BYODBring Your Own Device

What does BYOD look like in your school?•Share your experiences

•We are all at different stages and can learn from each other

BYOD is Trending

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"Students today can't prepare bark to calculate their problems. They depend upon their slates which are more expensive. What will they do when their slate is dropped and it breaks? They will be unable to write!"

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PTA Gazette "Students today depend upon these

expensive fountain pens. They can no longer write with a straight pen and nib (not to mention sharpening their own quills). We parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury to the detriment of learning how to cope in the real business world, which is not so extravagant."

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BYOD Components

•Organization and Setup▫Presenting to Staff, Students and

Community▫Allow staff to ask questions

•Classroom Instruction and Management▫Provide support for teacher to share ideas▫Relate devices to current things they

already monitor in the classroom

Organizing your BYOD Program

BYOD website is coming to FCPSNET – IT SITE

https://sites.google.com/a/fcpsschools.net/fcps-byod-in-the-classroom/

Note: You need to be logged into your FCPS Google account to access this site.

To set up your FCPS google account, please click here

Instructional Use• Ideal enviroments to

introduce devices

• Low key = Low Stress for teachers

• Phone calls, texting, Facebook, etc. will not be supported as “instructional.”

Benefits of ProgramStudent Need Fulfillment•Parents bought computer for student to use

at home/school to accommodate student need.

Project Based Learning•Student ideas are not limited to the

software/hardware FCPS can provideProfessional Development•Being open to devices in the classroom has

allowed teachers to learn from students and embrace new ways for students to showcase their learning

•Teachers are then exploring, researching and sharing ideas with other staff and students

CONQUER THE FEAR

Allow Questions

Allow for Lack of Knowledge

Be available and present

If students bring a device to school, Teachers will not:

•Support, repair, or troubleshoot devices

•Store or watch devices for students

•Require students to load or use particular apps

•Ask students to share their device with another student

Being Open to New Ideas•Students bring many ideas of

how they would like to incorporate their devices to showcase learning

•Devices are organizational tools for many students

Technology changes too rapidly. We cannot ask teachers to learn about devices before allowing students to bring them.

EMBRACE VARIETY

FOCUS ON THE CONTENTNOT THE DEVICE

Support for BYOD Rollout

•Curriculum Development Team developed Google Site for BYOD

•https://sites.google.com/a/fcpsschools.net/fcps-byod-in-the-classroom/

•Resources will assist schools with documents necessary to support staff, students and parents.

“Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.” -Christopher Reeves 

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. -Andre Gide

EMBRACE CHANGE