BYOTBoost Your Overwhelmed Teachers!

Who We Are

• Mt. Lebanon School District

• Chris Stengel– Technology Director

• Duane Lewis– Online Learning Facilitator– Technology Coach

Who Are You?

10 Things This Session IS NOT

10. Discussion of policy changes to enable BYOT

9.BYOT as a 1-1 technology initiative

8.Technical “How To” on creating a guest wireless network

7.How to create a 27hr work day for teachers

6.How to save money by letting students bring their own devices

5.How to prevent students from doing bad things, playing games, cheating, downloading…

4.A “Flip-the-Classroom” Presentation

3.How to get every teacher on board with change

2.How to create a one size fits all model

1.How to get every teacher to use every tool on every device ever made.

1. Our story of how we implemented BYOT as an enhancement to teaching and learning. By supporting our teachers in their classrooms. We made them the focus of all that we did.

2. An opportunity to provide you with takeaways of how you could use our story to write your own chapter.

2 Things This Session IS!

OUR STORYBoost Your Overwhelmed Teachers!

1. The directive was given: BYOT by Fall

2. We talked to teachers– Had a focus group of teachers sit down and

discuss the opportunities of BYOT

3. Controlled Pilot– Wireless Hot Spots in HS– Cell Phones– 120 Teachers on staff, 40 volunteered

Our Story

4. In-Service Menu Day

– Gary Stager: “PD doesn’t work when it’s outside of the context of the practice”

– Dedicated one day for “BYOT In-Service”

– Modeled: paperless, outside devices

Our Story

4. In-Service Menu Day

– Menu-style: choices mean more likely that the teachers want to be there:• iClassroom, Cracking the QR Code, The

4G Classroom, The 21st Century Classroom, Flip the Classroom, Teacher WebPages using Wikis

– Student-Produced Video “Hype”• http://multimedia.mtlsd.org/Play.asp?390938587075878!4

Our Story

5. Flexshops: After school opportunities to expand on in-service sessions

– One every month– Focus on specific tools

• Polleverywhere.com• Wikis• Voicethread• QR Codes

Our Story

6. Coaching– Classroom Visits– Co-Planning– Co-Teaching– Build strong relationships and they will

embrace BYOT

Our Story

7. Formed the Shared Vision for BYOT:– Not a One-to-One initiative– Not forced on every teacher for every class…

teachers keep all classroom management options– Opportunity to provide a more authentic learning

environment• Gary Stager: “Making simple things easy to do makes

complex things possible.”

– New way to approach the integration of technology in the classroom.

Our Story

8. BYOT Live! (Second Semester)– Turned on the wireless in the HS on January

15, 2012 – Available IP range of 255 devices filled in 90

minutes. (1800 students, 200 staff)– IP range is now 65,000 addresses– Collecting data and observing use in the

classroom (focus groups, surveys)

Our Story

TAKEAWAYSBoost Your Overwhelmed Teachers!

1. Recognize and cultivate the need to have dedicated time set aside for the teachers to form a collective vision.

2. Go get a day! – In-Service, Brown Bags, Alternatives

3. Recruit Teachers – Don’t wait for volunteers– Think outside of your own box

Takeaways

4. Get ready for the “Yeah-Buts”(Different districts will have different answers)

– Teachers don’t want to use technology they have not mastered.

– What if it breaks or someone steals it?

– We don’t have time

– There’s no money

– They are only going to play games and text

– What happens if a student does not have a device? Is there an impact socially/emotionally?

Takeaways

5. Provide resources– http://iclassroom.mtlsd.wikispaces.net – http://2011techmenuday.mtlsd.wikispaces.net– Duane’s cell phone number

6. K.I.S.S. – Don’t overplan and overthink

Takeaways

BYOTBoost Your Overwhelmed Teachers!