"There is a new acronym that is rapidly becoming embedded in the public narrative about technology and learning: BYOD. It stands for Bring Your Own Device. It opens up an area of inquiry that can be summarized in the following questions: How should communities, schools, and teachers address the issue of students wanting to bring their own digital devices to school? What new opportunities and challenges would a pro-BYOD-or an anti-BYOD policy-present? How do educators manage a BYOD world?"
"One of the questions that I'm asked all the time as an advocate for both professional learning communities and teaching with technology is, "How can digital tools be used to support the learning of singletons in our schools?"
The answer is that there are two steps in any effort to develop electronic learning teams.
First, many singletons need help simply finding peers who teach similar content areas and grade levels. Tackling that challenge can start with Twitter."