The document discusses two schools' approaches to implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies. School X took a top-down, rushed approach by quickly setting up BYOD classrooms and expecting teachers to independently integrate the new technology. In contrast, School Y slowly introduced BYOD in one classroom, provided teacher training, and gathered feedback during implementation. The document recommends that schools pursuing BYOD policies improve infrastructure, provide ongoing teacher training, involve all stakeholders, and accept that BYOD requires flexible development and ongoing maintenance similar to other whole-school initiatives.

1. Creating a school policy for
digital technology
Tim Black
EAQUALS, Nice 20.11.15

2. So you want to BYOD?

3. Digital Native

4. We have come a long way

5. BYOD is exciting

6. BYOD is exciting for schools

7. But beware

8. New educational world

9. The Canton
• The Canton wants to be BYOD by up and running by 2018
• They have stated they will not replace the current hardware
• They have been given free Microsoft software: SharePoint, Office 360
Business One Drive with 1 TB of cloud storage
• We have strong budget pressure and education is being forced to cut
costs – panic and fear in the air
• The canton has a fragmented IT policy with schools setting up own
independent platform though the canton has been promoting it own
canton platform

10. The Canton decides
Thanks to the free software we will be moving over to SharePoint
Win-Win!

11. Remember language labs?

12. Are we making the same mistake?

13. School X set up
School X decided to set up a BYOD project (project status get funding)
• Classrooms had new digital projectors and document readers.
• BYOD rooms had blackboards, OHT and flipchart removed.
• School management lead the project with meetings and top down
information
• Teachers worked independently as usual

14. School X students plug in?

15. Control

16. Uniformatiy

17. IT support

18. Students needs

19. School X on hold

20. School Y start up
• No project just one class BYOD
• Three class rooms prepared. Improved Wi-Fi, power and sockets
• Teachers were informed that class Z would be BYOD we could opt out
of being the subject teacher of that class
• Project leader was IT teacher
• Management were participants not leaders
• Enrolled in University BYOD course paid for by school
• Workshops at each stage from installing onwards

21. School Y launch August 2015
• The class Z are aware of BYOD but are told by teacher if they will need
more than a smartphone
• Getting the IT infrastructure and admin set up takes time
• School happy to go slow
• We teachers will be training our fellow subject teachers in the future
and will become first line of support
• School is always listening - Blogs

22. My normal (digital) class
• Connect computer to docking cable
• Check all connections work
• Open digital course book and check it is projecting with sound
• Open Google web site for course book related material
• Open SharePoint for class shared material
• Open school attendance program
• Students can use digital or hardcopy of course book

23. My class using- smartphone
• Phone to do speaking with another student
• QR code scanner to collect information
• Camera to take videos of speaking tasks
• Photo album to call up pictures to talk about related task or to insert
in a writing
• Students video their presentations and (cookery) demonstrations
• E-book for free books.
• Post a review on trip advisor

24. My BYOD – complex tasks
• Project about Multiculturalism input through PowerPoint
presentation and student guided research through multiple texts
• Students choose theme and do own research
• Create academic poster and print
• Present via video of poster
• Next time insert video on poster via Aurasma

25. Lessons to be learnt
• Costs can be higher than expected – spend it on improving power and
Wi-Fi and training
• Get expert help to evaluate hard and software needs
• Approach manufactures for assistance, installation and training
• Have good IT support on the ground and at different levels
• Have a training program for teachers and it should be continuous
• Plan and go slowly and steadily involve teachers and students so
leadership is provided but development is flexible to teacher and
student feedback

26. And…
• Provide and improve teachers’ basic IT training skills
• Do not expect to control the organic nature of the digital world
• Uses publishers of eBooks and educational material to provide
support and training
• Plan to continue to maintain and update the network
• Much like when your school became and EAQUALS school it required
a whole school effort to gain membership and it required a
commitment to continual development. BYOD should plug into that
spirit