surviving a byod implementation

Surviving a BYOD Implementation

Diana BennerDirector of Professional [email protected]@diben

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Poll Question

Which is/are true for you regarding a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

implementation? Select all that apply.

My school/district has already completed a BYOD implementation

My school/district is in the process of a BYOD implementation

My school/district is considering/planning a BYOD implementation

I’m not sure if my school/district is considering a BYOD implementation

I’m very familiar with the BYOD topic.

I’m somewhat familiar with the BYOD topic.

I’m new to the BYOD topic.

1. BYOD deepens the digital divide.

2. Teachers must be in control in order for a BYOD to be successful.

3. BYOD will result in lessons geared toward the weakest device.

4. BYOD will necessitate the standardization of apps and software across all devices.

5. A BYOD implementations takes lots of planning.

Which of the following is/are myths regarding BYOD? Share the number and your reasoning.

Project & Lesson Inventory Best Practices Classroom

ManagementDistrict Policies& Procedures

Infrastructure Professional Development Devices Support

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Advantages & Disadvantages


Advantages1. Learners are more engaged in connected classrooms2. Increased opportunities for introverted students to participate in

discussions3. Cost savings for schools4. Variety of ways for students to produce and present work5. Students more likely to remember their device rather than their pencils6. Offers a way of supplying, displaying and creating ebooks7. BYOD is seen as a privilege, promoting increased respect for educational

process8. Taking away a device is a powerful deterrent/consequence for misbehavior9. Allows for students and teachers to swap roles10.Encourages choice of educational tools/apps11.Provides opportunity to teach responsibility for devices, along with digital

citizenship



Disadvantages1. Increased professional development costs for faculty and staff2. Increased digital divide amongst ‘have’ and ‘have not’ students3. Apps/tools not common to all platforms4. Potential for increased parental concerns over ‘safe use’5. Increase possibility of theft at school6. Potential damage to device7. Unwillingness of teachers to take risks trying BYOD8. Shift from network to user in regards to tech support9. Device seen as status symbol – peer pressure for certain apps10.Greater chances of plagiarism11.Technical infrastructure not capable of meeting influx of wireless

devices

District Policies& Procedures



Rules for tools don’t

make sense.

Rules for behaviors

do.

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Responsible Use Policy• Dynamic• A guide, not a wall• Reflects the community that it

serves and provides for real world uses and collaboration

• Promotes effective, productive, and instructionally sound uses of digital, networked, and abundant information environments

• Provides safe digital environments for learners

• Instills safe practices and habits among the learning community

• Proactive education


Acceptable Use Policy• Static• Provides safe digital

environments for learners by saying “NO” to most ideas

• Ignores the community it serves and prevents real world uses and collaboration

• Stifles innovative uses of technology for teacher and student engagement

• Promotes safe practices through vicarious experiences

• Promotes status quo

Example


Also include in policy:• Clear statement in policy that use of a device on the school

WiFi might mean their device could be subject to search and/or seizure under certain circumstances.

• Clear statement regarding what kinds of resources students will have access to using their own devices under the BYOD policy.

• Clear disclaimers regarding what the school is responsible for and not responsible for.


Example


Create a BYOD Handbook• District-related policies• Procedures related to teachers, parents, and students• Clear statement that use of a BYOD device requires the student's

adherence to the school or district’s acceptable use policy.• Outline the support and repair policies for the equipment• Equity of access - Students without a personal device may be provided

access to an appropriate district-owned digital device for instructional purposes as needed.

• Clear description of the procedures students must follow in order to obtain access with their device

• Provide statements of clear consequences for student failure to follow the school or district’s acceptable use policy and BYOD guidelines


CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act)• Schools establish protection measures that block or filter Internet access to pictures

that are:– obscene; – child pornography; or– harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors).

• Schools are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy addressing:– access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet; – the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and

other forms of direct electronic communications; – unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities

by minors online;– unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information

regarding minors; and,– measures restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them.

• An authorized person may disable the blocking or filtering measure during use by an adult to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes.

• Schools are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor online activities of minors.


CIPA Clarifications & BYOD Issues


• Local school and library authorities must determine what matter is inappropriate for minors

• Specific social networking sites are not automatically considered “harmful to minors” or assumed to fall into one of the categories that schools or libraries must block– The FCC specifically noted that Facebook or MySpace are not

required to be blocked under FCC rules

• Although the FCC rules talk about Internet SafetyPolicies, it doesn’t matter what the name of your actual policy is, as long as it contains the required elements and was approved by your board as an official school policy

Filtering Update for Technologies


• FCC acknowledged that current rules may not address the filtering requirements when personal computers and devices are brought to school

• Based on informal conversations, we believe: – Any school-owned computer/device must be filtered, whether it is used

on campus or off, or used by an adult or student– Any personal-owned computer/device must be filtered if using school

or library Internet access– May not be required: Personal-owned computer/devices that use their

own Internet access• Be careful with this. Just because it’s not required, doesn’t mean

you shouldn’t address it!

