08 Oct 2011
The Digital Education Revolution (DER) is due to hit Macksville High School shortly with the roll out of the Year 9 laptops due to commence late November. All Year 9 students will be receiving a laptop with Windows 7, which will remain their own whilst at a DET School and at the end of Year 12 they will be able to take them. Students will be able to take them home and use all the facilities that the laptops have to offer such as the full Adobe suite, Microsoft Office 2007, numerous specialised applications, itunes, Bluetooth and webcam. The High School will be holding a parent information night and will advise the date when confirmed.
The above Year 9 Mathematics students are "test driving" the teacher laptops which are all but identical to the ones they will be receiving.