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Toormina High School

Toormina High School

Creating our future

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Emailtoormina-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

LAPTOPS for THS are nearly here!

Parent Information Session

Toormina High School will be holding an information session for parents/carers.  This will be an opportunity for parents to learn about the laptop their child will be receiving.  During this session students and parents/carers will be asked to sign a ‘User Charter' which sets out responsibilities for the use and care of the laptop.

The session will be held on Tuesday 10th November 2009 at 7pm.  Parents and carers of Year 9 students have received a personal invitation to the session.

When do I receive my laptop?

Year 9 students who have returned their User Charter signed by students and parents will be receiving their laptop in Week 5 of Term 4.

Introducing your TSO

Ree Higoe is the Technology Support Officer (TSO) for Toormina High School.  Ree is employed full time to support students and teachers with Digital Education Revolution (DER) laptops.

Overview

The Commonwealth Government's Digital Education Revolution includes an element called the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund.  The Commonwealth and NSW Governments have agreed to work together to provide a wirelessly enabled specialist educational laptop to every NSW public school student in years 9 to 12 by 2012.  If your child is in Year 9 in a NSW public school they will receive a laptop before the end of this year.

The Office of Schools has taken the lead on this program to ensure that the focus remains firmly on transforming teaching and learning. This $442million project will see over 200,000 laptops distributed across 500+ school sites.

Evidence shows that where technology is used effectively in schools, the results are inspiring - improved grades and retention rates, greater participation by students and increased effectiveness by teachers.

The Digital Education Revolution will bring a new level of engagement to classrooms, where today's students will experience education like no other generation has.

Useful Links

DER internet site for parents and students:

www.schools.nsw.edu.au/dernsw

Special DER edition of ‘Click' newsletter:

www.schools.nsw.edu.au/click

Teaching & Learning Exchange has software learning tools for parents:

www.tale.edu.au