BYOD

Combine Our Devices: Reshaping BYOD. I’ve spent a lot of time with the idea of a BYOD learning environment, and I’m influenced greatly by two ideas that seem to be on the opposite ends of the spectrum: Student feedback that consistently supports a bring your own device because they want to select the device that best meets their needsTeacher feedback that consistently supports a bring a standard device because they want a consistent learning experience for all students While both speak to the positives of the other way, their recommendations are fairly consistent: students want choice and teachers want a standard.

And that is why I’ve wrestled with an idea of how to reshape both concepts to create an environment that draws upon the strengths of both while limiting the drawbacks. So this is VERY rough sketch of an idea floating around my head that reshape BYOD into a Combine Our Device (COD) approach. Device One: Digital Learning Resources Device Device Two: Personal Device But… First, this is the point of Device One. ClassLink - Instructional Software. SteveHayes_RB60: #BYOTchat tonight at 9 PM... BYOD Questions to Consider. The buzz in 1-to-1 right now is about BYOD — Bring Your Own Device — and it’s not a fad and it’s not going away.

There’s a con­ver­gence of fac­tors caus­ing it including: Hard­ware is diverse and at price points that are more affordableSchools are hyper bud­get consciousThe “cloud” (pre­vi­ously called The Inter­net, the Web and the Infor­ma­tion Super­high­way) is ideal for core apps which are free or inex­pen­sive with such as Google (although be sure to use GAFE), and ZohoPar­ents are real­iz­ing that a dig­i­tal device is nec­es­sary for learningSchools want to be sure stu­dents pos­sess 21st Cen­tury skills But BYOD upsets apple carts right and left.

But then there are the stu­dents. They grow and develop and move to the next grade level and out the door to col­lege and to life. In order for BYOD to work well there must be a strong part­ner­ship between admin­is­tra­tion, Board mem­bers, teach­ers, tech­nol­ogy, stu­dents, and par­ents. Have you vis­ited a BYOD school or district? BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Toolbox. How would I prepare to teach a BYOD class? I've been thinking and reading about what it would be like to teach a (math) class in a school with a Bring Your Own Device policy.

My answer: "My class will teach the world what they learn with me. Everything will be accessible online and on a mobile device. " Here's what I would set up: 1. A class blog to tell the learning narrative of the class. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Create Instructional Videos iMovie ($5) or vimeo (free) app [laptop equivalents: iMovie, MovieMaker, or jaycut (online alternative, but RIM just bought them out)]