The document summarizes the implementation and impact of a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy at Wildern School. It discusses how: 1) 18 students proposed the BYOD policy after surveying over 1,000 students about device ownership and use. They identified learning opportunities across subjects. 2) The BYOD policy allows students to use their own devices for multimedia projects, editing videos, blogging, and using educational apps and websites. This provides authentic audiences and allows choice in outputs. 3) Teachers found BYOD fostered creativity, confidence, and engagement as students became creators and publishers of content. Real-world tools gave learning a "profound" depth.

1. Evaluating the effectiveness
of technology and
demonstrating it’s positive
impact on students learning
(Or what happened with BYOD
at Wildern School)
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2. http://admablog.com/2012/11/28/bring-your-own

3. Father Christmas Survey

4. The Groundwork
• Student driven - 18 students new techs SIG
led the proposal
• Canvassed over 1000 students - ownership
of devices, how used for
school/homework...
• Identified learning opportunities in all
subjects
• Pitched to SLT & Governors
• Devised AUP whilst conducting a trial with

5. http://arcadianabe.blogspot.co.uk

6. What can BYOD look like in the
classroom?
• Multimedia, YouTube, stop frame animation,
filming, editing bespoke movies, Edutube,
school radio, graphic design, photo-editing e.g.
photoshop and digital photography, podcasting,
voxpops, blogging, social networking, website
design, e-books & publishing, WIN, Twitter, web
tools e.g. Padlet, apps, web searches, wiki’s,
journals, go animate, pinterest Skype, sound
recordings, Quizdom, BBC School report,
Animoto, Socrative, Google Apps (inc Gmail,
Google Drive...) e-reg, e-markbook, Flickr, word
clouds; Wordle, Facebook, Tumblr, Foursquare,
Google+, Google hangouts, QR codes, Apps

8. Effects
• Provide a real audience - from Wikipedia, blogs with
comments, YouTube, school radio podcasts, Twitter, school
TV etc…
• Offer a choice of outputs (written, typed, poster,
presentation, video, podcast etc…) the input (thinking,
planning, note-taking, drafting, re-drafting, collaboration
etc…) remains the same and the most important bit
• Real time - news, events and global happenings
• Fostering creativity as students become creators of content
• Promoting self confidence and self esteem

10. Profound
Shallow Deep
John West-Burnham

11. Gaming
•From Bobby:
•As I start the mission it makes me feel like I have butterflies in my stomach, as
the freezing weather and thick snow breezes across my face. All I can hear is
the rustle of the trees hitting themselves.
•From Josh:
•The sniper rifle is held steadily in front of me, as I tread carefully. The snow is
white as a dove and crunches under foot. The sunlight glares into my eyes.
•From Miguel:
•I hear a chopper come from the sky. The snow starts going mad when it lands
on the building. I get on straight away. They get me out of there in the space of
five to ten seconds. The enemy troops end up looking like ants.
•As I look back there is an explosion on the building where I was standing and I
realise how close I was to death.

12. Targeted social networking

13. Get a Tech Bar
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14. Student Leaders

15. The technology you use will
impress no-one.
The experience you create
with it is everything.