Te Totara Primary School is embracing modern technology, with every classroom now kitted out with at least four iPads each.
The school marked the introduction of the iPads last term with an "iPad party" where every teacher was presented with their classes' iPads and a $50 iTunes voucher to download apps.
Principal Brian Sheedy said the school studied plenty of international and national data, including information gathered from within the school, to determine what sort of tablet technology would work best. The school's literacy and numeracy teacher leaders researched appropriate apps that would fit with the curriculum.
Many apps were American and, as such, not relevant to New Zealand students.
Having already embraced a range of technology to link learning and teaching, the school wanted to build on that. The school recently upgraded its network so it is now totally wireless.