true

1. BYOD
FROM A COMPUTING
PERSPECTIVE
Ian Simpson
PT ICT for Learning, Robert Gordon's College
mrsimpson.rgc@gmail.com
@familysimpson

5. "If I didn’t write it exactly the same way on my
paper as they were writing it on the overhead, it
must have been wrong"
– Nikhita Parandekar, 3rd year student, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell

10. "If I didn’t type it exactly the same way on my
tablet as they were displaying it on the data
projector, it must have been wrong"
– Not Nikhita Parandekar, 3rd year student, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell

11. A COMPUTING STUDENT NOW
Programming
Internal practical work
Web Design
Security
External practical
coursework
Databases
Hardware / Software
External written/typed
exam

12. A BYOD COMPUTING STUDENT
Programming
Web Design
Personalised
Personalised
Learning
Learning
&
&
Access Choice
Access Choice
Internal practical work
External practical
coursework
Security
Databases
Hardware / Software
Preparation
Preparation
External written/typed
exam

13. BYOD IS ABOUT CHOICE
Programming
Web Design
Security
Databases
Hardware / Software

14. BYOD
A BYOD COMPUTING TEACHER
COMPUTING
STUDENT
EDUCATOR
Research
Choice
Personalised learning
Access
Money
Effort
Time
Planning
Verification
Support
Agreement
Goodwill
Passion

15. "Much has been written about strategies for
ICT in education around substitution,
augmentation, modification and redefinition for
how lessons run in the classroom.
BYOD really forces these issues to the fore,
because if you cannot standardise the learning
environment, you have to move beyond simple
textbook substitution."
–Joseph Sweeney, IBRS

17. TRANSITION TO BYOD
1. Take a qualitative baseline first - notes, engagement, behaviour,
opinions
2. Involve the students and parents as much as you can
3. Focus the improvement plan on quality, not achievement
4. Give staff time to research, discuss and transform

18. EXAMPLE
Improve the quality of S3 student note taking in National 4/5 Computing Science.
Baseline: note jotters used but rarely revisited by some; handouts disorganised in
folder; folder of notes occasionally lost, often forgotten; notes mostly replica of
whiteboard
Substitution
Augmentati
on
Typed notes
Photograph
of whiteboard
+
Stylus
sketched
images
+
Teacher
+
Audio of
teacher
explanation
+
Video of
Modification
Students
create own
notes from
resources,
shared with
Teacher for
feedback
Redefinition
Student
collaboratively
created podcasts
/ YouTube video
channels /
eBooks

20. BYOD
FROM A COMPUTING
PERSPECTIVE
?
Ian Simpson
PT ICT for Learning, Robert Gordon's College
mrsimpson.rgc@gmail.com
@familysimpson