The document summarizes a school's shift from a 1:1 laptop program to a BYOD (bring your own device) model. It describes why the school moved to BYOD, including parent preferences for choice of device and ending of funding for 1:1 programs. The school implemented a trial BYOD program in 2013 and fully transitioned middle and high school students to BYOD in 2014. Teachers received training to help students submit work in cross-platform formats and use an LMS. Looking ahead, the school plans to expand BYOD to younger grades, improve infrastructure and content management, and focus their IT strategic plan on student learning outcomes.

1. How we shifted from 1:1 to BYOD:
curriculum and business
perspectives
Nathan Hutchings (Director of Information and eLearning Technologies)
Mark Glover (Business Manager)

2. What is going to be covered
• Describe School
(Context)
• Why the move to BYOD
• What we did in 2013 to
get started
• BYOD in 2014 what we
have learnt so far
• BYOD and Teaching
• Our Plans for 2015 &
Beyond

3. Genazzano Profile
• Independent K- 12 Catholic Day & Boarding Girls School
in Melbourne with approximately 1150 students
• 40 Boarders who live off campus
• A separate year 9 campus connected by microwave link
• Co-educational Early Learning Centre
• SES 122
• Celebrating 125 Years in 2014
• Strong academic reputation
• Experienced significant enrolment and
capital development growth post 2000

4. IT@Genazzano 2014
• IT services are provided by an external contractors
• Services include helpdesk, network management, database
administration, engineering, analytics & reporting, development, etc
• Pre 2009 – laboratories and small number of laptop trolleys
• 2010 + – 1:2 laptop trolleys then in 2011 – 1:1 program/DER
• In 2014:
• P-4 iPads (1:1 at school)
• 5-6 Tablets(1:1 take home)
• 7-8 Laptops (1:1 take home)
• 9 – 12 BYOD, mixture of Mac and Windows (min. specs, no iPads)
• Multi-Media Mac Laboratory

5. Why the move to BYOD?
• Parent survey in 2013 indicated parents wanted choice of device
• Many families already have a device at home
• Funding to support 1 to 1 programs in Schools had ended
• Consumerisation of IT & ubiquity of digital networks
• Learners accessing networks with multiple devices & platforms
• Girls felt more at home on a device they are familiar with
• It is their device so they take better care of it
• IT efforts are better directed at improving access to and effective
utilisation of eLearning technologies and learning content
(Learning driving IT)

6. The process to move towards BYOD 2013
• Initial trial at separate campus, voluntary participation
• Drafting of final technical device specification
• Formal communication strategy to parents
• Investigate the financial implications of retiring existing fleet of
Year 7 to Year 12 devices:
• Levy changes
• Faculty software licences review
• staggered start decided due to cost and wanting to avoid
change fatigue
• 2014 BYOD Years 9 to 12 then from 2015 Years 7 to 12
• Updated Handbook to include BYOD
• Selecting on-boarding software to manage BYOD devices

7. BYOD introduced in 2014
• Introduction was successful with limited hassle
• Reviewed wireless connections
• Level of enquiries from students has dropped considerably
• Loan fleet established to support students in need
• Trolleys of laptops retained to ensure some specialist software
can be used by students and not purchased by parents
• Currently investigating application virtualization as a possible
alternative
• Wireless infrastructure critical to ongoing success as number of
devices increases and so does network load
• Multiple training and information sessions delivered to teachers
• Student technology co-curricula program introduced

8. BYOD and Teaching
• Learning material needs to be within an LMS
• Video streaming needs to be delivered within the browser &
across mobile platforms
• Content needs to have a small digital footprint (optimize content)
• Mandate the use of an LMS for teaching and learning
• But small steps first beware of function fatigue
• Ensure students submit work in cross platform formats
• Don’t assume that students and teachers know how to do
this IT staff need to provide training
• Digital natives don’t exist, students are excellent consumers of
digital content, but they are young and learn fast

9. IT and Teacher training
• Provide frequent training opportunities
• Lunchtime, just after school, PD days
• Keep your daily/frequent training informal and brief
• Stick to things teachers need to the know now
• For half day or full day training sessions get someone in to
deliver it so teachers are not hearing from the same person they
always hear the message from
• The LMS is the platform to deliver frequent daily training around
• Need to be available for teachers if they want to drop in and ask
a question “No question is a silly question. Share your own
teaching IT challenges and best practice”

10. 2015 +
• Redefine the role of IT help desk/services
• Parent access to LMS
• BYOD from year 7 upwards
• Application virtualization
• Focus of IT Strategic Plan:
• Infrastructure investment
• Content management
• Professional Learning
• Platform Review/Best Practice
• Data Analytics
• Classroom technology review
• Student Learning Outcomes

11. Conclusion
• Our story
• Strategy needs to be unique
to your setting
• Age and Stage appropriate
strategies and outcomes
• Drive, communication,
perseverance
• Reminding ourselves to
“see through the device”
and focus on the learning