8. Between 2010/11 and 2014/15 there’ll be an estimated
13.4%
decrease in education spending, in real
terms.
Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2011
9. Between 2010 and 2014 there’ll be an estimated
100%
increase in personal computing devices, from 700M to 1.4B!
IDC
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11.
12.
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14.
15. “Getting a school laptop made a
massive difference, mostly with
homework, „cos the teachers
weren‟t that keen on me using it
in lesson. Its not even that good a
laptop, but it had all the school
stuff I needed on it and that‟s
what I needed.”
- Kieran James (LAC)
Editor's Notes
Welcome everyone.
Hand over to Kristian.
Collaboration and exploring an ideaAccess to resourcesCommenting and Reviewing
Bring the world to your classroom
Blur the lines. Make it happen.
Introduce James; come up and see me afterwards with any questions, etc.
Schools don’t have money like they used to in days gone by (obvious!), but yet there is a strong desire to provide 1:1 devices, better hardware, software and services in order to improve teaching and learning.
At the same time, outside the classroom more and more people are getting computing devices; from phones and tablet devices, to PCs, laptops and games consoles. How many people here don’t have a smartphone? Or a tablet device?
Summarise the points on the slide. Schools have no money, pupils and teachers (personally) do. Why ignore the fact that they have phenomenal devices right at their fingertips, but shoved in a bag under the desk?
My 4 tips for supporting an effective BYOD initiative.
My 4 tips for supporting an effective BYOD initiative.
Variety of services and software from big enterprise services like SCCM through to simple cloud services like Skype that can enable the use of these devices as part of the learning process. Rather than fight to prevent their use in school, switch to embracing and extending their user in all areas of school life.
