Web 2.0 Tools and BYOD

BYOD is the catch phrase in the 2012 educational technology spheres. This acronym stands for " Bring Your Own Device ", I am pretty sure you might have heard of this new trend because wherever you turn you hear people talking about embracing it.

I read an article yesterday that was really an extension of an ongoing conversation that I have been hearing for some time now. The article was "Mobility and its Impact on Learning" and was written by Ruth Reynard over at the Campus Technology site.

Businesses see benefits in allowing their workforce to use personal devices in the workplace, but is this culture likely to extend to schools? It's the first class of the day at Crown Woods College. 'Miss' is taking a group of sixth formers through some of the core functions of an ICT system.

If you're always on the lookout for new ways to integrate technology into your daily classroom routine, check out these quick and easy-to-use web 2.0 tools for teachers that you can start using today!

As my school district prepares to implement BYOT in the 2012-2013 school, I have collected Web 2.0 tools that students and faculty (grades 7-12) could use. Because of the sheer number of apps for mobile devices, I have not included any apps. Recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Leave a comment with your recommendations!

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When I was teaching science one of the best lessons I learned was about formative assessment. In my first year of teaching I taught the way I was told to teach. Deliver content to my students, assess at the end, remediate if necessary.

Accessibility | May 2013 Digital Edition The Surprising Ways BYOD, Flipped Classrooms, and 1-to-1 Are Being Used in the Special Ed Classroom As schools shift to mobile device usage and new forms of technology-inspired instruction, such as flipping the classroom, special ed is adopting mainstream approaches for its assistive technologies.

"Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought or an event." - Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Educational Consultant, Curriculum Designers, Inc. Web 2.0 tools are online software programs that allow users to do a number of different things.

New survey finds that more middle school students are using mobile devices for homework The concept of BYOD, or "Bring Your Own Device," which permits students to use their mobile devices in school, has been both a popular and controversial topic in recent discussions on 21st century learning.

Educator Studio is a free resource for K-12 classroom educators where you will find articles and lesson plans by teachers like yourself.

Bubbl.us and Mindomo.com are two tools I recently used in my classroom and Examples are below. The mind map can be used in a multitude of ways. I used it for students to compare characters and how they are developed, while in the future I could easily ask students to use it to brainstorm ideas for writing, chart parts of a story, or show connections to fiction and history.

One of the best ways to prepare students to be prepared for the world is to help them use the tools of their world responsibly. Allowing students to bring their own devices is a terrific way to do just that, but even though some schools may have the wireless capacity and infrastructure, the admins / teachers may want to have a policy in place.

One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans?

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is not only about students bringing their own devices to class and using them for educational purposes. It is much more than just a problem of hardware but is rather a question of what "learningware" students need to install and use with their devices.

Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It's time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you! The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now.