• As of now, no exceptions for cellular devices

Filtering Requirements: When & Where


• School-owned devices used at school:– The law is clear that all school/library owned computers need to

be filtered at school– The FCC verbally clarified that computers includes all devices with

Internet access (including portable ones)

• School-owned devices used off-campus:– The current rules do not specifically address this issue. The CIPA

statute says all school owned computers must be filtered and does not distinguish between on campus and off campus use.

– In 2011 the FCC verbally stated that school owned computers used off campus must be filtered

– In late April 2012, FCC stated that issue is still ‘open’ and has not been decided

Filtering & BYOD Initiatives


Advice: Do your absolute best to comply with the spirit of CIPA through policy and practice. If you are filtering all devices the best you can and protecting your students from visual depictions that are obscene, pornographic, or harmful to minors, the FCC should take this into consideration if you are ever audited.

COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)• Applies to the online collection of personal information of children under the

age of 13.• It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and

how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children’s privacy and safety online including restrictions on the marketing to those under 13.

• Applies to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child.

• The regulations include several exceptions that allow operators to collect a child's email address without getting the parent's consent in advance. These exceptions cover many popular online activities for kids, including contests , online newsletters , homework help and electronic postcards .


BYOD & COPPA:http://www.k12blueprint.com/sites/default/files/BYOD-COPPA.pdf

http://www.k12blueprint.com/sites/default/files/BYOD-COPPA.pdf

http://www.k12blueprint.com/sites/default/files/BYOD-COPPA.pdf

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) • Generally requires schools to ask for written consent before disclosing a student's

personally identifiable information to individuals other than his or her parents.• Allows schools to take key steps to maintain school safety.• In an emergency, FERPA permits school officials to disclose without consent

education records, including personally identifiable information from those records, to protect the health or safety of students or other individuals.

• Investigative reports and other records created and maintained by these "law enforcement units" are not considered "education records" subject to FERPA.

• Schools may disclose information from law enforcement unit records to anyone, including outside law enforcement authorities, without parental consent.

• Schools should designate in their FERPA notification law enforcement officials employed by the school as ‘school officials’ with a ‘legitimate educational interest’.

• Images of students captured on security videotapes that are maintained by the school’s law enforcement unit are not considered education records under FERPA.

• FERPA does not prohibit a school official from disclosing information about a student if the information is obtained through the school official's personal knowledge or observation, and not from the student's education records.


Infrastructure

Infrastructure

• Bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth• Check with your provider to see if scalable bandwidth is possible (and

cost)• Segment networks into guest and repositories of services• Be prepared to throttle student and teacher network activity to ensure

support of high-priority activities• Apply for eRATE funds to assist with infrastructure upgrades and

security• Possibly block specific activities at specific times of the day (such as

YouTube, etc.)• No magic formula – you have to monitor• Budget for…and then add some!

Infrastructure

Devices

Devices

• Survey students/parents to get an idea of type/number of devices• Survey teachers to identify their use of specific devices• Only allow devices that can be inspected by admins• Discuss with content departments the integration of devices in

curriculum and lessons• Start collecting device specific resources• Wifi only? Device with data package?• Plan on surge of new devices after summer and Christmas

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ProfessionalDevelopment

Professional Development

• PD will make or break your BYOD implementation• Include students (when possible) in teacher PD• Provide PD in as many methods as possible• PD must be where the learning occurs (campus-based, throughout the

day, modeling/coaching, etc.)• Ongoing and sustained (not a one time

event)• Expectations tied to PD (not a ‘sit and get’)• Locate your trail blazers and have them

pilot your BYOD – the next year they’ll bevital as curriculum developers and trainers

• Budget for…and then add some!

Professional Development

Support

Support

• Support is different than professional development• Support is to bridge the PD sessions• Create clear, user-friendly wiki or Google Site with various supports• Must be well organized, concise, easy to access• Involve teachers and students in creating simple video tutorials (no

longer than 5 minutes!)…possibly during an after-school club• Develop simple way for teachers to request help• Students will figure ‘it’ out• You are doomed if you are expecting teachers to figure ‘it’ out• Ask the teachers what type(s) of support would be most meaningful• Make support information available to parents and students (where

appropriate)

Support

PDSession

PDSession

PDSession

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Classroom Management


• Set up guidelines such as:– Use of a device during the school day is clearly at the discretion of

teachers and staff.– Students are to put the devices away when asked to do so.– Clear instructions to students that using devices during the

instructional day is in support of their educational activities. Personal access for personal reasons is secondary.

