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Haikus on Google Maps | Expat Educator — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:56:53 +0000

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Sun, 13 May 2012 19:43:48 +0000

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Comment on How are you using your wiki and other Web 2.0 tools? by Nick Sauers

Nick Sauers — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:10:28 +0000

Thanks for the comment Janet. I’m excited to hear that you are evaluating your tech ideas! That seems to be a challenge for many.

Comment on How are you using your wiki and other Web 2.0 tools? by Janet Abercrombie

Janet Abercrombie — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:07:31 +0000

I especially like your questions, “Why are you using the tool?” and “Does it improve student learning?”

We have such little time with students and resources are tight. I’m a fan of exposing teachers to tech ideas, letting teachers pilot tools, and then evaluating the extent to which the tools enhance teaching and learning.

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by From One-to-Many to 1:1 – Handheld Learning for Learning and Teaching « ICT for Teaching & Learning in Falkirk Primary Schools

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:40:36 +0000

[…] BYOD Questions to Consider is an article by Pam Livingston setting out questions which she recommends that schools consider when planning for Bring Your Own Device to incorporate pupil-owned devices in teaching and learning. […]

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingston

Pam Livingston — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:21:57 +0000

Shabbi, thanks so much for adding that link to the conversation. ASB is indeed a highly-respected long-established 1-to-1 location and your going BYOD gives more evidence to the hardware independent “tip” now happening in schools. Looking forward to see you at http://www.laptopinstitute.com and to your participation in the “Practitioner Panel” we’ll be having in one of the sessions.

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Shabbi Luthra

Shabbi Luthra — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:10:02 +0000

ASB is an established 1-to-1 Tablet PC program for ten years and we’re going BYOD next year in all MS/HS grades as well as optional BYOD in grades 4 and 5. We’ve been working towards it for a while. We had to first move most of our software to the cloud so the transition was easy. There’s a lot of excitement and buzz at the school about the move. The tech dept is excited too as management of devices now shifts to owners and they’re workload is reduced and their work is transformed. They can actually now take a summer break!

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingston

Pam Livingston — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:57:02 +0000

Blair, I remember your posting and some of the earlier discussions. I knew about ASB going to BYOL but not that your school was as well. It solves the issue we had when I ran a 1-to-1 schools — students leave/surrender laptop. The parents then would call me right away for the recommended model because once a student is using a digital assistant continually for learning it becomes like a right hand and can’t suddenly be severed just because of graduation or moving to another school.

Thanks for joining the conversation,

Pamela

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Blair Peterson

Blair Peterson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:18:48 +0000

It’s amazing how quickly the paradigm has shifted toward bring your own device. In October 2010 I wrote this post for 1:1 Schools and at the time, BYOL seemed like a foreign concept. http://1to1schools.net/2010/10/going-against-traditional-wisdom/
I still remember that standardization was the key feature of a 1:1 program. Our school is now in our third year of a BYOL environment and we continue to improve the quality of teaching and learning daily. We stopped having the discussion about standardizing devices and have moved forward. It now seems pretty natural. BTW — The American School of Bombay which has had a laptop program for over ten years has decided to move to BYOL for next year. I consider them to be a leader in education for today’s world and this is a landmark decision in my mind. They certainly have the resources to continue to do what they doing. They have decided that this change is best for their students. No turning back now. Thanks, Pam for the post.

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BYOD Questions to Consider | The Tutor.com Blog — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:33:06 +0000

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:20:40 +0000

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WorkingAtTheEdge.org Daily Links 04/10/2012 | Working at the edge — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:30:20 +0000

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Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingston

Pam Livingston — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:06:20 +0000

Steve thanks for the hashtag great to know about this. I will stop by and hope others reading these comments will also

- Pamela

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:55:48 +0000

Great article! You and your readers are welcome to join #BYOTchat on Twitter every Thursday at 9 PM (ET). For more info visit byotchat.com

Thanks!

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingston

Pam Livingston — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:10:14 +0000

JD you bring up a great point — financial support for students who cannot afford BYOD (or BYOT.) Having managed 1-to-1 with financial support, I would suggest a way to not make the financial supported device the same one, so kids don’t notice “oh that’s for the poor kids” (not my thinking at all — just a repeat of what I’d heard.) OR maybe schools thinking this way can buy in bulk several models, offer them to parents who aren’t sure what to purchase at the cost the school paid, and subsidize some of them as well. Stigma is something to always try to avoid.

Thanks for extending the conversation!
– Pamela

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by JD Ferries-Rowe

JD Ferries-Rowe — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:13:53 +0000

Excellent article. will be sure to retweet.

Our school is in year one of BYOT with a voluntary trial while we burn in the system, give teachers a chance to play and work on lessons/curriculum in preparation for 1:1 BYOT next year (with financial support for identified students who cannot bring their own device).

I like the breakdown of infrastructure and classroom issues. We had two years of preparation and conversation before we were ready to make this move.

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingst

Pam Livingst — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:03:10 +0000

Thanks, Adam, for this link. I like how your lead engineer goes more in depth into the technical side of things. This must be addressed for BYOD to work well. Hoping the tech folks will look closely at your link and at the challenges of BYOD along with the advantages to schoolwide seamless learning through the cloud.

It’s great that the comments here have furthered and deepened the information from the original post.

- Pamela

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Adam Heckler

Adam Heckler — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:37:39 +0000

Good article!

I work for a K12 technology outsourcing firm that’s been dealing with a lot of these issue recently (taking schools to GAFE, trying to build up wireless infrastructure, and so on). In fact, our lead engineer wrote a blog post about it not too long ago that’s quite similar to this one. You can read it here if you want: http://bit.ly/xbJ7cb

Thanks!
– Adam

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Pam Livingston

Pam Livingston — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:35:26 +0000

RG yes if the Board has policies against BYOD that will be an obstacle. I wonder when and why they wrote the policies. Was it to prevent cell phones? Were they worried about the integrity of the network? Were they concerned that students would bring in devices that might be stolen? When would be interesting too to see what happened before the policy — it may have been before apps went online. The equity between schools can be a tough one unless you decide to pilot at one location and figure things out when it’s more of a win-win in terms of infrastructure. Good luck and thanks for commenting.

Cary thanks for you comments. The article brings up two areas I didn’t — PD for teachers, and the equity issue. Most definetely factors in success, and things to be addressed. I think you have another great examplar there in Forest Hills, OH — prepare for visitors (grin.) Thanks very much for sharing both links.

It feels now like the next generation of 1-to-1 but without planning and really thinking it out we won’t see success. 1-to-1 can’t be about the device it has to be about education and what happens in the classroom and how having a digital assistant 24/7 enhances teaching and learning.

Comment on BYOD Questions to Consider by Cary Harrod

Cary Harrod — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:59:52 +0000

We’re almost through our second year of our BYOL program and although it’s been an enormous endeavor, I wouldn’t trade it for anything! We are seeing small glimmers of hope for learning spaces that reflect what it really means to learn…where students own the learning…where passions are unleashed. You can learn more by reading this article: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/1105/journal_201105/#/24. We also have a website that is in the process of being re-imagined but feel free to check it out: http://fhsdppl.wetpaint.com. It is my belief that we are all in this together and so, should work alongside each other to make sure we’re successful. Thanks so much, Pam, for the work you do!