INFORMATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
With the increasing digitisation of student work, many staff have begun marking assessment work online and submitting results, comments and even marked papers directly into their marks books in Teachers Assistant. This has allowed parents immediate information about their sons academic progress in particular subjects. We are happy to provide parents with ongoing support with their access to the information resources at Scotch College. As mentioned in the last edition, the announcement that an iBook reader will be available in the new Apple Mavericks OS later in the year means the boys will be able to use their laptops to create and read iBooks. Recently, four Scotch staff members attended a professional development day exploring the creation and viewing of iBooks, investigating their potential for integration into the teaching and learning programmes. The interactive, multi-touch nature of the iBook, the inclusion of rich video and audio media, and interactive quizzes, to name a few, all serve students with widely differing learning modes and look to be a very exciting prospect for teachers and student alike.
The introduction of digital signage in the senior school has been a resounding success so far. Teachers, student and parents have been providing photos, videos, slideshow, notices and other forms of communication for viewing and this has given the Scotch community a great opportunity to celebrate the wealth of activities going on in our school at any time. We continue to encourage teachers, parents and students to utilise this innovative medium.
