Chromebooks
The Chalfonts Community College is committed to providing the best learning experience for our students, preparing them for the wider world outside of school. We strongly believe that this means providing students with access to technology and equipping them with the skills that will benefit them.
We want to provide each and every pupil with their own personalised learning device which they can use at school and at home. We know that for parents, making an investment in technology isn’t always possible. If the technology is available at home, it may not be suitable to bring it into school, in case of issues with security and compatibility.
In order to provide seamless access to technology, we are working with a preferred schools partner edde education.
After relaunching our 1:1 Chromebook Initiative with edde education in September 2024/25, after some updates to funding and ESFA regulation, we will continue to provide our parents and students with the best Digital Learning Tools at accessible prices. You can find below, our Chromebook 1:1Initiative brochure.
A Google School in the Making
At The Chalfonts Community College, we are embarking on our journey to become a Google-recognised institution starting in 2024/25.
We aim to embed pedagogical evidence-based strategies that not only enhance our EdTech offering but also grow the skills and knowledge of all the students and staff who attend our school.
A key resource to help make this drive a reality is our 1:1 Chromebook Initiative. Starting in 2024/25 as staff we will be looking to not only use Digital Technologies and pedagogically sound learning strategies more frequently in the classroom but also aim to ensure that all students who attend our school are taught the skills that they will need to join the modern workforce.
Whether that might be entering a career in programming and development, office administration, entrepreneurship, or trade. We know that no matter what job market you enter, you will be expected to interact with technology for work on some level, and we want to ensure that our students have the best start.
Our goal is not to replace all the amazing things we, as teachers, already do in our classrooms with a 1:1 Chromebook device. Rather, our goal is to ensure that, where we can, we enhance and complement the learning that is already happening in class.
The use of these 1:1 Chromebook devices provides our students with the opportunities to:
- access their work outside of school,
- access tools that help them complete their homework and research or inquiry-based learning tasks,
- reduce their carbon footprint by lessening our paper dependency,
- access enrichment tasks more easily, which teachers can upload directly to Google Classroom,
- access school-provided learning-enhancing tools, such as Read&Write, Bibcitation, and an array of safeguarding extensions linked to their school Google Accounts.
Mr James Gaunt
Leader for Digital Learning