Student Educational Technology Forum

To follow up from our community round table discussion, some of our students from Years 4,5 and 6 discussed the following questions and the following responses came from the conversation.

What are your thoughts and feelings about using Technology at school for learning.

 

• Makes people want to learn.
• Gives them motivation and determination to learn.
• Can use technology in your future employment.
• Helps us get ready for high school.
• Don't have to carry as many books.
• Our parents can see what we are learning at school.
• It is portable.
• Helps us to connect with and learn from others.
• Able to present our work in creative and interesting ways.
• We should still learn how to do handwriting.
• We would have less anxiety about forgetting work.
• We don't have to use technology all the time, for some things we don't need computers.

 

 

 

What do you think is expected from Sacred Heart when providing Technology in a way that encourages learning and digital responsibility?

 

• Strict rules about social media.
• We should be taught to use it safely and responsibly.
• Students learn from using technology. Learning not playing!
• The school should monitor Internet use by everyone.
• The focus should be learning about the subject.
• Let parents know that the learning is happening.

 

 

What do you think is expected of families and students when using Technology at home and at school?

 

• Separate learning form playing.
• Use only during school time.
• Be careful with handling the computers.
• Parents and the school are responsible for the safe use and the monitoring.
• Incorporate but restrict technology use in their daily life.
• Students should use technology purposefully.
• Students need to be organised with charging batteries and packing laptops ready for the next day.
• Students should have an organised hard drive.
• Students with their own laptops should have a digital license and given to them during assembly. Inappropriate use may mean the license is taken away for a period of time.