Bring Your Own Device Hilltop School

Bring Your Own Device Hilltop School

An Intro to BYOD Mobile Devices Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or Mobile Device refers to technology models where students bring a personally owned device to school for the purpose of learning. A personally owned device is any technology brought into school and owned by a student (or students family)

Reality Todays Learners are: - More self-directed - Better equipped to capture information - More reliant on feedback from peers - More inclined to collaborate - More orientated to being their own modes of production

BYOD Is

BYOD Rationale Choice Learners are diverse. Learning styles and preferences vary and we wish to recognise this by allowing learners to choose the device and applications most suitable for them. Anywhere / Anytime Teaching and learning occurs inside and outside the classroom. We want to empower learners to utilise tools for learning no matter where they are.

BYOD Rationale Personalised By having our own devices we can each have the tools, shortcuts, widgets and add-ons that are the most relevant to us. Our desktops and browsers are the way we want them. Preparing for the future Our students will move into BYOD environments at intermediate, college, university, work place. Children need to develop skills for the future

NZ Curriculum Key Competencies Thinking Managing Self Using Language, Symbols and Text Relating to Others Participating and Contributing

Flexible Learning The nature of learning is changing. No longer do we sit in rows and listen to the teacher. We are creating flexible learning environments that facilitate collaborative and individual learning. Digital Fluency We are empowering teachers and students to become digitally fluent and responsible users of technology. BYOD Rationale

BYOD Myth 1 BYOD deepens the digital divide Students who do not have personal technology devices have greater access to school-owned technology tools when students who bring their own devices to school are no longer competing for that access. http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked

BYOD Myth 2 BYOD will result in students engaging in dangerous activities Our students are living in a digital world with ubiquitous access to technology. Without BYOD, at the end of each school day, students leave school and immediately turn on their devices and explore the web, often unsupervised. We need to prepare them for the digital world in which they live. http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked

BYOD Myth 3 BYOD will necessitate the standardisation of apps and software across all devices Students are not the same therefore don t have to use the same tools and do things in the same way. When teachers work with students to understand learning goals, they challenge students with ways to meet them, which enables real learning to take place. http://neal.school.nz/community/news/7-myths-about-byod-debunked

Future Focussed Our children are entering a world that is looking for abilities far different from the traditional. We want them to be able to collect, synthesise and analyse information and then work collaboratively with others to apply that knowledge. They need to learn how to learn and to respond to the constantly changing technologies and social and global changes in the world.

2016 BYOD Mobile Device Journey All year Team 4 classes (six in total) Range of devices brought included: Tablets such as ipads and Android devices ipod Touches School bought class devices

Each student will receive a Gmail account at the beginning of the year The addresses are all the same format John Smith Yr 6 has an email account called johsm18@hilltop.org.nz The passwords are unable to be changed and a copy is kept by the teacher. We encourage these accounts to be shared with parents. You as a parent can ask for this password at anytime.

This account will allow them to access everything that is on the Google platform: classroom Blogger Slides Docs Google Forms Google Sheets Google Drive

Preferred Device Feedback from teachers and children has shown that tablet type devices are the preferred device to support learning.

Minimum Device Requirements Battery Life 5-6 hours to get through a school day without recharging Weight Light enough for your child to carry easily Wireless Access must have wireless access to internet Must be able to save to the device either via hard drive or SD Card/USB device Laptops must have up-to-date anti-virus software No gaming hardware such as PSPs Parents responsibility to make sure device meets minimum requirements

Safety Guidelines Lockable storage cupboards are provided in each classroom - Children need to be responsible for their own devices. Other schools have found children lose their jumpers but never their device. Classroom Culture - Expectations will be set as part of the classroom culture i.e. devices should be kept in school bags before and after school - Classroom treaty includes online School Cyber-safety Agreement - All students follow the school guidelines for cybersafety

Safety Guidelines Hilltop School holds no responsibility for any loss or damage that might occur Parental Responsibilities Parents are responsible for - insurance for their device (check with your insurance provider accordingly) - naming equipment - sending a device that meets minimum requirements Child Responsibility - charging device at home - responsible for device at school