Implementing Change discusses bring your own device (BYOD) programs in schools. It provides arguments for and against BYOD as well as details about challenges and strategies for implementation. The document outlines Eric Willard's pyramid for successful BYOD implementation, which emphasizes leadership, funding, technology planning, infrastructure development, and curriculum support. Early reviews of BYOD programs have been positive according to teachers participating, but challenges include network capacity, safety, and access inequities.

1. Implementing Change
By Sharon Shaffer

2. 
 BYOD= Bring Your Own Device
 BYOT= Bring Your Own Technology
 MLD= Mobile Learning Device
BYOD, BYOT AND MLDs

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Why BYOD?

4. 
 “Tablets, netbooks, laptops, multipurpose e-book
readers, and smartphones have become affordable
for an increasing number of families.”
 “Teachers are becoming aware of applications and
teaching strategies that use personal technologies to
increase student engagement.”
 “Districts are recognizing that they may never have
adequate funding to provide a school-owned
computing device to every child.”
Argument For

5. 
 “Too many schools have taken a simple approach
to student owned technologies: Banning them.”
 “As the proverb says, „It‟s easier to steer a camel in
the direction it is already headed.‟”
Johnson, D. (2012). Power Up! On Board with BYOD. Educational Leadership 70
(2), p. 84.
Argument For

6. 
“If something‟s coming, we might
as well invite it in and learn to
manage it.”
Schachter, R. (04/01/2012).Creating a robust and safe BYOD program: Plan to upgrade your district's
infrastructure for increased capacity and security. District Administration (1537-5749), 48 (4), p. 28.
Argument For

7. 
 “Proponents of „bring your own device‟ (BYOD)
programs like them for a lot of reasons: budgets keep
dwindling, students already bring devices to
school, and technology isn‟t getting any cheaper.”
 “People are saying, „It‟s happening in the real world.
Let‟s mirror that in our schools‟”
Anonymous. (2012). BYOD strategies.(SCHOOL C10: Strategies for K-12
Technology Leaders). Technology & learning (1053-6728), 32 (7), p. 34.
Argument For

8. 
“BYOD is inevitable”
 Norris, C. & Soloway, E. (2011). BYOD as the catalyst to transform
classroom culture: From "I teach" to "We learn". District Administration
(1537-5749), 47 (9), p. 114.
Argument For

9. 
 Christopher Harris quotes Neil Postman, “BYOD may be
an economical way to adopt hardware, but there will be
additional cost in network capacity, teacher training and
managing lost, stolen or damaged student property.”
 From Neil Postman‟s essay “Five Things We Need to
Know About Technological Change.
Harris, C. (2012). Going mobile: Key issues to consider for schools
weighing BYOD. School Library Journal (0362-8930), 58 (1), p. 14.
Argument Against

10. 
 “. . . Student technology use is often described as
„disruptive‟”.
 “Teachers may be more concerned about the
„distractive‟ nature.”
Johnson, D. (2012). Power Up! On Board with BYOD. Educational
Leadership (0013-1784), 70 (2), p. 84.
Argument Against

11. 
 “Consultant Gary Stager describes BYOD programs
as „the worst idea of the 21st century‟, predicting that
such plans will institutionalize inequities of access to
technology in schools.”
Johnson, D. (2012). Power Up! On Board with BYOD. Educational
Leadership (0013-1784), 70 (2), p. 84
Argument Against

12. 
 Not all students can afford a device.
 All devices aren‟t created equal.
 It will cost too much to implement.
Argument Against

13. 
St. Marys City Schools, Ohio is in its fourth year of
using MLDs in grades 3-5. They began in the fall of
2008. The first year only six teachers and 130 students
used the BYOD program. This year the program has
expanded across three grade levels and 500 students.
Implementation

14. 
 This district also upgraded its wireless network to
make it robust enough to manage BYOD for grades
6-12. BYOD became policy because the district has
cut $3million from the budget over the last couple of
years and cannot afford to keep up with the
technology. Students bring laptops, tablets and iPods
to use in the classroom
Implementation

15. 
 “The first challenge demands leadership: Since
teachers teach the way they were taught and since
teachers learned via „I teach‟, there will be significant
resistance to moving to „We learn‟.”
 “The move must not be optional.”
Challenges

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Eric Willard, chief technology officer of
Community School District (CUSD) 300 in
Carpentersville, Illinois says,” A few key
steps make the entire process go much more
smoothly.” He has dubbed these steps
“Willard‟s Pyramid”.
Implementation

17. 
Willard‟s Pyramid

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 The foundation of the pyramid is:
 Funding and leadership. These crucial elements are
the base of the pyramid, he says. “Without those in
place, don‟t bother going forward.”
Willard‟s Pyramid

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 Technology planning and support. “Make sure all
stakeholders are involved from the beginning. Figure
out what you have and where you want to go. Build
a team that supports what‟s in place today or you
won‟t get the credibility to continue.”
Willard‟s Pyramid

20. 
 Standards and infrastructure. After the tech
planning, it‟s time to develop a series of
standards, including
hardware, software, instruction, networking, and
infrastructure. “At this point you‟ll know if you need
fiber between buildings, and so on. Then you can
start buying hardware and software.”
 Ullman, E. (2011). BYOD and Security: how do you
protect students from themselves?. Technology &
learning (1053-6728), 31 (8), p. 32-36
Willard‟s Pyramid

21. 
 “. . .teachers will need curriculum to support „We
learn‟, and now there is a dearth of commercially
available „We learn resources‟.”
Challenges

22. 
 Network capacity and safety.
 “„We know that districts are going to have to upgrade
their infrastructures to accommodate much more traffic,‟
observes Karen Cator, director of the Office of
Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of
Education.”
Schachter, R. (04/01/2012).Creating a robust and safe BYOD
program: Plan to upgrade your district's infrastructure for
increased capacity and security. District Administration (1537-
5749), 48 (4), p. 28.
Challenges

23. 
 “Early reviews for the emerging BYOD programs
have been positive.”
 “If you talk to the teachers participating, the vast
majority of them say the BYOD is great, reports Tim
Wilson, chief technology officer, ISD 279—Osseo
Area Schools, Maple Grove, Minn.
Schachter, R. (04/01/2012).Creating a robust and safe BYOD
program: Plan to upgrade your district's infrastructure for
increased capacity and security. District Administration (1537-
5749), 48 (4), p. 28.
Early Reviews