Recently our Digiwise Panel put on a bake sale to raise awareness about the AI traffic light system,used to identify how AI can be used for school work. If you'd like to know more about our AI guidelines you can…
Netsafe have created an interactive and personalised Digital Guardian Guide to support parents/caregivers and whānau to have 'safe, confident and positive online experiences'. The guide covers a number of important areas including setting boundaries to handling online challenges. You can…
Netsafe are hosting a free webinar for parents & whānau for children/rangatahi aged 12-16. It will take place during Child Safeguarding week. This is an excellent opportunity to learn practical strategies for supporting them to have safer & more positive…
Digiwise is running a campaign in Term 3 to support WSC/NPOW students/ākonga who are currently or have previously faced cyberbullying. We know we can’t do this alone, so we extend this campaign to our families/whānau who we aim to better…
From Term 3 we will be using the Google AI tool Gemini for both teachers/kaiako and students/ākonga. We are introducing Gemini as it is now part of the Google Workspace and designed with teaching and learning in mind. All the…
The Digiwise panel is a student/ākonga group responsible for promoting digital safety and responsibility in online spaces. They also spread the word about the best way for students to use the digital tools we have available at Western Springs College…
The use of AI in education is a focus for many schools currently. At WSCW we have both policy and guidelines for teachers/kaiako and students/ākonga. We have a responsibility to ensure that our students/ākonga are well prepared to use AI…
In April, we were delighted and very grateful to receive 20 laptops from a collaboration between Fonterra and Quadrant. We have an increasing number of families who are unable to purchase laptops for their children and these devices will make a…
With families around NZ experiencing increasing financial hardship - we have an increasing number of families who are unable to purchase laptops for their children. We are raising funds to get these vital learning tools into their hands. As students…
Here at Western Springs College - Ngā Puna o Waiōrea we use devices and digital tools to support our learning and life at school. All new students underwent a digital orientation to help them get started with using their devices…