Case Studies

"Why did we choose Family Zone? In the first instance, we wanted a product that had a strong focus on pastoral care and digital citizenship. But we also identified a further need: our parents wanted a tool that they could control, too. Some simple searching led me to Family Zone."

Josh Lyon, Head of Business Systems and ICT
Donvale Christian College

“As director of learning technologies, I was aware that the digital climate had changed dramatically since we first instituted our 1:1 program. With the internet so widely accessible on students’ personal devices, we could no longer confidently advise parents that we could manage their internet use at school. We needed a mobile solution to keep them protected.”

Michael Chiera, Director of Learning Technologies and Innovation
Sacred Heart College

"We’re now looking at a change in policy from ‘We highly recommend that you put Mobile Zone on your own device’ to saying ‘It is now College policy that this app needs to be installed on your device before you come to school.'"

Gavin Hirschhausen, Principal
Strathalbyn Christian College

“In our Comet Bay learning community we have 4,500 kids from K-12, and in this community, parent concern over misuse of electronic devices and social media is quite high. So we wanted to try to float an education perspective, a parent safety perspective around kids and social media. At our ICT Conference two years ago, we attended a Family Zone presentation. It clicked.”

Phil Casas, Associate Principal
Comet Bay College

“Kids live their lives online now, so it’s very important to try to guide them - to show them ‘this is the right way to be living your life online.’”

Tony Hoye
Technology Leader, Marist College Bendigo

“After a one-year trial, we’ve just signed on for an additional two-year contract. Why? Because Family Zone is helping us with what we want to achieve here at school - and it’s also helping parents at home. The majority just want to know ‘How can we support our child at home and keep them safe online?’”

Roman Popadynec
Network Administrator, Mel Maria

“We wanted to ensure safe internet access when students are off the school network, at home, or on mobile data.”

Kurt Kennedy
Deputy Principal, Aquinas College