Since I'm an elementary teacher, I had not heard much about BYOD until this summer in Dr. Minskey's class. At the time that I heard about it, I thought that it was a great idea. Several of my students have iPods and Nintendo D.S.'s and I thought that I could come up with a way for them to bring them in for a technology lesson. However, since students are unable to connect to the Internet, this poses a problem for me. At the elementary level, I'm thinking that students could bring in their own device as a show and tell project and share with the class how they use their device at home. I would love to integrate them into a lesson somehow, but it would be hard at the elementary level where not all kids have access to a device. Also, many parents are unwilling to trust their kids to bring technology in the school because of the risk that they might lose it.
I do believe a BYOD day would be great at the high school level. Today, most all high schoolers have cell phones and many are "Smart" cell phones. So much can be done with these such as voting or answering questions via texting. I'm anxious to see what the future has in store for BYOD and mobile learning!!!
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