So why implement a BYOD program?
Computer technology, independent of platform, can:
So why BYOD rather than stationary computer technology?
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“The reality is that web-based tools and resources have changed the landscape of learning. Students now have at their fingertips unlimited access to digital content, resources, experts, databases and communities of interest. By effectively leveraging such resources, school authorities not only have the opportunity to deepen student learning, but they can also develop digital literacy, fluency and citizenship in students that will prepare them for the high tech world in which they will live, learn and work” (Alberta Education, 2012, p. 4). |
Tony Pontes, Director of Education at PDSB explains the launch of their BYOD initiative
Why BYOD?Created by Marc-André Lalande for the RECIT Provincial Service for General Adult Education in Quebec, this animated, narrated video explains, fairly simply, some limitations and benefits of BYOD.
Reach him @mamalande |
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References:
Bring Your Own Device: A Guide for Schools. (2012). Crown in the Right of the Province of Alberta. Retrieved from http://education.alberta.ca/admin/technology/research.aspx
Putnam, R. (2006). CEP 805 Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Technology. Retrieved from http://www.projectlearning.org/numeracy/affordances.html
Stavert, B. (2013) BYOD in Schools Literature Review 2013. State of NSW, Department of Education and Communities. Retrieved from https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/technology/computers/mobile-device/BYOD_2013_Literature_Review.pdf
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Bring Your Own Device: A Guide for Schools. (2012). Crown in the Right of the Province of Alberta. Retrieved from http://education.alberta.ca/admin/technology/research.aspx
Putnam, R. (2006). CEP 805 Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Technology. Retrieved from http://www.projectlearning.org/numeracy/affordances.html
Stavert, B. (2013) BYOD in Schools Literature Review 2013. State of NSW, Department of Education and Communities. Retrieved from https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/technology/computers/mobile-device/BYOD_2013_Literature_Review.pdf
Header image is from http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mobile-intheclassroom.jpg