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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. In order to shift from a school with a BYOD policy to a school with a BYOD learning environment, mindset shifts need to occur organizationally:

Food for thought, so maybe the discussion needs to shift from simple information recall to evaluation of information and synthesis of information.

Food for thought, so maybe the discussion needs to shift from simple information recall to evaluation of information and synthesis of information.

" When we shift our thinking from demanding the government provides one-size-fits-some solutions and move it to let's empower families to take ownership of securing tools for their learning, change can happen. "

Have a read , this says a lot about teachers.

Educational Origami is a blog , and a wiki, about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. This is not just about the integration of technology into the classroom, though this is certainly a critical area. It is about shifting the entire paradigm of education. The world is not as simple as saying teachers are digital immigrants and students digital natives. We have to change how we teach, how we assess, what we teach, when we teach it, where we are teaching it, who we are teaching and with what. Its a tall order, but these are exciting times."

"How close are we to this? The post was written in December 2009, and Blake-Plock says he's seeing some of these already beginning to come to fruition."

"How Technology Wires the Learning Brain"- is google making us smarter? The notion of text breaks is intriguing...are we simply feeding in to an addiction or are we making time for connecting and conversing ?