This document summarizes a presentation on setting up Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs in schools. The presentation discusses federal initiatives promoting digital learning, defines BYOD, and reviews the pros and cons. It also examines how BYOD affects classroom instruction and policies around student use. The presenter shares details of Sayreville Public Schools' BYOD implementation process, which included updating their technology policy, infrastructure, and instructional approaches to incorporate personal devices.

1. NJAET 2013 Fall Conference
Setting up BYOD in your School
Presented by: Sandra Paul
Director of Technology
Sayreville Public Schools
October 26, 2013

2. Today's Agenda
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Federal initiatives
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What is BYOD?
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Pros and Cons
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Devices
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Affect in the classroom
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BYOD in the classroom
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Policy
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Sayreville Process

3. Federal Communication
Commission (FCC)
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The recently released National Broadband
ACT 2008 made recommendations to the
FCC to improve education in the US by
supporting and promoting online learning
through the expansion of broadband
technology.

5. ConnectEd June 2013

6. ConnectedEd Initiative
The goal of the President’s ConnectED initiative is to bring
high-speed Internet connections to 99 percent of America’s
students – which he is calling on the FCC to do within five
years.
This is not connectivity for connectivity’s sake. It is laying the
foundation for a vision of classrooms where students are
engaged in individualized digital learning and where teachers
can assess progress lesson by lesson and day by day. It’s
about creating learning environments where students can both
succeed and struggle without embarrassment, where barriers
for children with disabilities are removed, and where we can
bring the most modern, innovative, and up-to-date content
into the classroom.

7. Connected generation
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4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday
15,000,000 youth use internet messaging
Twitter - Twitter is now processing 50 million Tweets a day, which
comes to about 1.5 billion Tweets a month. Royal Pingdom recently
reported that Twitter passed one billion Tweets a month last
December and measured about 1.2 billion in January. On a daily
basis, Royal Pindom was measuring 27 million Tweets a day back in
November, 2009. But the latest data comes from Twitter itself.
(2/2010)
Facebook -With over 500 million users, Facebook is now used by 1 in
every 13 people on earth, with over 250 million of them (over 50%)
who log in every day. (2/2010)

9. What is BYOD?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) - a
concept where people use
personally owned devices which are
not owned by their
employers or the school district.
Sometimes referred to as Bring
Your Own Technology (BYOT).

10. Consumerization of IT
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Communication
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Contacts
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Information access
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Pictures
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Scheduling
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Documentation
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Learning Synchronous/Asynchronous

11. Can’t beat them, join them
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Blended learning experiences both
inside and outside of the classroom.
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Ubiquitous Technology/Computing

12. Pros for BYOD (#edchat)
Extends
tech resources already
used in school
Reduces expenditures
Provides 24/7 access
Students control their own
learning

13. Pro for BYOD (#edchat)
Ubiquitous
technology
Student stay on task
Decrease in student theft and
disruptive behavior
Delivery of e-books and etextbooks

14. Cons for BYOD (#edchat)
Equity
among students
Issues with WiFi and network
filters
CyberBullying

15. Cons for BYOD (#edchat)
Applications/Tools
are not
common on all platforms
Student forgets to bring device
to school
PD for teachers on using
BYOD in the classroom.

16. Anytime/Anywhere
365/24/7

17. Devices in the classroom

19. How will you be affected by BYOD?
 Teachable
moments
 No longer the sage on the stage
 Classroom management
 Student code of conduct
 Changes in Instruction
 Changes in Learning

20. Classroom Application
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Class resources
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Students would be able to download all class
materials needed on a chapter-by-chapter basis
 Edmodo
 Teacher web
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Research resources
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Students would be asked throughout the course of a
class period to research questions, information, or
activities (content based or researched based)
 Definitions
 Primary source document searches
 Current events

21. Change in Pedagogy
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Not only does BYOD affect the students, the
teacher can greatly benefit as well
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Leads to a change in pedagogy for the teacher
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It will allow teachers to better instruct their
students in an ever-changing, technologically
advancing environment
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Teacher -> student based lessons

22. BYOD in the classroom
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Blogging
Social Media
Individual Responses
Polling
Collaboration
Scheduling
Multimedia projects
Project-based learning
Geocaching, etc.

23. BYOD in the classroom

24. District Technology Policy
Student
Teacher
District obligation regarding BYOD
• Device responsibility
• Security
• Who is responsible for the data?
Parent

25. Responsible Use Agreement
Device
Filter
Student
Who is responsible?
CIPA and FERPA Guidelines
Online Behavior

26. Sayreville Process
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Technology policy and AUPs
Program in High and Middle Schools
Changes in instructional process
Investigation of hybrid cloud
Infrastructure upgrades
– Switches
– WAPs
– IP Addresses

27. BYOD Schools/Districts
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New Milford High School
Bridgewater Raritan School District
Monroe Township High School
Forsyth County Schools in Georgia
St. Charles Place, New Orleans, La.
Allen Independent School District
Hanover Public Schools

28. Examples of BYOD responsible agreements
 Meigs
Magnet School
 Bridgewater Raritan, NJ
 Logan City School District
 CoSN – examples on website
 ISTE – examples on website
 Hanover Public School
 Wolf
Creek Public Schools
 Allen Independent School District

29. Quick review
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Federal initiatives
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What is BYOD?
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Pros and Cons
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Devices
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Affect in the classroom
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BYOD in the classroom
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Policy
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Sayreville Process

30. Thank You for listening
Contact Information:
Email: sandra.paul@sayrevillek12.net
Twitter: @spaul6414
Website: http://sspaul.blogspot.com
Cell: 908-433-7076
LinkedIn: Sandra Paul

31. Resources
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http://www.proconlists.com/list/education/
byod-in-schools/863
“Bring your own device” catching on in
schools.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/04/29/
bring-your-own-device-catching-on-inschools/