Jennifer

The term began very positively with 13 staff attending the learning @ schools conference. With the conference being located in Hamilton it was a fantastic opportunity to include a number of key stakeholders. Our focus in 2012 is to impact on pedagogy in faculties. We want to integrate IT as a familial part of lessons Access to hardware and resources has been improved. Our systems are now very stable in comparison to previous years. Each participant from the Learning @ schools conference went away enthused. For me the focus has been on Bring your own devices (BYOD). The challenges and advantages that this could bring to our school. My focus on BYOD was further enhanced by attending a presentation from Torque IP supported by Orewa College. I met with Torque IP following their presentation to discuss and develop a strategic plan for Fairfield College. The strategic plan will be developed by the end of term 3. Community consultation then in term 4, and implementation in 2013.