Innovation Awards 2017

EVALUATOR COMMENTS
The Linewize product directly addresses digital behaviour to ensure students develop as positive internet citizens aware of the consequences of
their actions online. This product opens up the conversation and makes it relevant to today's learning environments.
Innovation in Education, Training & Development
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LINEWIZE Classwize
n today’s classrooms, having
laptops, iPads and internet
access is generally a given,
with digital learning initiatives
coming as easily to students as
writing with pen and paper.
However, along with freedom
of digital movement for
students, can come distraction,
security issues, and potentially
inappropriate internet use.
In June, Linewize launched
Classwize, a simple teacher
dashboard that looks to combat
these issues.
Through the dashboard
teachers can have complete
visibility and control over internet
and app use in the classroom;
with such abilities as being able
to see which students are online,
control access to websites and
applications on a class-wide or
per student level, and understand
application and website use on a
class and student basis.
The classroom tool can go
even further with teachers able
to reward engaged behaviour,
provide immediate feedback on
undesired behaviour, identify
distracted students and reengage
them with the lesson
goals, and treat open classroom
internet access (including mobile
phones) as a privilege that can be
removed if abused.
The product was developed
by Linewize after seeing a need
for teachers to have better tools
to manage student device and
internet use in the classroom.
The uptake of Linewize services
is evenly spread across all types
of schools – from small primaries
through to two of the largest
secondaries in New Zealand. It
serves 15 percent of the New
Zealand student population
(130,000 students) as well as a
growing number of international
customers.
With Linewize passionate
about making student internet
management easy, Classwize
also provides value by helping
teachers become comfortable
with integrating devices into the
classroom.
With the pace of technology
and a busy workload, it's
challenging for teachers to
continually upskill at the same
pace as their 'digital native'
students. And the gulf in
technological fluency can put
teachers on the back foot and
make them hesitant to embrace
"
Through the Classwize
dashboard teachers can have
complete visibility and control
over internet and application
use in the classroom.
"
new digital learning initiatives.
Classwize helps bridge this gulf
by providing teachers a resource
that informs them as to what
apps student are using. If an app
is unfamiliar, the tool provides a
screenshot and brief description
of the nature of the app or
website.
Also, as a way to engage
students in discussing and
agreeing what they think is
appropriate internet use in the
classroom, teachers can project
the dashboard on the classroom
television creating a sense of
transparency around student
internet use in class.
For schools with Bring Your
Own Device programmes,
Classwize helps parents feel
secure that the device they're
paying for will be used in a
constructive and educationfocused
manner.
And for teachers, Classwize
means more engaged students, a
digitally controllable space, and
a sense of confidence in their
technical abilities.
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