EdTech Staff. (2012, February, 21). Why your school should consider a BYOD initiative [Web log]. Retrieved from http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2012/02/why-your-school-should-consider-byod-initiative
The district in which my school is a part does not allow the use of electronic devices during school hours. Phones are to be off and away all day, including at lunch and at passing periods, and all other electronic devices are not to be brought to school at all. For this reason, BYOD is very interesting to me. A report cited in this blog entry states that "86 percent of students use technology more outside of school than they do in class." As a teacher and as a librarian, that seems criminal to me. BYOD allows for increased student engagement, increased student participation, and increased collaboration. It allows students to use the technology they are already familiar with. For the matter of the possible digital divide, the article says that monies can be used to procure devices for those students that do not have their own.
At the bottom of this article is a link to a white paper titled, Bring Your Own Device: Preparing for the influx of mobile computing devices in schools.
I'm a bit surprised that more students did not say they used technology outside of school than in class. It seems nearly universal that personal technological devices do not have a place in schools. For those without devices, arranging assignments to be completed in partners would also work.
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