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Implementing Mobile Devices With a Focus on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. As a principal I quickly saw the potential in mobile learning and as a result our school became the first to embrace Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) back in 2010. With any initiative, especially BYOD or 1:1, the focus has to be on learning.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Heck, our education system has become so good at maintaining the status quo and enforcing compliance throughout that we and many others have been brainwashed into thinking any other course of action would be foolish. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) implemented in 2011. We were no different and had succumbed to a fixed mindset.

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The Intersection of Project Share, BYOD, and PBL #SXSWedu

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In 2009 Rockdale focused on new learning goals and worked to get buy-in from leadership and parents. BYOD goal was simple: turn on a device and automatically connect to the network. Alerady had a district-wide wireless system in place. With PBL and BYOD, everything changes! BYOD pbl sxswedu' Subnetting.

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How teachers address cell phones in class

Ask a Tech Teacher

In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours. Schools with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programs find a noticeable percentage of students bring mobile phones as their device. Now, in 2019, that’s dropped to about a third. And why not?

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Critical Steps for Safeguarding Data Privacy

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Of course, there are technical aspects to protecting data, and as many schools have learned during the pandemic, district IT staff need to stay on top of evolving efforts to compromise systems. Based on CoSN’s “ Student Data Privacy: A School System Priority. But that’s just one part of guarding student information.

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In One of Connecticut’s Most Innovative Districts, Belief in Every Student Comes First

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These are the students often forgotten by the educational system, despite promises to serve every child. Laying the groundwork for success Ten years ago, NPS was the second district in the state to implement a “Bring Your Own Device” policy (BYOD), going 1:1 for all students in 2010. O’Neill school desegregation settlement.

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5 Reasons to Address Cyber Security

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EPISD was also selected as one of eight Texas districts to join TEA’s System of Great Schools. Dr. Gary Lilly, Superintendent at Bristol Tennessee City Schools in Tennessee since 2009, has been an educator for 24 years. He began his career with Bristol Tennessee City Schools as a middle school teacher.