Web 2.0 Resources for BYOT Programs. As my school district prepares to implement BYOT in the 2012-2013 school, I have collected Web 2.0 tools that students and faculty (grades 7-12) could use.
Because of the sheer number of apps for mobile devices, I have not included any apps. 20 BYOT Resources By Category. Whether you call it BYOT or BYOD (technology vs device), it’s clear that as people become more attached to their mobile devices and as mobile devices become more customized and an extension of their owners, more schools and employers are permitting and even encouraging students and employees to bring their own devices to work.
Devices may include laptops, tablets, smartphones and more. As a result, many educators are scrambling to get a handle on the issues surrounding the “bring your own device” trend. Resources abound on this topic, and some are offered below. General Overview, Best Practices. 11 Sample Education BYOT Policies To Help You Create Your Own. We’re putting together some research for some upcoming BYOT policy content, and in the course of doing so found many existing policies enlightening.
For starters, it is clear that some districts were more open-minded entering their BYOT programs than others. Many “policies” (not included below) were really more of a set of rules and consequences for breaking the rules than they were a supporting framework for teachers and students. In the end, every situation is different. There is no single “right way” to implement a BYOT program, so we’ve included 11 widely varying policy styles below, with each authoring school or district named inline. Bowling Green High School “Bring Your Own Technology” (B.Y.O.T.) Responsible Use Guidelines Purpose: Bowling Green High School uses instructional technology as one way of enhancing our mission to teach the skills, knowledge and behaviors students will need as responsible citizens in the global community. Www.ceosyd.catholic.edu.au/About/Documents/form-stu-acc-use.pdf.
Personalizing Learning in High School with BYOT. A Note from Tim: Forsyth County Schools in Georgia is beginning its sixth year in implementing Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT).
In this post, Instructional Technology Specialist at South Forsyth High School, Carla Youmans, shares her experiences of facilitating BYOT in the SFHS Media and Instructional Technology Center. Guest Post by Carla Youmans @cwyoumansInstructional Technology Specialist – South Forsyth High School Many school systems and businesses have started to permit students and employees to use their own computer devices within school or at work. It saves money, allows for a certain level of comfort, and ensures that more individuals have the capabilities of working digitally. Bring your own: how modern-day schools are trying to cope. School BYO tablet policy easy to take. Pads out: Teacher Kate Hughes and her year 4 students at St Leonard's College, Brighton East.
The school has embraced e-learning, using iPads in class with a student code of conduct in place after a six-month trial last year. Rather than taking pens, paper, calculators and textbooks for a measuring exercise around the school oval, students at St Leonard's College in Brighton East are using tablet computers loaded with apps and an e-maths textbook. Using the tablets, students can access instructions from their e-textbook, record and store measurements, and connect to the internet for research. Tablets are becoming more popular in schools, and their portability is extending educational opportunities beyond the classroom. Planning for BYOD. The IKEA Effect of BYOT. Many of us have ordered furniture or other items from IKEA and spent a weekend assembling those products to be proudly displayed as our handiwork.
Earlier this year on National Public Radio, Shankar Vedantam, author of The Hidden Brain, reported a story in Research News entitled “Why You Love That IKEA Table, Even If It’s Crooked.” The basic premise of this research is that when we labor at something that we personally create, we value it more although it may have some imperfections. According to research by Mochon, Norton, and Ariely (2012), 20 BYOT Resources By Category. Donald Clark Plan B: BYOD: 7 reasons to leave them to their own devices. BYOD isn’t a recommendation, it’s a realty.
Everyone’s bought one and everyone uses one and everyone carries it around with them. When we organise a meeting or conference, we don’t send people an email telling them what device to bring, neither do we buy or lease a whole load of computers and hand them out. In our Universities few want to revive those expensive projects where every student was given a laptop or iPad. They bring their own. In business, BYOD is big business. 10 Unique Lesson Ideas for BYOD and BYOT - Getting Smart by Sarah Cargill - bring your own device, bring your own technology, BYOD, BYOT, cell phones for learning, ipads in the classroom, lesson, m-learning, mobile learning, texting in class. Email Share October 18, 2011 - by Sarah Cargill 10 Email Share. Bring your own technology – now.
