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Bring Your Own Device

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Milton State School promotes a creative, constructive and personalised teaching and learning culture. Our vision for learning and teaching is to innovatively grow young minds in challenging ways through a variety of modes, including digital learning environments. We value the importance of being digitally literate and connected and preparing our students for the next steps in their learning journey both within the primary school context, the secondary school environment and life. To support our vision, we facilitate a ‘Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program for our Year 1 to Year 6 students. These students bring their own iPad to school each day. We also provide iPads for our prep students.

Please see below for information about the BYOD program. ​​​​​​​​​​


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Cybersmart

We recognise that student wellbeing and safety are essential for academic and social development. All students should be able to learn and develop in safe, supportive and respectful environments. Australian schools, families and communities all have a responsibility to provide safe online environments and teach children how to use technology in positive and productive ways.

With all of our students have access to various devices across the school and at home we have implemented a CyberSmart Program that runs from Year 1 through to Grade 6. 


 

One of the best things you can do is customise your child's device, using Settings. Enabling or disabling certain features can make the device safer and more manageable, such as Location Services, iCloud, Screentime and Content & Privacy Restrictions. Keeping the operating system up to date will also help. A lot of updates are done to patch up any holes in security, although it may look like it's just new fun colours or features!

 

A Google search will give you many suggestions for setting up a device for a child, or you can see the “iPad Settings" document for some that we suggest. 


PARENT RESOURCES


The following resources may also provide information for students, teachers, parents and the broader community about creating safe online and offline environments.

Student Wellbeing Hub External link

This hub is where you can find information and advice about important topics like bullying, online safety, communicating with your child and the school, and much more, to help you make your child’s learning journey a safe and positive one.

Bullying No Way! External link

This is an educational website for Australian school communities and the general public. As well as providing information for individuals, the website provides online curriculum and other resources to support the bullying prevention work of schools. Cybersafety resources and information aimed at children, parents and teachers are provided on the website.

Think You Know External link

ThinkUKnow is an Internet safety program delivering interactive training to parents, carers and teachers through schools and organisations across Australia using a network of accredited trainers from our partner agencies.

Created by the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, ThinkUKnow Australia has been  developed by AFP, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, supported by the New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police Service, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police and Neighbourhood Watch Australasia 

eSafety Commissioner External link

This website offers a guide to social media, apps and games with links to online safety information and how to report abusive content.

Carly Ryan Foundation External link

Australian based, aiming to create awareness of online predators. Some great app fact sheets with guidelines about settings for some apps.

Common Sense Media External link

An American-based resource that gives advice to parents about movies, games, apps and social media, as well as online safety advice. 

Raising Children External link

This website has a wide range of parenting information and resources,  including a lot about media and technology. 

Starting Blocks External link

Under the Covid tab- activities to do with your child, they have some good guidelines about modelling and encouraging good screen practices.
Last reviewed 23 February 2024
Last updated 23 February 2024