SEDA WA vs Keep Sparky Safe

Access the key features of SEDA WA from the palm of your hand with the SEDA WA app, developed in partnership with Digistorm and Schoolbox. Receive instant and important information from your school community, receive real-time alerts and experience seamless collaboration between teachers, parents and students. Key features of the SEDA WA app: Notifications: notifications are synced with Schoolbox to ensure that you receive targeted and important push notifications that matter to you Messages: messages allow parents, teachers and students to communicate personally, in groups or to receive targeted communications from SEDA WA Calendar: the Calendar provides parents, teachers and students a personalised view of what's coming up for the day or in the future. Students can also receive reminders when the due date for their work is approaching Due Work: this module allows students and their parents to know and be reminded when their school work is due News: news provides the school community with the latest information on what's happening at SEDA WA Timetable: the timetable feature pulls information dynamically from Schoolbox so that teachers and students always know where they need to be Settings allows you to manage the frequency and type of notifications that you receive from SEDA WA. Developed by Digistorm - Software for Smarter Schools.

Keep Sparky Safe is an active Augmented Reality (AR) mobile game designed for children 4-12 years old. With Sparky the dog, students learn to identify electrical equipment and when they are unsafe due to damage. The AR allows students to come face to face with dangerous electrical scenarios, without being in any real danger. THE GAME: Move around in the real environment, following Sparky the dog. Observing 3D electrical objects popping up on screen which Sparky goes to investigate. The students can look all around the object then decide is Sparky is safe going near or touching it. Students will earn pawprints and lightning bolts by correctly identifying if the electrical equipment that appears safe or unsafe for Sparky to be around. Equipment will keep appearing until they assign them all correctly. WHAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN: The game teaches students to recognise unsafe situations involving common electrical equipment including: - power poles and lines - transformer or switching cabinets - underground connection pillars (also called green domes) - substations All electrical equipment can be dangerous if damaged. The game also shows the students how to identify whether it's safe or unsafe. A brief game exit quiz will provide a student score for recognising unsafe electrical equipment. FURTHER RESOURCES: Visit westernpower.com.au/sparky for accompanying picture book, video and teaching resources and instructions on how to use the app with your class.