The Goldilocks approach to finding a technology funding model that actually works: Ep 17

In this week's OutClassed Podcast, Mike and Blake are joined by Matt Robinson to discuss how to fund your technology and infrastructure plans.

Matt has tried just about every funding model available and despite being in a low socio-economic area has now got a thriving BYOD program where over 95% of students purchase a device...and not one of those nasty cheapest possible price point devices!

This week we dive deep into...

* How Matt's school have approached technology spending and what is working
* How to engage community to own your BYOD (or school purchased) program
* Best practice for budgeting for technology across the school

And more!

To see all the OutClassed episodes go to utb.fyi/outclassed

Chapters

• 1:00 Introducing Matt Robinson and ETCV
• 7:50 In the news. The person who hacked twitter was a 17 year old + the judicial enquiry into large tech companies
• 16:15 How to fund your technology and infrastructure
• 26:35 The funding framework
• 29:20 How Matt is funding BYOD at Lowana College in a low Socio Economic area
• 34:50 How to measure the impact of your technology spend
• 37:05 The funding models Matt has tried in the past and what worked and what didn’t
• 47:22 How Blake’s BYOD program operates at McKinnon
• 54:10 How to find community grants to help fund your program
• 58:20 How to think about budgeting and the tools Matt and Blake use
• 1:07:55 Wins and fails