• Make clear to students that their use of a device must not disrupt the learning of others.

• Involve the students in the integration of devices in your lessons.• Be open to new ideas and new ways of using the tools that come to

your classroom!


Project & Lesson Inventory


• Does your current curriculum integrate BYOD devices?• Does your current curriculum provide details on how to differentiate

lessons when multiple devices are used?• Start a repository for curriculum departments and teachers to add

their projects, lessons, photos, videos, and success stories (behind firewall?)

• Start simple• Start slowly• Solicit samples from trail blazers and highlight their efforts to integrate

BYOD devices• Refer to this site during PD, faculty meetings, and planning times


Best Practices

Best Practices

Best Practices

• Listen to others (Twitter: @tcea, @CoSN, #BYOD, #edtech, #BYOTchat)• If you cannot attend a conference, see if you can identify BYOD

presenters and follow up with them after the conference to get information

• Visit a BYOD school or district• Clearly define BYOD for your district and WHY you want it• Establish buy-in from teachers/principals• Establish a committee with a diverse set of stakeholders• Plan for roadblocks• Build unity between curriculum and technology folks• Involve your librarians and technology teachers• Involve parents as early as possible• Document your process and progress

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Best Practices

East Central ISD BYOT Initiative: http://bit.ly/ecbyot

One District’s Approach

http://bit.ly/ecbyot



https://sites.google.com/a/ecisd.net/ecisdtech/campus-resources/byot---bring-your-own-technology

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Best Practices

Join the BYOT/BYOD Group

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TCEA Social CommunityHow to Join the Group

1. Go to tcea.org and click on the Login button. Enter your info and log in.

2. Click on the Social Community link in the left menu bar.

3. Click on the Groups menu link and search for BYOD.

4. Click the Join Group link.

How to Join the Group1. Go to tcea.org and click

on the Login button. Enter your info and log in.

2. Click on the Social Community link in the left menu bar.

3. Click on the Groups menu link and search for BYOD.

4. Click the Join Group link.

Investigate

Investigate

1. Go to the BYOD/BYOT

Group

2. Review at least 2

resources

3. Be ready to share with the

group

Investigate

Investigate

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Surviving a BYOD Implementation

5 Areas of Consideration for Developing a BYOD Policy for Your School or Districthttp://the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com/2012/02/5-areas-of-consideration-for-developing.html

6 Questions and 6 Actions to Prepare for Bring Your Own Devicehttp://www.lightspeedsystems.com/pdf/BYOD-Prep-List.pdf

7 Myths about BYOD Debunkedhttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/11/09/7-byod-myths.aspx

7 Questions for Bringing Your Own Device to Schoolhttp://barbarabray.net/2011/07/28/7-questions-for-bringing-your-own-device-to-school/

AT&T Smart Controls – wireless parental controlshttp://www.att.net/smartcontrols-WirelessParentalControls

Booker T. Washington BYOD Brochurehttp://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/schscnts/wash/BYOD%20Brochure%20final.pdf

Bring Your Own Device Prompts School Infrastructure Investmentshttp://www.convergemag.com/classtech/BYOD-Forsyth-Infrastructure.html

BYOD Questions to Consider http://1to1schools.net/2012/04/byod-questions-to-consider/

BYOD Toolboxhttp://www.themobilenative.blogspot.com/2012/01/byod-bring-your-own-device-toolbox.html

Chequamegon School District BYOD sitehttp://infotech.csdk12.net/byod.html

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act

Resources

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus45-how-comply-childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule

Creating a Robust and Safe BYOD Programhttp://www.districtadministration.com/article/creating-robust-and-safe-byod-program

ETEC 510 BYOD Wikihttp://sites.wiki.ubc.ca/etec510/BYOD_-_Bring_Your_Own_Device

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

Forsyth County Schools – Technology & Information Serviceshttp://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=825

Hanover Public School BYOD Sitehttp://byod.hanoverpublic.org/

How the CIO Can Establish a GYOD Usage Policyhttp://www.ciodashboard.com/it-governance/how-the-cio-can-establish-a-byod-usage-policy/

Inside a “Bring Your Own Device” Programhttp://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/10/11/inside-a-bring-your-own-device-program/

Marlboro Township Public Schools – BYOD Pilot Programhttp://www.marlboro.k12.nj.us/district.cfm?subpage=46037

Verizon Parental Controls Centerhttp://parentalcontrolcenter.com/

Warwick School District – BYOD Personal Device FAQhttp://www.warwick.k12.pa.us/website/orgmodule.php?deptid=114&schoolid=0007&mid=1429

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