This page explains individual devices, classroom equipment, and bookable resources as well as personal devices. If you feel that you would like to explore new types of devices at NIST, please contact your digital learning coach or the Director of IT.

General IT Resources

• Our campus is covered by a strong wifi network.
• Connecting to projectors and LED TVs via
  • AirPlay protocol via AirServer software or Apple TV. Click here for our guide on connecting to AirPlay.
  • VGA cable via a MacBook or iPad dongle

Robotics and Coding Resources

NIST has a collection of resources that support robotics and computer programming (coding) or computational thinking. In elementary school these resources can be checked out from Nareeya and in secondary they can be checked out from IT.

Year Level	Equipment (number)	What They Look Like
Ele – EY/Y1	Beebots (10)
Ele – EY/Y1	Code-a-pillar
Ele- Y1	Osmo   5x base kits 3x Maths kits 3x Musical Instruments kits
Ele – Y2-Y6	Spheros (8)
Ele -Y5-Y6 Sec – Y7-13	SAMLabs STEAM kits (3) (2 kits per) SAMLabs Classroom Kit (4) (10 kits per) https://youtu.be/v6BDbopRcRg (“What is SAM Studio?“) https://youtu.be/FigtfQrjuXI (“SAM Studio Settings) https://youtu.be/DgFo8eTK6bE (Teacher Sign up/Sign In) https://youtu.be/m69HqnU8mHY (Rostering Students) https://youtu.be/2LBYz69tnxg (Student Sign Up) https://youtu.be/T6AoYlaV7l4 (Creating Classes) https://youtu.be/fnQcac87rUQ (Importing and Saving Projects) https://youtu.be/L43L2xF6P0E (Students Sharing Projects)
Ele – Y2-Y6	Dashbots (12)
Ele -Y2-Y6	Makey Makey (10)
Ele -Y2-Y6	M Bot (3)
Ele -Y2-Y6	Hummingbird (1 Handbook , 1 Teacher Guide and 3 User Guide)

IT office where items can be borrowed:IT Bookable Devices

• MANY tripods and mobile phone/iPad holders (act as tripods or video recording stands)

  

  

  

  

• 2 DSLRs – Canon 800D with 40mm f2 fixed lenses (great for video)

  

• 2 Directional Microphones – Rode Videomic Pro – Get perfect audio when shooting video.

  

• 5 digital video cameras
• 14 waterproof video cameras – Playsport
• 1 #D Camera – Ricoh Theta S – 360 degree camera and headset

  

• 5 Mobile phones (iPhone 6 Plus) for use with VR

  

• 2 iPod Touch

  

• 4 directional microphones to connect to phones or iPads

  

• VR – Google Cardboards (2 sets of 13) (Note: need to be used with student smartphones (with some apps) OR you can borrow up to six iPhones from IT). Click here to go to our Virtual Reality Guide.

  

• 7 Waterproof cameras – Fuji xp90(Camera,Video clip)

  

• 6 USB Microphones (4 AKG Lyra or 2 Blue Snowball)
  

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• 7 audio recorders (Zoom H2) + 2 audio recorders (Zoom H6)

  

  

• 3 Microphone for iPhone(2xAmpRidge,Rode 1xVideomic Me)

  

• iPad air (16 GB )for temporary use.

  

• DJI OSMO action camera.

  

• Meeting Owl

  

• All faculty are provided with one MacBook Air.
• Students in Years 7-13 have an individual school-provided laptop
• Years 2-6 students have an individual school-provided iPad
• Year 1 classrooms have 13 iPads for student use
• Early Years classrooms have two sets of 10 iPads for student use
• ELE ICT and Years 4 to 6 each have one shared cart of 14 Mac laptops
• LCD Monitor Cleaning
• Portable Computer Loss

Elementary Classroom Devices

Elementary classrooms are equipped with the following:

• Within a year, all classrooms will have a TV on wheels and an Apple TV which allows wireless projection on a nice bright screen. Although it is not interactive, using AirPlay to project an iPad, or using Apple Classroom to display student screens enhances learning and is more flexible.
• Audio is from the TV which simplifies any setup. Homeroom classrooms have a voice distribution system called FrontRow.
• Each Ele class or teacher is provided one iPad (which doubles as a camera, document camera, microphone, writing tablet, and so much more.
• Best Practice with Classroom Audiovisual Guide

Elementary Bookable Devices

The elementary school has an ICT center where items can be borrowed:

• tripods
• video cameras
• Green screen room (ELE: Lab 4, Giga Lab; SEC: Digital Design Lab (CAB))
• Google Cardboard (VR or AR headsets)
• Littlebits
• Robots – Sphero, Hummingbird set, and Dash

Elementary Student Devices

• In elementary school, students in years 2-6 are each issued a school iPad for their use to support their learning (and class sets for EY and Year 1).
• Years 4, 5, and 6 each have a shared MacBook Air laptop cart (14 machines each)

Secondary Classroom Devices

Secondary classrooms are equipped with the following:

• Soon, all classrooms will have a TV on wheels and an Apple TV which allows wireless projection on a nice bright screen. Although it is not interactive, using AirPlay to project an iPad, or using Apple Classroom to display student screens enhances learning and is more flexible.
• Audio is from the TV which simplifies any setup.
• Best Practice with Classroom Audiovisual Guide

Secondary Bookable Devices

Secondary school has IT office where items can be borrowed (See IT bookable devices above).

Secondary Student Devices

In secondary school, students are each issued a school Macbook Air laptop for their use to support their learning. Students use them at school and at home and keep them during the summer. Students are admins of their own machines, so they can install their own software – which is both a blessing and something that needs to be monitored.

• Ricoh printer/copiers are housed in various offices for low volume copying/printing. Multi-function printer/scanner/copiers are located throughout the school.

Personal Devices