1. Mindra Wise
Technology Facilitator
West Mecklenburg High School

2. BYOT Goals
 What are your expectations from BYOT?
 Foster Creativity
 Engage Students
 Improve Access
 Integrate Technology
 Promote Higher-Level Thinking
 Encourage Collaboration
 Raise Student Achievement

3. Survey Students
 What Gadgets Do the Students Have?
 iPods, iPhones, iPad have many uses, but
don’t run Flash
 Nintendo DSi connects to the internet,
Nintendo DS does not
 Tablets, Smart Phones
 Laptops, Netbooks, eReaders

4. Communicate with Parents
 Do you have the support of your parents?
 Is your school community receptive to sending
technology to school?
 Send home BYOT procedures and documents for
parental permission
 Host an information session with parents
 Make sure parents understand that the students are
responsible for the devices – Not the School!

5. Classroom Strategies
 How will you take care of the technology?
 Develop rules and procedures for how the devices
will be used in the classroom
 Is it alright is students use each other’s gadgets?
 How will student know when it is time to “power
down” their devices?
 Always lock the classroom when leaving devices
inside

6. Practice Day
 Be sure to have students bring devices and
test the connectivity and the functionality of
apps and other programs before the actual
lesson
 Have students explore the possibilities of
their gadgets

7. Transforming Instruction
 Literacy Tasks – First, you may have to focus on the
digital literacy level of your students while they learn
the technology
 Adapting Tasks – Next, you might be just adapting
what you are already doing in your class to incorporate
student technology
 Transforming Tasks – Move to developing high-level,
challenging activities that would be impossible
without the use of technology!

8. Turn up the H.E.A.T.
Higher-Order Thinking
Engagement
Authenticity
Technology Uses

10. Apps to Explore - Reference

11. Apps to Explore - Creativity

12. Apps to Explore - Literacy

13. Apps to Explore - Presentations

14. Web 2.0 Tools - Presentation
 Prezentit • Photopeach
 Animoto  Voicethread
 Zoho Show  Glogster
 Prezi  Wix
 Sliderocket  Weebly
 Slideshare

15. Web 2.0 Tools - Collaboration
 Join.met  Popplet
 Wallwisher  WebPoster
 Edublogs  Twiducate
 Edmodo  Today’s Meet
 Gaggle  AnswerGarden
 Kidblog

16. Final Thoughts
It’s all about the pedagogy, not the technology.
Technology should always be at the service of pedagogy.
The power of integrating technology into the classroom
is the power it has to redefine the relationships in
the classroom and reorient them toward a more
student-centered approach to learning.

17. Resources
 http://www.tcea.org/ipad
 http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/byot
 http://plc.oconeeschools.org/course/view.php?id=126
 http://digitalcitizenship.net/Home_Page.html
 http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-
technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as
 https://education.kennesaw.edu/edtech/content/mcb
rides-byot-resources
 http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students
 http://p21.org/index.php
 http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home