BYOD= Learning in their Hands

1. BYOD= Learning in their Hands • Teaching Students to Use • Personal Devices for Learning Dawn Nelson Instructional Media & Technology Coordinator ISD 279, Osseo Area Schools Maple Grove, MN nelsond@district279.org Dawnn82@gmail.com

2. BYOD= Learning in their Hands • Inspiring Teachers to Launch Student Learning with Personal Devices Dawn Nelson Instructional Media & Technology Coordinator ISD 279, Osseo Area Schools Maple Grove, MN nelsond@district279.org Dawnn82@gmail.com

3. Important Information • Network - TIES2012Hyatt • Twitter Hash Tag -#TIES2012 • Conference Wiki - http://wiki.ties.k12.mn.us/

4. Outcomes • Follow one school’s path on a BYOD journey • Identify prevailing questions and communications about student devices • Consider benefits and barriers • Embrace the chaos---this world is new and unsettled, ever-changing

5. Share & Discuss Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/alesk/356136498/sizes/l/

6. Innovation isn’t necessarily new technology. Instead it’s a way of thinking, creating, communicating.

7. Instead of ‘I Teach’ It’s About ‘You Learn’

8. What is BYOD? • Wikipedia says: • a concept where people use personally owned devices which are not owned by their employers or schools • Bring relates to bringing the device to the environment where the service is provided. In some cases it is physically limited to a location (wireless, certain rooms), but more often it is time and location independent. • Your refers to the person bringing the device. • Own refers to device ownership of students and teachers. • Devices include smartphones, tablets, ereaders, laptops, etc. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYOD

9. BYOD in School • Students bring devices they (probably) already own • Wireless system provided in the school • Incorporated into learning

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12. ISD 279, Osseo Area Schools • First proposed - Spring, 2009 , Tim Wilson, CTO - Osseo Area Schools • First training - August, 2009, 3 schools, 14 teachers • ‘Seeded’ with 3 devices per classroom - School requested (locking cabinets included) • One school, 2 teachers - started in the spring

13. +++ (Pluses)After First Year • Platform/Device Agnostic • Counteracts ‘Keep Away’ or ‘Gotcha’ • Moving toward authentic learning

14. Year 2 - 2010-2011 • 5 additional schools - 45 teachers • No devices offered • Training more specific but only one day • Still a pilot

15. Year 3 - 2011-2012 • Still on a per teacher basis • 13 elementary schools, 2 junior high schools, 4 senior high schools = 19 out of 25 schools • Osseo Senior High School - first entire open school • No devices, No training • Still a pilot - data is self-reported

16. "My students have their laptop with them at all times and decide when to use it.  They might have different ideas, more open ideas than I do.  I'm not yet sure how to use the laptops, and I welcome the student input." Shelly Drake, 5th Grade Teacher

19. Student Response Systems • Free • Poll Everywhere • Google Forms • Socrative - App for teacher and for students • Licensed • Naiku • eInstruction • SMART

20. Access to Information • Looking up information • Note taking • Texting to share information • Bell work - Kris Campea - 8th grade language arts

21. Video Creation and Editing - Students recorded skits on iPods and edited at home. The videos were downloaded and used for the morning announcements. Photos Photography class - taking photos to edit Photo and Video Projects

22. Take notes Create presentations Google Voice - World Language Students call number teacher selected. Report information Fluency assessment Google Apps

23. Ereaders Reading books during leveled reading Recorded books - leveled reading Apps Classroom novels - shared note-taking Mackin VIA - Apps for iPad and ereaders Read collection ebooks through the web Tumblebooks - web based Individual download service for student devices Ebooks and Readers

24. QR Codes • Book reviews • Links to student-shared work • Information about teachers

25. Authentic Audience for Writing • Blogging and responding to blog posts • Writing for the web • Online collaborative work • Wikis • Student Web Pages

26. Authentic Audience - Social Networking • Teacher and Club FB Pages • Edmodo • Twitter • Sometimes to a worldwide audience

27. Kevin Curwick • 17-year-old high school senior • Saw something he didn’t like • Started something new

30. Huffington Post • Ryan Seacrest • Today Show

31. Other Observations • Security: “This has not been a problem.” • Sharing: Student have quickly shared their devices with each other. • Number: “About 40% of my class has permission to do Copernicus.”

32. What We Require • Administration approval • Communication with parents • Contract with parents at this time is site-based • Don’t require specific signature, just as part of handbook behavior agreement

33. Our Next Steps • Support website • Strengthen our Virtual Library websites for students • Staff Development • User Group meetings starting during the 2012-2013 school year • Data Collection

34. Why It Works • CTO advocacy for student access • Supportive district administration and school board • Wireless access - 100% of our sites • Tech Support • Google Apps for Education

35. What Else Works? • CIPA compliant filtering • No blocking • Teacher engagement • Tech Support not expected • Online behavior awareness, instruction, and support

36. Tech Support? • Not yet • Exploring student tech teams • Understanding with teachers and tech support that they are not required to support devices, but encouraged as they are able • No charging stations

37. Practice Changes • Locked cabinets • Locked classrooms • Add pieces about respect of time and place to handbooks. • Remind students about the importance of protecting their data

38. Answering Concerns

39. Wireless Capacity • Robust System • Public network • Register the devices?

40. Students Behaving Badly • Behavior issues, not technology • Student Engagement in learning • Teacher must remain active • Digital Citizenship • Revise AUP • Define it in your behavior agreement • Reinforce consistently Weaver Lake PLP- http://weaverlakeplp.wikispaces.com/5.+What+We%27ve+Learned

41. Digital Divide • Pew Survey • 77 % - ages 12 to 17 own a cell phone • 31 % - 14 to 17 - smart phone • 62% - incomes under $30,000 • Pew Internet Survey - Digital Differences • 50% of adults with incomes over $30K have cell phones Links to studies on the links and resources page.

42. Digital Divide Low Income Students’ Test Scores Leap 30% With Smartphone Use • http://mashable.com/2012/10/15/wireless-reach-students/

43. Staff Development • Edina - Go Wireless • Williamson (TN) County Schools- • Osseo C4 Model of Learning • Department website • PD Playlist

44. Focus on the Tools - Or the Process? • “I’d rather a teacher knows a couple tools and lots of ways to use them, than lots of tools and only a single way to use them. Staff development that is teacher, rather than technologist, led would be a good start.” (Doug Johnson, Blue Skunk Blog, http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2012/8/2/larry-cuban-and-teachers-making-tech-choices.html) • Osseo - Comprehensive Technology Integration

45. Why Move Ahead? • Cost savings • Our customers • Increasingly digital world • For learning

46. Why Move Ahead? • Higher order thinking • Students have the devices • Connect low income students with information http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/09/24/5-mediarich-lesson-ideas-to-encourage-higherorder-thinking.aspx

47. Why Move Ahead? • Higher order thinking • Students have the devices http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/09/24/5-mediarich-lesson-ideas-to-encourage-higherorder-thinking.aspx

48. Mobile Learning BYOD 1:1

49. Mobile Learning BYOD Authentic Learning 1:1

50. Mobile Learning BYOD Authentic Learning Blended and Online Classes Flipped Classroom 1:1 EBooks/ Online Textbooks