Why arent students allowed to bring their own laptops?
a. In order for this program to succeed, it requires specific hardware and software configurations on the students computers. It would be impractical for the school to manage the variety of computers that the students might bring to school, and attempt to keep them up to date, and protected. In addition, the teachers will have a very hard time instructing the students on how to access something when there are no uniform tools to access it. The success of the program depends on hardware/software simplification and unification in order for the teachers and students to focus on their curricular objectives, instead of dealing with technical issues due to incompatibilities and variations. b. Chaminades MIS Department cannot support and repair a tablet that the school does not own; we cannot install school owned software on a personal computer; and we cannot ensure that a personal laptop or tablet would have the features needed in each classroom.
