includs Frequently Asked Questions

1. BYOD Pilot Program
Garrett Middle School

2. What is BYOD?
BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device,
and it means literally that! Students and
Teachers will be allowed to bring their
electronic devices to school and use them
for educational and instructional purposes.
For the purposes of BYOD, “Device”
means a privately owned wireless and/or
portable electronic piece of equipment that
includes laptops, netbooks, tablets/slates,
iPod Touches, cell and smart phones.

3. What are our goals for BYOD?
• Promote higher order
thinking, creativity and
other 21st century skills
• Increase student
engagement
• Promote greater
collaboration (between
teachers/students/paren
ts) using Web 2.0 tools
• Improve student access
to technology/digital
resources
• Integrate technology
seamlessly into the
curriculum
• Increase project
based learning
activities
• Raise achievement
levels in core content
areas
• Model good digital
citizenship

4. When will devices be used?
• For instructional purposes only:
– In participating BYOD classrooms
– In the classroom setting
– Under teacher direction

5. Participating Classrooms
7th Grade:
• Boggess
• Burr
• Mitchell
ESOL:
• Howard
8th Grade:
• Blackwell
• Couch
• Denney
• Dickson
• Hobbs
• Walker
• Wilson

6. BYOD Non-Negotiables
• Posted in the building and classrooms:
– Devices are the responsibility of the student
– Not for calls, social texting, or non-instructional
social media
– Comply with teacher requests to put down
devices or close screens (“device down”)
– Must use CCSD Wi-Fi network at all times
– NOT record audio or video, or take
photographs of students or staff for any reason
whatsoever without express written consent
from the teacher and individuals to be recorded

7. How do students access the
BYOD network?
Settings
Network
Wi-Fi
CCSD BYOD

8. Non-BYOD Times
• Classes not
participating in the
BYOD Pilot
Program
• Lunchtime
• Class Changes
• Substitute Days
• Bathroom breaks
• Riding the bus

9. Facts You Need to Know
• Students are
responsible for the
security and operation
of their own devices
• Students/parents
should record and
keep on file the serial
# of their device
• CCSD is not
financially responsible
for lost/stolen devices
• Technical support
will not be
available at school
• Charging of
devices must take
place at home
• Devices should be
in their locker, or
be carried with
them, at all times

10. Equity
• BYOD is being integrated into our
classrooms to enhance our students’
education.
• Alternatives to using personal
devices may be included in activities
requiring their use. Those
alternatives could include: classroom
desktops, netbook carts, iPad carts,
pencil and paper tasks and group
work

11. What’s Next?
• September 18th - Parent letters distributed in
participating BYOD classrooms
• September 27th - Signed parent letters due to
BYOD teachers
• BYOD sticker placed on cover of agenda to
indicate participating students once signed
parent letters are returned

12. What’s Next?
• BYOD Pilot Program Launch Date – To Be
Determined

13. Frequently Asked Questions
(Parents)
Will I have to purchase a device for my
student?
• No
Whose responsibility is it to ensure the
security of my student’s device ?
• Students are ultimately responsible for
their own device. The school is not
responsible for loss or damage to property.

14. Frequently Asked Questions
(Parents)
Will students need their devices every
day?
• No, students will not need to bring their
devices every day.
How will students know when to bring in a
device?
• Teachers will notify students in advance
if they need to bring them.

15. Frequently Asked Questions
(Parents)
What is the purpose of the BYOD sticker?
• The BYOD sticker indicates parent permission to
use a device in class.
• Students will receive a BYOD sticker once the
signed parent letter is returned to the BYOD
teacher.
• The BYOD sticker must be prominently displayed
on the front cover of the student agenda.
• Students will only be allowed to use their devices
if they have their BYOD sticker displayed in class.
No BYOD sticker = No BYOD

16. Frequently Asked Questions
(Parents)
What if my student needs help accessing the
Wi-Fi or other programs on their device?
• Students are responsible for their own tech
support. School system employees are
not able to assist them.
How will my student be able to print from his
or her device?
• Printing is not available for materials from
a student’s personal device.

17. Frequently Asked Questions
(Parents)
Will my student be allowed to charge his
or her device at school?
• Students must charge their device at
home and bring it to school fully
charged.

18. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
I have a device with me at school. How do I access
Wi-Fi?
• Go to Settings --->Network--->Wi-Fi--->CCSD BYOD
My laptop is not prompting me to choose a wireless
network. What can do I do?
• Click on the wireless connectivity icon in the bottom
tool bar of your screen --->
• Choose CCSD BYOD or search for that network on
your device

19. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
I brought my device to school to use in the
classroom, but my teacher said I couldn’t use it in
her classroom. Can I still use it?
• The teacher in the classroom has the final say
on procedures in the classroom. If he or she
asks you not to use your technology tool, then
you should follow those directions. Access is
only available and not guaranteed for each
classroom situation.

20. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
I just can’t get my device to connect to the
network. Can I get some help from teachers at
school?
• Technology support is not available from your
teachers or other school staff in the building.
It is not the responsibility of any school staff to
troubleshoot individual devices during the
school day.

21. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
I need to save my work to my lunch number on the
school’s network. Why can’t I access this
resource?
• You are on the Guest Network. It is not the
same as the network you would normally access
from a school computer. You will not see your
lunch number folders and must save your work
in another place. Some options include a flash
drive, your own hard drive, or cloud storage
sites such as Evernote or Dropbox.

22. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
I need to print from my device. How do I do this?
• Printers are networked differently on campus and
will not be available when you login to the guest
network. Some printing solutions may include:
– emailing the document to your teacher to print
– save it to a flash drive or cloud storage sites and
print it from home or another campus computer
Keep in mind that using campus printers in the
classroom or other learning spaces is at the discretion
of the teacher or other campus administrator.

23. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
Why am I filtered on my own computer? Shouldn’t
I be able to see what I want to on my own device?
• Student filtering is a requirement of all public
schools. The Children’s Internet Protection Act
(CIPA) requires all network access to be filtered,
regardless of the device you use to access it
while in a public school. Your laptop or phone is
the device; the network you are using while at
school belongs to CCSD and will be filtered.

24. Frequently Asked Questions
(Students)
Why can’t I use my device in non-BYOD
classrooms?
• The privilege to use a device is in BYOD
classrooms only. Additional classrooms may be
added throughout the school year.

25. Still have questions?
Please contact your student’s BYOD
teacher with any questions or concerns.