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2017BYODTechnologyInformationSheet

Years5and6

StudentsinthePrimarySchoolwillberequiredtopurchaseandbringtheirowniPadfromthebeginningoftheschoolyear,2017.

MinimumRequirements:

- iPad2orlater- Mustnotbe3G- Musthaveaprotectivecase- Musthaveyourown/family

iTunesaccount- Keyboard/Stylusareoptional- GoogleDrive,Docs,Slidesand

Sheetsinstalled

PleaseNote:

- StudentscandecidetouseaniPadminiinsteadofaniPadbutneedtobeawareoflimitationsofthereducedscreensize.

- Theclassroomteacherwillprovideacomprehensivelistofapps.

Years7-12

RECOMMENDEDDEVICES

StudentsintheSeniorSchoolwillberequiredtopurchaseandbringtheirownpersonallearningdevice.ThedeviceslistedbelowarerecommendedforstudentsinYears7-12.Thedemandsofcurriculuminthesenioryearsvarysignificantlytothoseinprimaryschool.Withamoresustainedinvolvementinproductanddocumentcreation,studentsrequireeasymultitaskingandaccesstobothwebapplicationsandapplicationsthatmaybeutilisedinmorespecialisedsubjectareas.WINDOWSLAPTOP/ULTRABOOK/MICROSOFTSURFACEPRO(3or4)-$500to$2500

Strengths • Greatcompatibility.Willrunmoresoftwarecomparedtoother operatingsystems.Weaknesses • Canbeheavyiftoocheap.Windowslaptopsaresomeofthemostpopulardevicesavailable.Trytoavoidbuyingverycheapmachines,asgenerallytheyareheavierandhavepoorerbatterylife.AllnewdevicesnowrunWindows10,andgenerallytouchscreensmakebetteruseofthesenewerfeatures.

MACBOOKPROORMACBOOKAIR-$1250to$2500

Strengths• Powerfulcomputerinalightweightandportableshape.• CompatiblewithmostfiletypesWeaknesses• MacBookProisslightlythickerandheavierthantheMacBookAir.AMacBookAirisalightandportablecomputerthatoffersthebenefitsoftheMacOS.TheygenerallyprovidegreatbatterylifeandhaveprocessorsthatprovidesimilarperformancetotheMacBookPro.ThisisagreatoptionforastudentwholikesworkingonaMac.

ACCEPTABLEDEVICES

Werecognisethatthefinancialcircumstancesofeachfamilyinourschoolcommunitymayvary.ManyfamiliesmayhavealreadypurchasediPad’sfortheirsonthroughoutPrimaryschool.iPad’smaybeutilisedaspersonallearningdevicesthroughoutyear7,albeitwithsomelimitations.Whilethesedevicessuitedtheneedsofstudentsintheyoungeryears,theyarelimitedintheircapacityfortherequirementsofseniorstudentsintheKeyLearningAreasoftheseniorschool.

iPAD-$500to$1200

Strengths• ManystudentsarefamiliarwithiOS•Largenumberof Appsavailableatlowprice.Weaknesses• IsnotcompatiblewithFlashwebsitessuchasMathletics.• NoUSBsupport• Aseparatekeyboardisrecommended,especiallyfor studentsintheseniorschool.

TheiPadisafantasticdevicethatgivesthestudentsaccesstoalargeselectionofsoftwareataverycheapprice.TheyarelightandaregreatforbrowsingtheInternet.Itcanbeachallengecreatingdocumentsonthisdevice,especiallyGoogleApps.ThereiscurrentlynogoodsolutionforaccessingsitesthatrequireFlash,suchasMathletics.HARDWARESPECIFICATIONSThedevicemustmeetallofthefollowingrequirements:FormFactor Laptop,tabletdeviceorconvertibledevice

AtabletdevicemusthaveaphysicalkeyboardattachmentwithseparatekeysforA–Zand0–9andwhichphysicallymovewhendepressed.

PhysicalDimensions MinimumScreenSize:9.7”MaximumScreenSize:14”

OperatingSystem MicrosoftWindows7,Windows8.1orWindows10AppleOSX10.9ornewerAppleiOS8ornewerNote:Android-baseddevicesareomittedfromtheHardwareSpecification.

WirelessCompatibility Devicemusthave5GHz802.11nsupport.Thismaybeadvertisedas“DualBandWireless”,“802.11abgn”,“802.11agn”,“802.11ac”or“GigabitWireless”.Note:devicesmarketed,as“802.11bgn”probablydonotsupporttherequiredstandard.

BatteryLife Advertisedbatterylifeofatleastsixhours

AdditionalConsiderations

Recommendations Maximumweight:2kgMinimumRAM(laptops):4GBDiskconfiguration(laptops):SolidStatedisk(SSD)

Insurance Accidentallossandbreakageinsurance

Webbrowser Anymodernwebbrowser.WindowscomputersmustrunInternetExplorer11ornewer.WepreferstudentsuseGoogleChrome

ProductivitySuite GoogleAppsforEducationarefree.StudentswillbeissuedwithSchoolbasedGooglelogindetailsupontheircommencement.LibreOfficeisyetanotherfreeproductivitysuiteavailablefordownload.MicrosoftOfficeisapaidproduct,butnotnecessaryforstudentstopurchase.

AntiVirus Windowslaptopsshouldrun:AVGAntivirusMacOSXlaptopsshouldrun:ClamXav2SentryBoththeseoptionsarefree,howeveryoumaychoosetopurchaseanyothermodernantivirussoftwareonthemarket