of the Device Specification. The school may direct a student to cease bringing a device to school that does not meet all the requirements of the Device Specification.

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