A very connected community: How virtual classrooms strengthen real relationships
Auckland based St Cuthbert’s College is a leader in many ways. Its Junior School was one of the first in the country to adopt a 1:1 device policy in 1999. Otherwise known as Bring Your Own Device (or BYOD), the system means all students at the all girls’ school, from Year 3 to Year 13, have a device in class. But when COVID-19 threatened to close schools across the country, it accelerated that innovation further, using Microsoft Teams to take its community ties to a new level. St Cuthbert’s has a long tradition of digital device use, with students using them for everything from ho...