Technology at the ISE
Kathy Anderson
Educational Technology Coordinator
Speaks English, Spanish, Mandarin, basic Flemish
Technology is something we embed in all of our lessons.
For the primary departments, it starts with some basic skills, which might be as simple as making sure you wash your hands before you pick up a computer after you played in the sand, or properly citing work you have taken from the internet. Through researching, coding, making animation videos, and much more. There are a lot of ways to include technology within our curriculum to enhance learning for our students.
In the secondary department, we use a lot of different technology that intertwines with our curriculum, from VR lessons to collaborations with the TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology) learning about solar panels to drones.
Students can experience through VR headsets all different subjects they are learning in their lessons, from inside of a beating heart to World War II from historical figure’s perspective, for example Anne Frank’s story.
Bring your own device is an initiative at the ISE whereby secondary students can bring a personal device according to required specifications to school to use in the classroom. The school provides access to a filtered Wi-Fi Internet connection and the BYOD wifi network. For Primary students, we have Chromebook trolleys, so the students can access them during their ICT lessons.
In July of 2023, the Dutch government announced a ban on mobile phones from classrooms in order to address the disruption that they pose to learning (Kennisnet). At the ISE, we believe that in order to ensure that our students remain focused on high-quality learning and the positive use of technology, limiting their screen time will better support our students’ academic, socio-, and emotional- wellbeing. Therefore, mobile phones, which we define in this policy as including smartwatches and other smart devices, are not to be used during school hours from 8:45 to 16:00, including breaks and lunch periods.
Our students are part of a digital world. Learning how to be a safe, respectful and responsible users of technology is essential to ensuring our students are able to be positive members of a global society. Digital citizenship lessons are integrated into regular lessons throughout the year to support students in these skills. We also celebrate Safer Internet Day each year to help remind the whole community about the best ways to navigate the internet safely.
At the ISE we use interactive digital whiteboards that allow teachers to interact directly with displays and presentations through touch interfaces and increases engagement of our students and leads to better focus during the lessons.
