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BYOD Begins With Trust and Respect

A Principal's Reflections

I have written extensively over the past couple of years about our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative at New Milford High School at the Huffington Post and on my own blog. It has been interesting to look back at all my blog posts to see how far we have come with BYOD at NMHS. BYOD mobile learning New Milford High School'

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Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in Districts

edWeb.net

Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. The panelists recommended superintendents provide a clear review of the district data privacy policy and compliance practices with their community early and often.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies. Rather than creating policies and compliance guidelines from scratch, start with what works and adapt it for your school. ClassLink is ideal for 1 to1 and BYOD initiatives.

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5 Areas of Consideration for Developing a BYOD Policy for Your School or District

The 21st Century Principal

While there is some debate about whether a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Policy perpetuates inequities and the technology gap, school districts in times of tightening budgets and limited resources are looking for cost-effective ways to increase student access to technology. Set up general guidelines for BYOD access.

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Exploring the Benefits of Implementing BOYD in Education

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is often used interchangeably with other acronyms such as BYOT (Bring Your own Technology), BYOPC ( Bring your Own PC), BYOP ( Bring Your Own Phone). The essence of BYOD revolves around encouraging and permitting students to bring their own personally-owned electronic gadgets to class.

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Are You Leading with Fear? #BYOD

The Mobile Native

It is up to the school district to set clear and stringent guidelines. Also, having a “responsible use policy” in place is a must. BYOD BYOT Remind101' We must maximize student usage of mobile learning devices to encourage the safe and meaningful use of technology within the classroom setting.

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How to craft useful, student-centered social media policies

eSchool News

The go-to method for guiding this practice is setting up district social media guidelines or policies. There are a bunch of examples to browse, but the big thing to remember is that there’s no perfect, off-the-shelf policy. Next page: What to include in a social media policy. Moving from policy to practice.