making byod work
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MAKING BYOD WORKPitfalls and Solutions
Go ahead and open your favorite note taking app. Or get out some paper and pens. Don’t have a favorite app? Search and find one.
GO TO TODAYSMEETHTTPS://TODAYSMEET.COM/MAKINGBYODWORK
• Use this as a space to ask questions or respond to my questions.
WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE?• I am a media specialist with classroom experience• I get to hear from, deal with, and assist many teachers in many subjects
and grades. • I get to manage, update, store, catalog all those “supplemental” devices. • I have heard your frustrations• I am not an expert or guru. Only you know the specific culture and needs
of your class. • I am only here to encourage you and help you make this BYOD thing
work.
WHAT TO DOTake notesInteract with me Interact with peers
TURN AND TALK• Tell a neighbor something about the app you’re using. • Did you learn anything? If so, share it on Todaysmeet.
PEELE VIDEO• Is this realistic? • Is this substantial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7zHdGfN530
DEVICE AGNOSTICISM• Device agnosticism is the capacity of a computing component to work
with various systems without requiring any special adaptations. The term can apply to either hardware or software. In an IT context, agnosticism refers to anything that is designed to be compatible across most common systems.
• http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/device-agnostic-device-agnosticism
• Using apps or activities that are device-dependent will make your day more frustrating.
• Todaysmeet is a good example of device agnosticism. All that is needed is an internet connection. Use it today.
VIDEO• BYOD in the 21st Century• Know what you and/or students are trying to do• 4 types of tasks:
• Administration tasks• Classroom management tasks• Content delivery• Student learning outcomes (student products)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSXyfX8ABhA
SIMPLE BUT HARD (KNOWING HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT
VS ACTUALLY LOSING)
• Apply “teaching craft” tasks to BYOD tasks• Seating charts• Bulletin boards• Work submission procedures• Expectations and consequences• Lesson planning• Classroom management
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION…• Think of your syllabus…get your policies in place. Be sure your policies are “enforceable.” • Visual Cues (traffic light, magnets, stickers, etc.)• Share your vision with parents and teachers. • Experimental and orientation activities. Like a needs assessment of your class. Watch
what the students do, and how parts of the lesson work or fail. • Involve the students in tool sharing. They are good at offering new ways to use devices.
Create a submission policy so you have the ultimate decision and veto power.• Relate device usage to the real world professional uses. What do professionals really do
with these devices? • Be prepared to stop and punt…and be ok with that. Students will appreciate the effort.• Do NOT use devices as a reward. This sends the wrong message about what devices are
for. (don’t assign writing for punishment)
A POUND OF CURE…• Consistently enforce your policies.• BYOD classroom management video - https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIUguTukkU• Another BYOD classroom management video - https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIUguTukkU • Find grants• Do not accept the limitations as inevitable – we are problem solvers. Offer
rewards for solutions• Provide the low cost, old school alternative methods and solutions, but do
not villainize them. Those methods should be comparably efficient and effective…the studnets ultimately must choose to bring and use the devices
SECRET WEAPON• Start them at home
• Give homework that is easier on a device or that is more efficient on a device.
• This assignment does not even have to be all that content-appropriate, but it should mirror the tasks you plan to have them do in class.
SHARING TIME• Share with me or peers via Todaysmeet or on the BYODRemix weebly site
some offenses and plausible consequences. • Draft Technology Mission Statements• Ideas for visual cues• Generate a list of real world professional technology uses you can share
with students. What is the work force doing these days?
Share your “stuff” with me in an innovative way. Use an app you’ve seen this week. Create your own web page or infographic. Write me a letter. Create a cartoon.
Use the “Contact” tab at http://byodremix.weebly.com/