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Loganlea State High School
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Loganlea State High School is located in Logan City LGA, QLD. The school
serves a low socio-economic community, and its students face inequitable access
to ICTs. This is highlighted in the school facilitating a ‘bring your own device
program’, however only 70 of its 742 students have a device that they can bring to
school1. This is further reflected in Logan City LGA’s ADII score of 67, which is
below the QLD average of 712.
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Despite Logan City LGA’s need to expand ICT infrastructure in priority greenfield,
residential and industrial development areas, all of Loganlea State High School
laptop recipients 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
95% indicating that they did not have access to a computer after school hours.
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These trends have led to 95% of the students surveyed claiming that they
frequently, often or occasionally have difficulty completing school work.
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Survey 1
Respondents
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Laptops
Distributed
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Survey 2
Respondents
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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, 93% 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
87% in basic operational, 80% in advanced operational.
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Only 13% of students are 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 3.3 out of 5 for their
confidence level in the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with
their laptop. Similarly, students rated themselves 4.3out 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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Brenton Farleigh Principal of Loganlea State High School, 2022, Letter of Thanks
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ADII, 2021, The national picture, The national picture (digitalinclusionindex.org.au)