Measuring the impact of technology donations

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Woodridge State High School

Woodridge State High School is located in Logan City LGA, QLD. The school

serves a low socio-economic community, with 75% of its students recorded in the

lowest quartile of socio-educational advantage1. This is reflected in the school’s

ICSEA score of 8842.

Logan is one of the fastest growing LGAs in Australia, and is expected to

accommodate a significant proportion of South East Queensland’s population

growth over the next 20 years. With 70% of Logan City classified as rural, semi-

rural or land for conservation, significant ICT infrastructure will be required to meet

the community’s growing needs3.

Despite Logan City’s need to expand ICT infrastructure in priority greenfield,

residential and industrial development areas, 86% of Woodridge students still

have access to reliable internet at home or their place of study. However, access

to a computer remains a key barrier for students, with 66% indicating that they did

not have access to a computer after school hours. Of students who do have

access to a computer after school hours, 60% of them have to share the device

with another person in their household.

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Survey 1

Respondents

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Laptops

Distributed

Survey 2

Respondents

These trends have led to 86% of the students surveyed claiming that they

frequently, often or occasionally have difficulty completing school work.

After a 9 month period since receiving the laptops, 100% of students indicated

that their laptop supported them in completing my homework and assignments. In

addition, 75% of students indicated they saw an improvement in their grades that

they believe can be attributed to their new laptop.

Specific skills students feel their new computer has helped them develop include

57% in basic operational, 43% in productivity tools.

Previously, 60% of students who had access to a computer after school had to

share the device with someone else. However, only 37% of students are still

sharing their device with someone else in their household, indicating that laptop

donations have supported challenges relating to access.

In addition, students on average rated themselves a 2.8 out of 5 for their

confidence level in the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with

their laptop. Similarly, students rated themselves 3.8 out of 5 in their overall

confidence in using a computer. This indicates that there is further work needed to

be done to support students in their digital ability.

OVERVIEW

1.

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2022, Woodridge State High School, Home | My School

2.

Profile.id, 2021, City of Logan, Home | City of Logan | Community profile (id.com.au)

3.

Logan City Council, 2019, City of Logan Community Infrastructure Strategy 2019 - 2041, Community infrastructure strategy 2019-2041 (logan.qld.gov.au)

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