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Jerry Blumengarten sur Twitter : "My #BYOD page #ozengchat... Internet Catalogue. The BYOT – BYOD Difference | BYOT? Bring it on. Mal Lee It is daily becoming more apparent that there is a greater difference between the terms BYOT and BYOD than originally observed, with the term BYOD – bring your own device – being increasingly used to describe a model of student technology usage in those schools that see the need to take a stepped approach to the inevitable adoption of BYOT. It is not simply a semantic difference but an indication of schools and often education authorities readiness to immediately accept the key educational principles underpinning what some call the more pure BYOT. One of the growing challenges in researching and writing on the use of technology in schools normalising the use of the digital in their everyday teaching is that they are evolving at pace and what might have been apt six months ago is now dated.

That challenge is made that much greater when writing a print book. The publication timeline – vital though it is – does sometimes mean material is dated even before the book is published. #BYOTchat Unplugs for Valentine’s Day. Sometimes, unplugging is good for the soul – and for the spouse! #BYOTchat will not have an official chat tonight, but feel free to tweet with the #BYOTchat hashtag. We are very excited about our upcoming chats! February 21 – Jenny Grabiec @techgirljenny (www.techgirljenny.com) to lead the discussion on “Parents and BYOT”.February 28 – Tony Vincent @TonyVincent ( to lead the discussion on Project-Based LearningMarch 14 – Ron McCallister @rondmac ( Leadership for BYOTMarch 21 – Special high school student-led #BYOTchat with selected students from across the United States serving as guest moderators.

Happy Valentine’s Day, and we’ll see you Thursday, February 21. BYOT in Kindergarten – Engaging New Learners. Guest Post by Emily Dunlap @emily_dunlapInstructional Technology Specialist If we are going to use Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) in our schools, why not start with our youngest students? Kindergarteners are digital natives in the truest form because technology has surrounded them since the day they were born. Why should their school experience be any different? If students bring and use their own devices during their first year of school, they will then be the truest form of a digital native – never knowing that there was any other way of learning. Luckily, I am the Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) at a school where most of our teachers and parents agree and are willing to allow students to bring their devices to school to use as instructional tools.

Managing New Tools The teachers sent home our BYOT policy that outlines the responsibilities of the students, parents and teachers when bringing a device to school and must be signed by all three individuals. Like this: Why Your School Should Consider a BYOD Initiative. Schools are working hard to provide their students with technology-enhanced learning, but at the moment they’re falling short. CDW•G’s 2011 21st Century Classroom Report found that 86 percent of students use technology more outside of school than they do in class. A major reason is access. Although many schools provide notebook carts and computer labs, students often have to leave the classroom and go to another part of the school to use a computer or share time with other students.

A “bring your own device” (BYOD) initiative overcomes this access hurdle, much as one-to-one computing programs do, but without the capital costs associated with purchasing the technology or the need to refresh, support and train users. Schools that have embraced BYOD are enjoying other benefits as well: Schools meet students’ “digital expectations.” Schools invested heavily in classroom and mobile learning technologies recognize this demand and are trying to meet it.

Student participation increases. BYOD or BYOT @ School.