BYOD/BYOT Implementation Plan for 11th Grade Language Artsphoto retrieved from: dentonsid.org

Below is the welcome message that can be found on my district’s web page re-garding all BYOD resources.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)… It’s become a buzz phrase in schools across the country. But what does it really mean? How will it affect instruc-tion? And most importantly, as Gwinnett County Public Schools moves in this direction, what do students, parents, and teachers need to know about this topic?We anticipate students will use their own technology more and more as part of the teaching and learning process. Most Gwinnett schools have active BYOD programs, some in select class-rooms and others schoolwide, with more schools adding BYOD access as instructional needs are identified. Students' use of their personal devices is based on specific instructional needs and how students’ devices will support those needs. Using the school's Wi-Fi network for Internet access, students can access online tools and instructional content in a filtered, safe, and secure environment. And students can demonstrate their learn-ing through use of multi-media.BYOD allows students to "power up" their learning and safely expands the walls of our classrooms to increase learning opportunities.

Platform: I received a grant to purchase 16 ChromeBooks for my classroom, so my platform will be Google. This is not only because I personally love Google, but all faculty and students at my school have Google accounts with our school domain. For example, the emails are firstinitial+lastname+studentnumber@millcreekhs.com. This makes com-municating and creating and remembering accounts extremely easy for both teachers and students. We piloted the accounts this past school year, and it was a huge success, so I am confident that this coming school year will go smoothly in regards to Google

since all students are familiar with their accounts by this point. I plan to use Google Classroom and other apps that are included in the program.

Accommodations for students without their own devices: Since I already have 16 ChromeBooks in my classroom, students without devices should be accommodated for. My school also has several laptop carts, so if I need more than 16, I can check-out as many as I need for students who do not have their own device. I will not penalize stu-dents who do not have their own device - if I have no other choice, I will give them an al-ternate assignment so they can demonstrate mastery without the need for a device.

Grouping Students: At the beginning of each school year, I group students in many ways. I try all forms of grouping that I can think of in order to figure out which format works best for the students. I vary the grouping for assignments as well. Some assign-ments are individual, pairs, small groups, and teams; it all depends on the assignment. I typically do not like groups bigger than 3-4 students when technology is involved be-cause students tend to ‘divide and conquer’ rather than collaborating and working to-gether for each aspect of the assignment. To insure equal collaboration and account-ability within the group, I assign a job or responsibility to each group member, which proves successful every time.

Six Apps I will use in my classroom: For research: QR Reader; Thesaurus; DictionaryFor flashcards: Quizlet; StudyBlue; QuiaFor note-taking: Evernote; Wunderlist; Fetchnotes