Do you wish your school had a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy? Discover how one teacher successfully introduced this system to her school and encouraged teachers and students to engage in the practice in an effective and exciting way.

Concepts

education technology, tablets

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this video as a tool for developing a BYOD action plan for your school
• Share with colleagues or your school's administration to discover their thoughts and other suggestions for introducing a successful policy

Classroom Considerations

• Burke mentions some of her administration's resources for new BYOD teachers, such as Google Docs, Padlet, and Edmodo. Check out the full reviews for these programs, which also include instructional strategies and helpful tips for using the resources, on the Lesson Planet website
• Having trouble getting the video to play smoothly? Clicking the blue HD letters in the lower right corner will play the video at a lower resolution and decrease buffering time

Pros

• The presenter thoroughly summarizes the main strategies her school used in a brief video
• Great ideas for successful implementation

Cons

• None

Common Core

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