At Mater Maria Catholic College, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program supports 21st century teaching and learning. In order to achieve the goal of developing Engage, Positive, Independent and Connected (EPIC learners) the College encourages the use of resources that provide diverse learning opportunities matched to each student’s individual needs. The use of personal technology allows for more active and collaborative engagement in learning inside and outside of the classroom and specifically provides opportunities:
Information relating to the program is formally communicated via the Parents Portal on the College website such as:
What will this mean for our students?
Students will still need to have a written work book for the majority of their subjects – the device will continue to be a resource that used to support learning at the discretion of the teacher.
Students will need to submit homework and assessments in a format that can be accessed by staff e.g. through the Google suite of apps for education. Students will be able to connect a single device to the school’s Wi-Fi – the device can be a laptop or tablet as long as it meets the specifications below:
A current Name Brand Windows laptop or tablet with the following characteristics with the following operating system:
Other Specifications:
MacBook / MacBook Air / MacBook Pro
Operating system must be macOS Operating System High Sierra or higher (i.e. High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina)
Other Specifications:
The minimum device specification for the student iPad program is:
Note: iPad Mini models are not supported.
Students within the Broken Bay Diocese are entitled to download Office 365 for home use on up to 5 personal devices, as long as they remain as a student within the diocese. After this time the software will automatically revert to a read and print only version. Instructions for the home download process are attached below:
Free software – Office 365 home download process for BYOD Windows 10
Free software – Office 365 home download process for BYOD MacBook
Free software – Office 365 home download process for BYOD IPAD
Are you using a Window Device? Please refer to the below support documents:
Adobe Creative Cloud – BYOD Windows
Daily Logon Process – BYOD Windows
Are you using an Apple Device? Please refer to the below support documents:
Adobe Creative Cloud – BYOD Mac
Daily Logon Process – BYOD MacBook
Are you using an iPad? Please refer to the below support documents:
Adobe Creative Cloud – BYOD iPad
Should parents be looking to purchase a device for their children, the links below provide you with some information and purchase options. The below links are for your convenience only and the school is not endorsing the purchase of a device from any particular supplier, this is your choice.
Apple has offered special Education pricing through its website www.apple.com/au-hed/shop and in any Apple store when you mention your purchasing for a student.
For further details and/or to order these Dell laptops go to MMCCW BYOD Login.