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Woodridge State High School
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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.
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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.
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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
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These trends have led to 86% of the students surveyed claiming that they
frequently, often or occasionally have difficulty completing school work.
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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.
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Specific skills students feel their new computer has helped them develop include
57% in basic operational, 43% in productivity tools.
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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.
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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
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Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2022, Woodridge State High School, Home | My School
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Profile.id, 2021, City of Logan, Home | City of Logan | Community profile (id.com.au)
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Logan City Council, 2019, City of Logan Community Infrastructure Strategy 2019 - 2041, Community infrastructure strategy 2019-2041 (logan.qld.gov.au)