Bring your own device
Maroubra Junction Public School has committed to a BYOD model that ensures all students have access to technology. For families who chose not to participate in BYOD, there are a number of school owned devices that will be available for students to use during class time.
What is bring your own device (BYOD) to school?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is an initiative that will allow students who have personal technology devices (laptops, netbooks and tablets only) to bring them to school to be used for educational purposes under the direction of a teacher. Students will be able to access the NSW Department of Education and Communities' Wi-Fi network through their devices.
Our school vision:
Technology is a tool that engages students in their learning and its use supports current research in classroom practice where the focus is on developing the skills needed to function successfully within the 21st century.
The purpose of implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program at Maroubra Junction Public School is to ensure each student has unlimited access to one device on a daily basis within the classroom to enhance and enrich the scope of student learning.
Students will use their personal devices in two manners:
- to research
- to present and publish their work in a creative and multimodal way.
Why implement a BYOD program?
- BYOD allows students to store and save their work on one device without loss or inference by others
- BYOD gives student's ownership and empowers them in becoming facilitators of their own learning
- BYOD gives students the feeling of comfortability and familiarity when using their own device
- BYOD enhances the link between home and school
- BYOD allows a growing school to provide a better ratio of students per device on a consistent basis
- BYOD allows for personalised and differentiated learning for all student abilities. The use of personal devices give students unlimited access to different creative elements which can be adjusted to each learner to produce quality pieces of work
- BYOD establishes a culture of digital citizenship, one of the most important aspects for preparing students for safe and effective experiences in the online world.
MJPS BYOD FAQ
MJPS Parent and Student User Agreement (PDF 61kb)
Please watch the below presentation on BYOD at MJPS about how the program is progressing in Stage 3 classrooms.