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Click here to view the MacKillop ICT/eLearning Strategic Plan 2009-2012.
MacKillop College believes that we live in exponential
times of change and information expansion which directly impacts upon our
educational environment. Perpetual learning, change and striving for personal
excellence will be the only constant.
In recognising this we provide a contemporary educational setting. This
setting allows our students to participate in learning processes and
experiences that offer the skills and knowledge required to engage and take
control of their future pathways.
MacKillop College believes that Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) are significant tools that support these
contemporary educational settings. They provide a means of by which a more
collaborative model of student and teacher interaction can occur. We believe
that our students need to become discerning users of ICTs and that we can offer
experiences which will allow our students to fully involve themselves in, and
contribute to, their community.
We have designed and integrated a digital learning architecture that will
facilitate a seamless, secure and robust ICT environment. We see this level of
connectedness as essential so that our teachers and students can access the
best possible online curriculum and world class learning objects while
retaining the ability to localise that content and retain our community
identity. It supports and energises the individual and collaborative learning
experiences, boosts standards and improves educational opportunities.
Within this architecture we offer network wireless / wired access and
high-speed Internet bandwidth in all classrooms. With extensive specialist
facilities for digital multimedia (video, music, photography) as well as
offering a 1:2 PC / notebook access
within the student classrooms, we can support the student’s and teacher’s need
to meet the immediacy of the learning moment. Both hardware and software is
kept current and relevant and access to these facilities is ever-expanding.
Our extensive professional development program ensures that our teachers are
kept abreast of contemporary digital teaching and learning strategies
(eLearning) using the latest technologies. Some of our practices have reached
national exemplar status and we are constantly participating in action research
to explore ways to improve our teaching and learning practices.
MacKillop College, through its web presence and
Intranet access, offers seamless electronic connectivity between the school and
home environment; providing a wide variety of services to support our students,
parents and teachers. We provide online learning spaces and personal ICT
technologies that support flexibility of
curriculum delivery in time, space, place and pace within and outside the
school buildings and beyond the school day. We see that these contemporary facilities as significant
means of enhancing our endeavours to provide an exemplary and evolutionary
learning environment for all.
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