Conversations about BYOD and the e-Learning Planning Framework
When chatting with schools recently, the following ideas, trends and aspects of BYOD were discussed. The resources have been sourced from the VLN Groups space (and beyond) and referenced according to the dimensions of the e-Learning Planning Framework.
Leadership:
- Policies/strategies will be reviewed, addressed in line with trialing BYOD process. More thoughts can be found at: Thinking about implementing BYOD
- Opportunities for surveying the wider community - to gauge Internet access at home. More ideas on surveying community: BYOD Survey Development
- BYOD user agreements can be found here: Tawa intermediate - BYOD Contract, BYOD Policies - Back to Basics and BYOD User Agreement
- Opportunities to inform and educate the parent community about the BYOD process can be done through the newsletters - One little box…EG: Did you know type of info about yourselves, school website, class blog traffic or wider technological news - as updates gleaned from current events - with Bit/ly or short links to videos, information.
- More conversations about Keeping parents in the loop are also in the VLN.
Professional Learning:
- Teachers will mostly likely require on-going PLD and a process to critically reflect on their progress through online reflections. This aligns nicely with Appraisal and e-learning goals for 2013 conversations already happening in the VLN groups.
- We touched on how ideal it would be to have all teachers on the 'same page' when they talk to parents about the BYOD trials - to show unity and common understandings of the benefits of this type of e-learning. Presentations such as this one http://prezi.com/wn-yatm5vcp4/wheres-the-value-in-e-learning/ can help teachers come together in their understandings.
- Visiting other schools can also be useful, here are some recommendations: BYOD Schools to Visit.
- If the iPad is the preffered device, then one person's journey in the VLN, where they learned about iPads and then trailed them with their junior class - is coming up LIVE on March 27th.
- For on-going professional learning support, RSS feed the Enabling e-Learning blog post - this is a fortnightly round-up of the e-learning activity across the VLN, which also includes updates on mobile technologies as well as BYOD.
Technologies and Infrastructure:
- The following links can help with the dissemination of how iPads/mobile devices can be managed in a school:
What happens when you set them up?
- Managing large amounts of iPads
- Managing iPads
- Configuring/Setting up large numbers of iPads?
- Setting up…things I wish I knew then…
- iPad infrastructure Setup for Schools
- Individual i tunes accounts vs VPP
How can you have multiple users accessing iTunes accounts?
- So where are schools at with Volume Purchasing?
- Volume Licencing/synching etc
- Apple introduces volume app purchasing program to NZ
What about the infrastructure set up?
What about security and management of the iPads?
File storage?
How are others getting on with their trials?
- iPad Trial as well as iPad trial
- Beginning the iPad journey
What would you load on to them?
Teaching and Learning:
What does good teaching and learning look like in schools?
- iPads in education | An Enabling e-Learning event - Virtual Learning ...
- Snapshot: Enhancing teaching and learning in a Year 2 classroom through the use of iPads
- iPads in the Junior Classroom
- ICTs in English listserve thread about how to integrate iPads into English
- Transformative use of iPads in education - pedagogy examples
- BYOD - how are students and teachers using it in your classrooms?
Beyond the Classroom:
Parents may have issues about safety, equity, management: Equity devices in BYOD schools
Parents may wish to do their own research on the differences between devices EG: iPads in school vs androids, even though you have a preferred device - these can be found here: HowStuffWorks "iPad vs. Android Tablets"
More ideas on presenting to parents, can be found here: BYOD in our Intermediate next year
