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Bring Your Own Device

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To ensure students have access to the best possible educational outcomes and meet the complex demands of 21st century education, Park Ridge SHS is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school.

Using devices has multiple benefits to a student's learning, including:

  • Communicating with teachers
  • Collaborating online in groups
  • Handing in homework
  • Watching educational videos
  • Researching for assignments
  • Completing quizzes and exams

Research shows having a personal device provides better educational outcomes for the student. The benefits of our BYOD program include:

  • increased student motivation, confidence and engagement with learning because students are familiar with their devices
  • greater autonomy in the classroom
  • the maturing of students as digital citizens who embrace digital opportunities and responsibilities
  • the normalising of technology use between the school and home
  • greater opportunity for inter-school collaboration.

(Alberta Government, 2012; Lee, Levins, Hubbard, & Freedman, 2013; Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, 2008; Nielsen, 2013; Wainwright, 2013; Sweeney, & Intelligent Business Research Services Ltd., 2012).

BYOD does not replace traditional methods of learning, but complement and extend students skills and readiness for 21st century living and employability. 

We believe we have a responsibility to our students to provide 21st century learning opportunities, teach digital literacy and model digital citizenship to meet the demands of the ever-growing digital workforce. 

Park Ridge State High School is proud of this educational step forward for our students. 

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More about the program

1. Hardware & online ordering

The physical requirements that devices need to meet so they are suitable for the classroom. This page also has our unique Park Ridge retailer portals.

2. Software requirements

What software students need, how they can get it. We recommend students do some of these steps at home.

3. Enrol a new device for school

Learn about our Wi-Fi infrastructure and bandwidth we provide to students and what the $50 contribution we ask from parents covers.

Departing Students - IT Tasks

Frequently asked questions

The most common questions asked by parents are answered here.

Hire a device

Options provided by the school including hire, purchase and scholarships for families in need.

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Last reviewed 30 July 2024
Last updated 30 July 2024