our philosophy | technology

Pittwater House recognises that technology is integral to life - that's why technology is included throughout the school and the curriculum, making every lesson an exciting adventure and engaging students in their learning.

To get the most out of our involvement with technology and to make it an integral part of the educational experience, we have incorporated the e-learning platform, MyHouse. 

MyHouse

MyHouse has fundamentally changed the way we work with our students as well as changing the way they are able to respond to their studies, enhancing the quality of face-to-face and classroom teaching. It creates the opportunity to make education as involving as possible. Students begin with a home page they can personalise and use to access timetables, class work and assignments. In addition to using the portal as an everyday study tool, students can use the technology to create their assignments, embellish them with pictures, video and sound and then publish to share with their class or the whole school.

We understand the important role teachers and parents play in educating children about technology and MyHouse provides them with specialised on-line tools to assist with this. Teachers are able to tailor each lesson to the individual child and access a plethora of new teaching techniques including on-line polls, puzzles, dialogues and discussion boards. Parents have password protected, real time access to enable them to view their child's school activities, assignments and achievements and monitor their child's progress without intruding into their child's personal space.

Our technology strategy is one of continuous improvement. In our fast-paced world, we know that we need to parallel technological advancements so that our pupils stay at the forefront of learning and innovation.