One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives | E... - 0 views
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the district shelved the idea when it became apparent that students preferred using their personal mobile devices and that the cost of buying and refreshing notebooks every three to four years would be prohibitive
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surveyed the 155 eighth-graders participating in the pilot, they learned something interesting: Although students loved the idea of having their own computer to do their homework, 52 percent of them were using their personal computers rather than those issued by the school
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IT department beefed up the wireless network in its two middle schools and the high school and standardized on a set of cloud-based applications
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Google Apps' productivity and collaboration tools, and connect to the Moodle course management system, where they can access reading materials and other course content and participate in discussion forums and live chats.
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To implement BYOD successfully, Gartner Research Director Bill Rust says every school must do the following:
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Professional development also is helping educators learn new teaching techniques that are technology-centric
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Professional development is important. Hanover's educational technology staff holds a training session every Tuesday, Fry says. The district also built a wiki to educate teachers about using technology in the classroom.