The use of mobile devices by young people is surging, and schools that continue banning their students from using their own technology inside the school gates will be swamped, according to the authors of a new book on the Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) model in schools. ‘The question is not whether the BYOT wave comes over schools, but how schools can ride that wave,’ says Mal Lee, co-author with Martin Levins of Bring Your Own Technology: The BYOT guide for schools and families , published by the Australian Council for Educational Research. Bring Your Own Technology investigates the global trends, shows what BYOT looks like in a group of pathfinding schools in Australia and beyond, and provides key lessons for all schools, just as the BYOT wave is hitting.
The Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update indicates the scale of that wave. PODs. BYOT101 - A Photo Series. An international forum for all schools seeking to make the best use of BYOT. Considering BYOT / BYOD next year? Get started with this sample policy & answers to FAQs. Research and Publications. Research Alberta Education conducts research into emerging technologies and best practices in classroom technology use.
Its research findings are shared within the department and with school authorities, allowing for better decisions to be made on technology implementation and teaching practices. Recent research projects that Alberta Education was involved in include: Promising Practices in Rural Elementary Education: Alberta Education worked with researchers and four school authorities to examine promising practices in rural schools, focusing on such topics as integration of technology to expand opportunities; inclusion of diverse learners; student, parent and community engagement; and instructional, professional and leadership practices.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Toolbox. Download. BYOT-AUPv2. Educational Technology Center. Ideas for Bringing Your Own Device (BYOD) Even If You Are Poor. EdTechSteve Blog: Our BYOD Policy and Process. Our school is in the midst of piloting BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) with students.
I like the way we've done the pilot- we basically opened it up for students before creating an official policy. By doing this, we were able to see problems or issues come up naturally. Instead of trying to guess and overthink all the potential dangers, we just dove in and dealt with reality. If your school is moving in the BYOD direction, I highly recommend doing it this way. So our process has looked like this: Start school, give students the password to the wireless and allow them to access the network with their devices. BYOD Leadership Implications. Our school has embraced a Bring Your Own Technology/Device approach to enhancing the use of technology for our students and teachers.
For the past two years we have had a soft or "organic" launch to this policy. For this coming fall, we officially launch our BYOD initiative. As we prepare for an anticipated surge in personal devices, there are some important details that needed to be addressed. I'll call them leadership implications. Leadership Implications of a BYOD policy 1. Paradigm Shift - Prototyping BYOD. Apr 14 2012 ASB is a leader in the use of technology to enhance our students’ educational experiences. We believe that by using technology appropriately, students are more highly engaged in their own education, have increased opportunities to develop higher order thinking skills and are better prepared to participate in a world where technological fluency is essential. With the increased availability of sophisticated personal mobile technologies, it is becoming possible to personalize learning for each and every learner. Parentbyodfaqs. Student Policy - NCCS Bring Your Own Device (BYOD / BYOT)
Frequently Asked Questions - NCCS Bring Your Own Device (BYOD / BYOT) This information is also available as a PDF document for easy printing. What is the BYOD program? Bring Your Own Device/Tech. Is BYOD the New One-to-One? School one-to-one programs are hardly new, but they're far from ubiquitous. Still, some of the earliest initiatives are now close to two decades old, offering valuable best practices for those striving to put a computing device in the hands of every student. But the financial realities of recent years, new cultural expectations of "anytime, anywhere" access to information and the rapid expansion of the mobile-device market have helped to set in motion a new revolution in educational technology: "bring your own device. " Project Tomorrow data show that increasing numbers of students across all grade levels already have Internet-enabled mobile devices. BYOT Resources. BYOT Network. Our BYOD Policy and Process. Establishing-safe-responsible-online-behaviours.
Internet Catalogue. ICT User Agreement.pdf. Bring Your Own Device - Questions to Consider. Looking to create a social media or BYOD policy? Look no further. Davis Joint Unified School District: Student Responsible Use of Technology Agreement 2013-14. BYOT%20policy%20may%202012%20for%20website. To BYOD or not to BYOD? « Tim Kitchen's Website. Building an Effective School BYOD Plan. BYO - next wave in the eRevolution. Mal Lee TABLETS are the new textbooks at Manor Lakes College in Wyndham Vale, where each year 6 and 7 student owns an iPad that travels between home and school each day.
The 1500-strong secondary school, on the outskirts of Werribee, is something of a laboratory for innovative learning. If the school has a mantra, it is: embrace technology and face reality. Its students are, after all, digital natives who adapt to changing technologies faster than parents and teachers. Corrie Barclay, the school's eLearning co-ordinator, says the nature of technology means it is constantly changing — and often schools struggle to keep up.