Digital Learning

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Digital technologies and devices are tools that can help us learn at school in all sorts of ways. We can look at interesting things online, talk to people, create new ideas, music and media, gather new ideas, and learn how to use tools.

When we use digital technologies and online spaces it’s important that we learn ways to keep ourselves safe, and that we make positive choices in ways we behave when we are online.

At Ashburton Borough School we call this being a ‘digital citizen’ and good digital citizens help to make our school a safe and positive place for everyone.

 
eLearning at ABS

• We use Digital Technology at our school to:
• Provide opportunities for new learning experiences
• Make learning more accessible to students
• Support effective literacy, specifically for underachieving students
• Facilitate better student engagement.
• Support our students as 21st Century Learners 

As such, we strive to create and maintain a cybersafety culture which is in keeping with the values of the school, and legislative and professional obligations to our children.  This cybersafe culture is supported by rigorous cybersafety practices, which include Digital Citizenship User Agreements for all school staff and students. These agreements are revisited at the beginning of each year and supported by specific Digital Citizenship lessons each term.