Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs allow students to use their personal electronic devices like laptops, tablets, and smartphones in classroom settings. Developing a successful BYOD program requires extensive planning around issues like communication, policies, and ongoing evaluation. BYOD programs provide a cost-effective way for schools to integrate technology into learning even with tight budgets, as students can utilize devices they already own. However, some staff and administrators have criticisms that the challenges of BYOD may outweigh the benefits.

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BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE:
Tablets

2. Developing a successful BYOD
program requires extensive
planning, communication, and
ongoing evaluation. Although
each district is unique, with its
own cultures and concerns, a
well-defined framework will go a
long way in helping a school
initiate a BYOD program. (
N.A, 2014)

3.  Today’s education system is evolving to take full advantage of the
potential of mobile technology devices to inspire learning and
create independent, critical thinkers. However, with tight
budgets, many schools are hoping to bring technology into the
classroom without the costly burden of purchasing a device for
each student. One potential solution that is being explored is
BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. This allows students to bring
their personal laptops, tablets, and smart phones from home and
use them for educational applications in the classroom. At a time
when budgets are shrinking, school districts are considering
BYOD programs to integrate cost-effective technology into their
educational programs. It’s a promising idea, especially for schools
that lack sufficient technology budgets. BYOD takes advantage of
the technology that students already own and are familiar with.
However, BYOD programs have been met with some criticism
from staff and administrators who believe the challenges
outweigh the perceived benefits. (MORRISON, 2014)

4. CHARTS
If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of
tomorrow. -John Dewey

5. Today’s students are not the same learners that we were.
These digital natives have grown up surrounded by
computing technology as a natural part of their everyday
lives. They live in a multimedia world, they constantly
connect and collaborate, and they access information that is
live and on-demand through mobile devices.

6. OUR STUDENTS TO BRING IN THEIR OWN DEVICES

7.  MISTY D. BARLAN

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own-device/