Schools are needing increasing amounts of expensive educational technology at a time when budgets are shrinking. 
Video on msnbc.com: Two years ago, Forsyth County School District outside Atlanta launched a technology program, encouraging students to BYOT – bring your own technology. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports. 
Insights gained at Connecting the Dots - an EDU focused IT semiar. 
Managing BYOD a challenge for IT - The global drift towards allowing employees to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is something of a love-hate relationship. 
"There is a big difference between having a BYOD policy and a BYOD learning environment. The former lays the foundation for a BYOD learning environment but it by no means guarantees it." 
A researcher at Missouri State University is launching a new study aimed at helping schools understand the pros and cons of technology in the classroom. That includes the range of laptops, tablets and phones that students use these days. 
Includes a link to the white paper: Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School: 
I would like to illustrate a number of things regarding BYOD (bring your own devices). I travelled the school in the last two weeks and talked to students about our rights, responsibilities and privileges regarding technology use ... 
This post features a newly-designed presentation for this ‘convention season’ on using student-owned devices in the classroom. I have taken some of the concerns raised by Dr. Gary S. Stager in a blog post responding to an ISTE Learning and Leading debate. This presentation focuses on debunking these perspectives with examples and evidence drawn from my own experiences in using Student Owned Devices in the classroom. 
While 1:1 initiatives blossom across the nation, the BYOT movement seems to be gaining some momentum, especially in progressive minded yet cash-strapped districts who do not see reality in a traditional 1:1 model. Here are 10 advantages to BYOT models: 
One of the benefits of getting older is that you can reflect back on a time when things were done differently... Confessions of a Jesuit School CIO: 1:1 BYOT -- Pulling the Trigger on the next generation of Choice
A #BYOT journey=>Confessions of a Jesuit School CIO: 1:1 BYOT -- Pulling the Trigger on the next genera... 
Fulfilling students’ digital expectations and increasing their participation in classroom activities are just two of the benefits that schools with “bring your own device” programs are reaping. |
An international forum for all schools seeking to make the best use of BYOT.
This blog is provided courtesy of Mal Lee (Australia), Martin Levins (Australia), Chris Hubbard (US), and Terry Freedman (UK). The four us have worked together in researching the ACER Press publication – Bring Your Own Technology – the first concerted international analysis of schools and education authorities facilitating the students’ use of their personal suite of digital technologies in the classroom. 
TIMETexting 1, 2, 3: Schools Test 'Bring Your Own Technology' ProgramsTIMECelly is part of a larger national trend in schools known as “Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT),” in which students are allowed to bring their mobile devices to class. 
Students may now use personal technology devices such as 'smart phones,' iPods iPads and more during some classes. 
Imagine a student sitting on a bus. Maybe a flying bus. (Ok, maybe not - did you know we have pictures of "future" vehicles flying dating back to the 1700's?) But this student is looking at her tablet device. 
To leverage on what students already have and use, to reduce the cost of providing a device for every student, and to create sense of ownership of learning. Opponents of the BYO movement argue that schools might wriggle ... ISTE IT Director Chuck Dinsfriend shares tips for finding success with BYOD programs. Users are taking control, and there's no stopping them from bringing their own network-connected devices to the office. Today, every phone, every e-book reader, every tablet is a gateway to a world of networked computing. BYOD to school - MississaugaPeel Region's 140000 public school students are being encouraged to bring their smartphones, iPads, tablets and laptop computers to class in what the board calls its "21st-century" learning plan. There has been a lot of discussion recently about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in schools. There are two camps forming. Presentation on BYOT @ The Illawarra Grammar School, NSW Australia 
While the fact that not all students have access to the same technology is sometimes used as an excuse for banning students from the ability to use their own devices in school, the reality is that in many cases students from low income families are adding tools like cell phones to their list of necessities. While educators never want to exclude, equal access is not a valid argument against students using their own technology for learning. Instead, this must be managed, just like we manage when we don't have enough textbooks or supplies for each student. 
Do we ban smartphones and devices such as iTouches or iPads in schools? Do we see them as merely providing our students with entertainment? Or do we see them as powerful educational tools and use them to engage ... 
"If you are practicing BYOD at your school, it is important to be familiar with all 4 of the models [of BYOD]" Via Jeremy Angoff |
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