Michelle Olah

ABCs of BYOD for World Languages

ESOL/World Languages

Nov 12, 2013

While you are waiting...• On your personal device (iPad, smart phone,

laptop) Please log on to SCPS Public Wifi

• If you have a smart phone, you can go to your app store (Google Play or Apple App store) and search and download the following apps OR scan your handout with a QR code reader

Apple OR Android

Animoto

Buddy Poke

Socrative (teacher and student)

Tellagami

Group norms

• Put mobile devices away when we aren’t using them

• Respect others level of understanding

• Try and stay with group – ask me for help if needed

• Keep sidebar conversations to a minimum

BYOD

BYOD

Learning Goal

The participant will be able to describe effective strategies and tools to implement a BYOD policy in their world language classroom to help students practice and deepen their knowledge.

Goals

Workshop Objectives Participants will be able to answer the following questions to

inform their decision regarding allowing mobile devices in their world language classrooms

• What are mobile devices and BYOD? (ipads, kindle, tablets, cell phones, smart phones) 

• What are the pros/cons of BYOD in the classroom?

• How can BYOD differentiate instruction, motivate students and increase student use of the target language?

Poll Everywhere

Technology Pre-testTwo ways to participate

1. Use a website to respond

OR2. TEXT your response (you can share a cell phone with your neighbor if needed)

To respond using website:

• Go to: PollEv.com/scpsworldlang

• Answer the posted question

TO RESPOND USING TEXTING:

๏ Open your texting window (like you are going to text a friend)

๏ The number you are going to text is: 37607

๏ In your message box you will type the number that corresponds with your desired response.

๏ It will look something like this:

Polleverywhere

www.pollev.com/scpsworldlang

Circle Map

POV: Teacher

POV: Student

POV: Administrator

POV: Parent

Using mobile devices

in education

12

3 4

Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

• With your circle map, stand up

• Put your hand up and walk around the room greeting people in the language you teach

• When the music stops, pair up with the person NEAREST to you and put your hands DOWN

• Discuss your circle map and add to/revise your map as needed

Online Timer

Round Robin

• Each person has 45 seconds to tell the benefits and concerns - no one else talks or responds.

• The Final 45 you can talk and add to your circle map.

• The clock won’t stop! Don’t get distracted

Pros/Cons

As a team choose your 3 As a team choose your 3 top concerns and 3 top top concerns and 3 top benefits and add them to benefits and add them to the padlet at the padlet at http://padlet.com/wall/pe2tfhttp://padlet.com/wall/pe2tftc496 (or scan the QR code tc496 (or scan the QR code on your handout)on your handout)

Reflection:Do your perceived benefits outweigh the concerns?

Can you overcome your concerns?

What will help you make a decision?

Take out your circle map. Pick the most important frame of reference for you to consider –teacher, parent, administrator, student. OUTSIDE of your frame, answer the reflection questions based on that frame of reference.

STEP 1

• Step 1: ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE by incorporating mobile devices into your curriculum. Do you want to…

• Lower anxiety level of students?

• Encourage students to use the target language?

• Individualize student learning?

• Encourage creative expression?

• Make learning available anytime and anyplace?

• Incorporate more authentic resources into your class?

• Promote 21st century technology skills?

The answers will lead you to the right apps.

Rocket timer

STEP 2

Step 2: SURVEY YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT DEVICES THEY HAVE and

how they use themSample: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/55FTCVZ

• Do they have unlimited texting?

• Can they post online?

• Are there limitations on the size of files they can upload?

• With this information, you will have a complete picture of what resources your students can access.

To respond using website:

• Go to: PollEv.com/scpsworldlang

• Answer the posted question (you can respond more than once)

TO RESPOND USING TEXTING:

๏ Open your texting window (like you are going to text a friend)

๏ The number you are going to text is: 37607

๏ In your message box you will type the number that corresponds with your desired response.

Text

STEP 3

Step 3: Develop specific policies and classroom management techniques to manage BYOD

✴Review SCPS AUP and BYOD Policies

JHMS policy

STEP 4 & 5

Step 4: Communicate your plan to your students, parents,

administrators.How are you going to get the information out?

Do you need Parent Permission slips?

Invite your administrator to participate/observeSample Parent letter

STEP 5: Implement your planPerhaps start as a “pilot program” with 1 or 2 classes to work out kinks and build

excitement with other classes.

Tools

BYOD friendly tech tools and apps

Choosing the right tools for the right reasons and goals

Which tools should I use?

FIRST, decide what you

want to do…THEN pick the

right tool

Formative Assessments

Formative Assessments

• Use BYOD in formative assessments to inform instruction, identify potential gaps in knowledge or misunderstandings, and encourage student self reflection on what they know.

• Some good tools for this - Poll Everywhere, Socrative, Padlet, and Infuse Learning.

Formative Assessment

Why is BYOD great for Formative assessments?

• Ability to be anonymous

• Data available instantly

• Data more easily able to be tracked 

• Fun and engaging for students

Tools for Formative Assessment:Tool Platform

Socrative

www.socrative.com

Apple, Android, Web

Polleverywhere

www.polleverywhere.com

Web, texting

Infuse Learningwww.infuselearning.com

Web (mobile device friendly)

Padlet

www.padlet.com

Web (mobile device friendly)

Summative Assessment

Summative assessment to evaluate student learning/Tools

to practice and deepen knowledge

• Option #1 Let the STUDENT choose the tool - You concentrate on the educational goals and they can concentrate of the technology.

• Option #2 You choose the tool but make sure it is multi platform, easy to use and you have a backup plan. 

Category/Tool Platform Application

Interactive whiteboard apps -Doceri, Educreations, Screenchomp, Lensoo Create

Doceri, Educreations, Screenchomp (Apple)

Lensoo Create (Android)

Describing content mastery, teacher others

Video/Animoto Android and Apple Creative tool to summarize learning. Good for presentational speaking (if they use videos) or presentational writing.

Podcasting/Audioboo

Android and Apple Extending recording, Can be used for interpersonal dialogues

Buddypoke Android, Apple Fun app that allows students to customize an avatar and give it voice.

Tellagami Android, Apple Talking avatars

Fotobabble Apple, web Students add their voice to a picture

Haiku Deck Apple, soon on web Presentational writing,

Thinglink Apple, web Add video, and text to an image

Let’s Play!!!!

Animoto – Presentational Animoto – Presentational Writing Writing

BuddyPoke – Interpersonal BuddyPoke – Interpersonal SpeakingSpeaking

Thinglink – CultureThinglink – CultureTellagami – Presentational Tellagami – Presentational

SpeakingSpeakingHaiku Deck– Interpretive Haiku Deck– Interpretive

Reading Reading

Tellagami

Presentational Speaking

Demonstrate Interpretive reading

Demonstrate Interpersonal Speaking

ThingLink

Demonstrate understanding of practices, products and perspectives of target

culture

Getting to know you

Presentational Writing

Reflection and Next Steps

Questions and final Reflection