As students progress into the senior years of their schooling their learning tasks become more complex, and involve more individual research over an extended period. A personal laptop allows students to work seamlessly between school and home.
Further, the school’s technology committee has identified that most devices have a useable life span of around 5 years. Implementing this program from year 9 means one laptop should see students through the remainder of school successfully and potentially last another year or so post-school before replacement is required. Devices purchased for year 7 students would likely need replacement before completion of school.