Digital Education Revolution: Difference between revisions

In New South Wales, students were issued with Lenovo laptops no bigger than a sheet of A4 paper. In 2009, the model issued was the [[IdeaPad S series#S10e|IdeaPad S10e]], in 2010, the [[ThinkPad X series#X100e and Mini 10|ThinkPad Mini 10]], in 2011, the [[ThinkPad E series#Edge 11|ThinkPad Edge 11]], in 2012 the [[ThinkPad X series#X130e|ThinkPad X130e]] which was uniquely designed<ref name="TaLe KYL">{{cite web | url=http://www.tale.edu.au/tale/live/global/DERNSW/models.jsp?muid=000000&taleUserId=-445990256&userType=u&username= | title=TaLe-Know your laptop | accessdate=24 March 2011 | author=TaLe | publisher=TaLe | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407185725/http://www.tale.edu.au/tale/live/global/DERNSW/models.jsp?muid=000000&taleUserId=-445990256&userType=u&username= | archive-date=7 April 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2013, the [[ThinkPad X series#X131e Windows and Chromebook|ThinkPad X131e]].<ref name="DER-NSW 2013 Laptop Specifications">{{cite web | url=http://www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/about-us/how-we-operate/national-partnerships-program/program-information/dernsw2013specs.pdf | title=DER-NSW 2013 Laptop Specifications| accessdate=28 June 2014| author=DET NSW | publisher=DET NSW}}</ref> The laptops also came with pre-installed software, such as [[Adobe Creative Suite|Adobe CS5]], [[Adobe LiveCycle]] ES2, [[Microsoft Office 2010]], and [[Microsoft Forefront]].<ref name="TaLe KYL"/> In June 2010 a recall of laptop cases was issued after it was found that there was a flaw in the design of the case when several students reported that their screens had cracks.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/computer-case-recall-as-screens-show-cracks-20100605-xlr0.html | title=Computer case recall as screens show cracks | accessdate=24 March 2011 | author=Gilmore, Heath. Patty, Anne | date=6 June 2010 | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> The New South Wales Department of Education and Training's [[chief information officer]] Stephen Wilson said that the filtering system on the laptops is impervious, and no student will be able to break through the system.<ref name="ZDNET1">{{cite news | url=httphttps://www.zdnet.com.au/article/nsw-to-censor-student-laptops-339292846.htm/ | title=NSW to censor student laptops| accessdateaccess-date=11 April 2011 | author=Tung, Liam | date = 24 October 2008 | publisher=ZDNet}}</ref> "Our internet filtering is unbreakable. We have a huge proxy array that does all the filtering. We've just brought that in-house and the reason we have done that is we want much tighter control over it, every internet site that's known is actually categorised. If it isn't known, it's blocked. If you go to a site, and it's not categorised you can't get to it," said Wilson.<ref name="ZDNET1" />