This document outlines an agenda for a meeting to introduce a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trial at a school. The meeting will discuss 21st century learning, what BYOD is and its rationale, address common myths about BYOD, and provide details about a BYOD trial in two classrooms. The trial will allow students to bring their own internet-enabled devices to access online tools and apps for collaborative and self-directed learning. Guidelines are provided around device requirements, internet safety, and parental responsibilities.
2. Agenda of Meeting 7pm-8.30pm
• Welcome / Introductions
• 21st Century Learning
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
– What is BYOD?
– Rationale
– Myths
• Trial in Rooms 5 and 7
– Device Requirements
– Security/Safety Guidelines
– E-Tools
• Question and Answer Time
3. Introducing the
Blended Learning Team
• Juliet Small – Principal
• John Macnaughtan – Room 7 Teacher
• Belinda Williams – Room 5 Teacher
• Richard Tucker – Room 8 Teacher
• Helen Prescott – E-Learning Facilitator
4. Pedagogy
• We are moving toward Self Directed Learning in
the classroom environment
• Individual learners are empowered to take
increasingly more responsibility for their learning
• Students are able to select their choice of learning
tool from within a flexible learning environment to
best meet their learning needs
• We have already seen a shift in the learning from
having class sets of laptops in trolleys, to laptops
within classrooms
5. 21st Century Fluencies
• Learners need to develop 21st century
fluencies
Image from the 21st Century Fluency Project
6. Collaborative
Collaborative
Fluency
Fluency
Solution
Solution
Fluency
Fluency
Creativity
Creativity
Fluency
Fluency
Information
Information
Fluency
Fluency
9. The Big Question
• How can we afford to sustain the level of
technology needed to support this
direction in learning?
• BYOD supports our pedagogical direction
14. BYOD Rationale
• Choice
– Learners are diverse. Learning styles and
preferences vary and we wish to recognise
this by allowing learners to choose the device
and applications most suitable for them.
• Anywhere / Anytime
– Teaching and learning occurs inside and
outside the classroom. We want to empower
learners to utilise tools for learning no matter
where they are.
15. BYOD Rationale
• Personalised
– By having our own devices we can each have
the tools, shortcuts, widgets and add-ons that
are the most relevant to us. Our desktops and
browsers are the way we want them.
• Preparing for the future
– Our students will move into BYOD
environments at intermediate, college,
university, work place.
16. BYOD Rationale
• Flexible Learning
– The nature of learning is changing. No longer
do we sit in rows and listen to the teacher. We
are creating flexible learning environments
that facilitate collaborative and individual
learning.
• Digital Fluency
– We are empowering teachers and students to
become digitally fluent and responsible users
of technology.
17. BYOD Investigations 2012/2013
• Regular meetings with Howick/Pakuranga
Principals to share research, experiences,
policies/ procedures
• Webinars/Online discussions/School visits
• Ulearn ICT Conference/Google Apps
Summit
• Research articles
18. BYOD Myth 1
• BYOD deepens the digital divide
– “Students who do not have personal
technology devices have greater access to
school-owned technology tools when students
who bring their own devices to school are no
longer competing for that access.”
http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked
19. BYOD Myth 2
• BYOD will result in students engaging in
dangerous activities
– Our students are living in a digital world with
ubiquitous access to technology. “Without
BYOD, at the end of each school day,
students leave school and immediately turn
on their devices and explore the web, often
unsupervised”. We need to prepare them for
the digital world in which they live.
http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked
20. BYOD Myth 3
• BYOD will necessitate the standardisation
of apps and software across all devices
– Students are not widgets and don’t have to
use the same tools and do things in the same
way. When teachers work with students to
understand learning goals, they challenge
students with ways to meet them, which
enables real learning to take place.
http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked
21. Trial
• Rooms 5 and 7 for two terms with a
parent/school review in the middle of term 3
• At this stage children can bring one device
(must meet minimum requirements)
• Parents don’t need to buy a device – children
bring what they already have
• Rooms 5 and 7 already have:
– 5 laptops (mix of Apples and PC)
– 1 desktop
– 2 iPads
22. Minimum Device Requirements
• Battery Life – 5-6 hours to get through a school
day without recharging
• Weight – Light enough for your child to carry easily
• Wireless Access – must have wireless access to
internet
• Must be able to save to the device either via hard
drive or SD Card/USB device
• Laptops – must have up-to-date anti-virus
software
• No gaming hardware such as PSPs
• Parents responsibility to make sure device meets
minimum requirements
23. Google Apps/Teacher Dashboard
• Google Apps is an easy-to-use online word processor,
spread sheet and presentation editor
• Enables students to create, store and share
documents instantly and securely, and collaborate
online in real time.
• You can create new documents from scratch or upload
existing documents, spread sheets and presentations
• There’s no software to download, and all your work is
stored safely online and can be accessed from any
computer or student owned device. This will be the
standard web platform with Teacher Dashboard to
24. Cloud Based Applications
• Your child will develop a digital toolkit
whereby they will choose which tool to use
for the particular purpose
• There are a vast amount of free tools online
such as Glogster (online poster), ThingLink
(interactive online photo), Animoto (video
slideshows), Prezi (presentations) etc
25. iPad Apps
• We will provide a list of free apps we have
at school which we would recommend you
download on an iPad.
• Paid apps are entirely optional NOT a
necessity.
26. Tracking Internet Activity
• The school has invested in a WatchGuard
system which tracks all internet activity on
your child’s device
27. Cyber Safety
• Cyber Safety is taught throughout classroom
programmes and is reinforced regularly
• Children have already experienced a “skyped
in” expert from Creative Commons teaching
about copyright issues
28. Safety Guidelines
• Lockable storage cupboards are provided
in each classroom
- Children need to be responsible for their own
devices. Other schools have found children
lose their jumpers but never their ‘device’.
• Classroom Culture
- Expectations will be set as part of the
classroom culture i.e. devices should be kept
in school bags before and after school
- Classroom treaty includes ‘online’
29. Safety Guidelines
• Sunnyhills School holds no responsibility for
any loss or damage that might occur
• Parental Responsibilities
Parents are responsible for
- insurance for their device (check with your
insurance provider accordingly)
- naming equipment
- sending a device that meets minimum
requirements
• Child Responsibility
- charging device at home
- responsible for device at school
30. Safety Guidelines
• How do I keep my child safe going to school?
• We recommend devices are kept in bags out
of sight, just as you would with any
equipment such as sports gear, musical
instruments etc
• Children should be walking to school with an
adult/small groups or the walking school bus.
31. Sharing
• Your child may be involved in collaborative
group work, which could mean, whilst in that
group, your child will be in charge of his/her
device, and with your child’s permission
another child could work on the device with
your child.
• We want to promote a ‘share the screen’
environment
32. Documentation
• Bring Your Own Device agreement
• Minimum device requirements
• iPad Apps
• Device information form
33. Mark Osborne – Core Education
• 2013 Mark Osborne outlines some of the
ways educators can personalise learning.
• As students increasingly bring their own
devices to school, teachers have many
opportunities to guide students to be more
active in their own learning.
• http://www.edtalks.org/video/ten-trends-2013-p
34. Video BYOD in the 21st Century
• This 8-minute Pedagogical Quickie
presents some of the many advantages
and limitations of the BYOD concept for
education
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SSXyfX8ABhA
By Marc-André Lalande
