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BYOT Network - 7 views

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    A Note from Tim: Forsyth County Schools in Georgia is in its fifth year of implementing Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT). The first year was spent on developing the infrastructure, and the last four years have focused on piloting the initiative, developing personal and professional capacity, and eventually spreading the practice of encouraging students to learn with their personal technology tools throughout the district.
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Students discuss pros and cons of BYOD initiative at high school | www.lincolnjournalon... - 0 views

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    Students discuss pros and cons of BYOD initiative at high school The Lincoln County "Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)" initiative has been in full swing this year at all three schools in the system. The goal of the program is to teach students how to integrate technology (cell phones, iPhones, iPads, laptops, mobile web cams, digital cameras, Netbooks, Kindles, flip cameras, etc.)
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Why I Ban Laptops in My Classroom | Britannica Blog - 1 views

  • Could you repeat the question
  • most common
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  • while the student glances up from the laptop screen
  • wired its classrooms with Internet hookups
  • schools around the country
  • way of the future
  • no longer processes information in a way that is conducive to the give-and-take of classroom discussion
  • ban laptops for two reasons
  • takes the student out of the classroom
  • Laptops
  • discussion
  • which itself has collective costs for the learning environment as a whole
  • without laptops to distract
  • students
  • students are
  • more engaged
  • are more engaged in class discussion
  • in some settings and for some subjects
  • laptops and the Internet can be useful
  • pedagogical tools
  • too many classroom settings,
  • are little more than an attractive
  • nuisance
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    Does having technology at your fingertips in the classroom lower your performance or is it more of an attractive nuisance?
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    What are your thoughts?
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How Education Technology Leads to Improved Student Achievement - 3 views

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    How Education Technology Leads to Improved Student Achievement
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