byod: positives, negatives, cases
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Type into google: socrative student login
• https://b.socrative.com/login/student/
• Room: 617809
Positives
• Computer power in class without booking PC lab
• Parents may be able to furnish more up-to-date items than school can afford
• Personalised learning
• Quick learner data
Photo courtesy of Dave Lawler on Flickr …
Negatives
• Distraction
• Pupils harass others
• Requires good wifi
• Study links lifting mobile phone ban with poorer marks for the low-achieving students (Beland & Murphy, 2015)
Tablet v phone
Tablet Phone
Cannot phone parents
Almost everyone has smartphone
More like a book, clipboard, folder
Cheaper than tablet
Can be shared more easily 3G/4G
More like a laptop
BYOD v School-purchased device
BYOD School-purchased
Cheaper for the school
Cheaper for the pupil
Pupil has exactly the item she
wantsNo digital divide
Pupil knows how to use All same platform
Case 2: Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College Twitter for independent learning
• Economics, English, Maths teachers using Twitter
• “I post a lot of articles and links that provide wider reading”
• Twitter links to preparation for class debate
• Students commented that they like:
• Links to videos and graphics illustrating concepts
• Receiving the tweet, with notification on phone, outside of class
Encouraging independent study
• “I post a lot of articles and links that provide wider reading or links that may help with their Personal Statements. For example, I am about to post a link to volunteering opportunities in Leicester. …They are often as a result of a discussion we have had in class.”
• Have you seen evidence, in the students’ Personal Statements, that they have taken heed of the tips and links you’ve shared on Twitter, encouraging their wider reading and development?
• “I certainly have seen evidence in their statements as many students talk about books that I have mentioned on Twitter. There is also the occasional example of a student mentioning some voluntary work and when questioned they have said they found the work via a link I tweeted.”
Conclusion
• BYOD in schools still controversial
• Tablets, iPod Touch have advantage over phones
• Culture
• Foster in students a mindset of using their skills, devices, online communication habits to enhance their own education — become independent lifelong learners
Thank you! [email protected]
• Beland, L.-P. and Murphy, R. (2015) Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction & Performance, London, [online] Available from: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1350.pdf (Accessed 15 June 2015).
• Walker, R. (2013) ‘“‘I don’t think I would be where I am right now”’. Pupil perspectives on using mobile devices for learning’, Research in Learning Technology, [online] Available from: http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/22116/30011 (Accessed 13 September 2013).