We created a student use agreement and had district IT and the Legal department finalize it. We want to have parents and students take ownership of the security and set up of their devices to make sure that they stay up-to-date and ready for school. Liability, insurance and security issues are addressed in this agreement. We voted as a staff and the majority voted to move forward. We are now working to design professional development and convince our parents that this is the best move for our kids. We sent out a survey asking for information from our parents. Our next steps involve informing out parents and then presenting at a PTA meeting. We are going to flip our presentation to PTA by sending out this presentation before the meeting and then demonstrating a lesson at the PTA meeting using devices that parents bring to the meeting. One of the most convincing stories about how BYOD looks in and transforms a classroom comes from my home state of Idaho. CBS showed a documentary entitled TEACH that included a class in Kuna, Idaho that received a grant to convert the classroom to a BYOD and work with KHAN Academy. The teacher was reluctant but as the year went on, she realized that this model transformed her teaching. She was worried about being replaced but found that this teaching style is how teaching should look. Take a look at her story.
9.19.2013
You Might Be a Geeky Teacher if Your Classroom or School is Going BYOD or 1:1
We created a student use agreement and had district IT and the Legal department finalize it. We want to have parents and students take ownership of the security and set up of their devices to make sure that they stay up-to-date and ready for school. Liability, insurance and security issues are addressed in this agreement. We voted as a staff and the majority voted to move forward. We are now working to design professional development and convince our parents that this is the best move for our kids. We sent out a survey asking for information from our parents. Our next steps involve informing out parents and then presenting at a PTA meeting. We are going to flip our presentation to PTA by sending out this presentation before the meeting and then demonstrating a lesson at the PTA meeting using devices that parents bring to the meeting. One of the most convincing stories about how BYOD looks in and transforms a classroom comes from my home state of Idaho. CBS showed a documentary entitled TEACH that included a class in Kuna, Idaho that received a grant to convert the classroom to a BYOD and work with KHAN Academy. The teacher was reluctant but as the year went on, she realized that this model transformed her teaching. She was worried about being replaced but found that this teaching style is how teaching should look. Take a look at her story.
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