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Phil Taylor

Shift to the Future: Why BYOT? - 0 views

  • I liken BYOT to BYOP (bring your own pencil).  Imagine if students had to share pencils provided by their school or only had a couple of 40 minute periods per week where they were allowed to use pencils.
Phil Taylor

BYOT: The hidden messages | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs - 0 views

  • BYOT worked so well in each of these cases for four reasons
Phil Taylor

Misconceptions about BYOT « techgirljenny - 0 views

  • Digital Information Literacy. In this digital age with information at our fingertips, students AND adults must learn to evaluate and interpret this information
  • A teacher is not expected to know everyone’s device or operating system. This would be impossible. The students know their device because it is theirs.
  • A skill that students must learn is how to choose the best app/software for the task at hand. It doesn’t mean that every student in the class has to turn in a PowerPoint. They can each publish something different, such as a Glog, VoiceThread or Prezi, while still meeting the objectives or requirements of the projects.
Phil Taylor

Getting Teachers and Parents Comfortable with BYOT | Inside the classroom, outside the ... - 0 views

  • 1. Professional Development (PD) is the most important.
  • 2. Modeling is very important because teachers can see how technology is a tool and that the real ‘meat’ is the content
Phil Taylor

A Principal's Reflections: It is Time For Schools to Seriously Consider BYOT - 0 views

  • many lessons learned from this journey, the most important being that the students have greatly appreciated this shift.
  • When it comes to off task behavior in the classroom, this is most likely the result of a poorly planned lesson or ineffective classroom management techniques.
Phil Taylor

One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives | E... - 0 views

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • To implement BYOD successfully, Gartner Research Director Bill Rust says every school must do the following:
  • Schools that are embracing BYOD are working to ­incorporate technology into their curriculum
  • Professional development also is helping educators learn new teaching techniques that are technology-centric
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  • Early BYOD Adopters Share Lessons Learned
  • 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.
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