Island School has one-to-one lap top programme, requiring all students to have a laptop. Laptops are used to enrich learning experiences in and outside of the classroom, improve communication with your teachers and classmates and offer direct access to educational resources. As you use your laptop, you will build vital skills.
The ability of students to define their information needs, generate and evaluate information sources, extract what they need and create new meaning using digital tools is central to what we try to develop in students, and it is our belief that students need to learn both through and about technology in order to achieve these aims. Digital Literacy is taught to students in Years 7 -11. These lessons include the appropriate application of technology to all areas of the curriculum.
Years 7 & 8
The curriculum in Years 7 and 8 is underpinned by the International Education Award. Students reflect on ideas such as the reliability of information, development and interpretation of media messages and the relationship between society and technology for an important part of the assessment approach.
Years 9-11
Students complete the IE Award in Applied ICT. Students evidence their work through the development of an e-portfolio which forms the basis of the assessment.