The Digital Education Revolution Information night 2011 at Coffs Harbour High School

1. Coffs Harbour High School DER
Information Night 2011
Simon Borgert (Executive Staff Member in charge of DER)
23/2/2011

2. What we will cover tonight
✤ Program background
✤ The Laptop 2011 Model
✤ CyberSafety - Snr Constable Snow
✤ Usage in the Classroom
✤ Program requirement and responsibilities
✤ Support arrangements

3. DER - NSW - What the....
✤ The Digital Education Revolution is the fullfillment of an election promise
made by Kevin Rudd in 2007
✤ A feberally funed initiative implemented by relevant state authorities eg
NSWDET
✤ Laptops rolled out each year since 2009 to Year 9 students
✤ Laptops also rolled out to staff
✤ Includes major infrastructure upgrades, teacher training and support
networks

4. DER NSW - Coffs Harbour High
School
✤ Laptops have arrived
✤ Rollout to students (with returned user charters) from Monday 28th
February 2011 - most likely Thursday 3rd March 2011
✤ Process is well established so few problems expected
✤ TSO Introduction: Daniel Darwin

5. DER NSW - Coffs Harbour High
School
✤ Laptop Orientation Day Monday 7th March 2011
✤ Six sessions over the course of the day
✤ Nuts and Bolts of the Laptop
✤ OneNote
✤ Moodle and other Online Tools
✤ Photoshop and MovieMaker
✤ Web 2.0 Tools
✤ CyberSafety and CyberCitizenship

6. Text
The Laptop
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11

7. ThinkPadEdge11
✤ Intel Celeron ULV Processor
u3400 Dual Core 1.60GHz
✤ 2Gb DDR3 RAM - 13333 MHz
✤ 160GB HDD
✤ 11.6’ HD Display
✤ Full Size Keyboard
✤ 1.5 kg

8. Software
✤ OS WIndows 7 Enteprise
✤ Adobe CS5 (Acrobat Pro,
Flash, ,Fireworks, Illustrotor
Photoshop Elements, Premier
Elements, Captivate)
✤ Microsoft Office Enteprise 2010
✤ plus heaps more

9. Filtered
Internet
✤ No Faebook / Youtube /
Twitter / MySpace
✤ Not considered software for
learning
✤ New Social Media Policy in the
wings....

10. Filtered
Internet
✤ No Faebook / Youtube /
Twitter / MySpace
✤ Not considered software for
learning
✤ New Social Media Policy in the
wings....

11. Filtered
Internet
✤ No Faebook / Youtube /
Twitter / MySpace
✤ Not considered software for
learning
✤ New Social Media Policy in the
wings....

12. Cyber Safety
Snr Constable Snow

13. DER Supporting Infrastructure
✤ Wireless Access Points have been installed in all learning spaces
✤ based on Wireless N - secure, reliable, fast
✤ Backup is the students responsibility
✤ MyLocker available- must be synched regularly!
✤ Otherwise use a USB key or external drive

14. Laptops Care and Safety
✤ Hard Plastic Case
✤ Offers good protection
✤ Won’t stand up to mistreatment
✤ Laptops must be “hibernated” before being placed inside
✤ Anti-theft technology
✤ Safe Usage at Home’
✤ e.g. don’t sit laptop on a pillow
✤ Guidelines for safe usage are available from the TSO (or on the Web!)

15. Laptop Charging
✤ Must be brought to school every
day fully charged
✤ Make charging part of your
routine
✤ No chargers at school!
✤ If you use your laptop for “other
stuff” e.g. movies at lunchtime
ensure it has enough charge for
the whole day

16. In the classroom
✤ Provide unprecedented
opportunity for collaboration
✤ not just within the class group,
perhaps regional, national or
even international collaboration
is possible
✤ Every Job in the future will use
technology in some form
✤ Teacher training provided

17. Coffs Harbour High Moodle
http://coffsharbourhighschool.com/moodle

18. User Charter
✤ An agreement between the student, parents/careres and teh school
regarding the use and care of the laptop
✤ Must be signed by both parents / guardians AND students before a laptop
can be issued

19. User Charter Q & A

20. If a laptop is stolen
✤ Report to the TSO
✤ Complete an incident report
✤ Obtain a police repot and return it ASAP to TSO
✤ A laptop can be temporarily loaned to the student
✤ Stolen laptops will be disabled

21. If a laptop is lost....
✤ Report to the TSO
✤ Complete an incident report
✤ Fill out a statutory declaration
✤ You are responsible for the cost
✤ termporary loans of spare laptops may be available
✤ Lost laptops will be disabled

22. If laptop isn’t working
✤ Report to TSO (not during class time unless you have your teachers
permission!)
✤ TSO will diagnose and fix if possible...
✤ otherwise TSO will coordinate with vendors
✤ Malicious or accidental damage is NOT covered by warranty
✤ Temporary loans of spare laptops may be available

23. Questions?

24. Thank you! :)