STUDENT TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

Student Technology Information

At PLC Sydney, technology is integrated into learning and empowers students to be both technology users and technology creators. The PLC Sydney device strategy has been designed to give students an experience in the three main archetypes of technology:

• Tablet computing

• Cloud computing

• Desktop based computing

This strategy has the benefit of increasing complexity as the girls progress through their studies. We have selected devices that can be mastered at each stage of their development. Please see below.

Technology

Overall we would like to note that the technology students use while they are at school is likely to be significantly different when they progress to working life. It is therefore critical that we teach students how to transition between different platforms during their learning here at PLC Sydney so that they do not become accustomed to only one platform. Instead, our goal is to give our girls the opportunity to experience a variety of options and help them become agile problem solvers and equip them for an unknown, fast-developing future.

We take this opportunity to note that the ‘Technology Fee’ covers some of the cost of keeping an extensive infrastructure in place in the College. This fee covers:

• A campus-wide wired and wireless network

• High-speed access to AARNET (Academic research network) and the internet

• Security and internet content filtering

• Research capacity in the Macindoe Research Centre

• Software licensing and support for student devices

• In-classroom AV equipment

• A dedicated team to service students, staff and the above infrastructure

NB Some schools incorporate this into the general school fees. PLC Sydney believes this is a cost that should be borne by scholarship students as well as full-fee paying students, thus it is billed separately, akin to the Excursion Fee.