Bring Your Own Technology - What does it all mean?
On Wednesday, March 27th, Brian will be presenting to the Parents United Consortium in Waukesha, WI. This group is focused on providing educationally relevant information to parents in a consortium of local districts on a wide variety of educational topics.
The presentation will be focused generally on one question -- "Why do schools feel compelled to introduce a Bring Your Own Technology or 1:1 Technology initiative into the educational environment?"
I'm sharing my presentation here for those of you who have the same questions for your school administrators.
The presentation emphasizes five key areas:
- The World Has Changed...Schools Need to Change to Prepare Students for It (Academic Achievement is No Longer Enough)
- Schools Have to Provide Greater Digital Access -- Which models exist (Labs, Bring Your Own, or 1:1) and which is right for your school/student?
- The Great Device Debate - While we can get hung up on device selection, understand that we want to find the tool that can do the most, works best in our environment, and supports our educational needs.
- Cloud Services and Open Educational Resources - These are tools that change the opportunities for learning for students and teachers, and can be used for meaningful redefinition of what constitues education/learning.
- Changing Roles of Educators - The traditional vision of a teacher that controls the flow and depth of the lesson is quickly becoming outdated. Many teachers realize this, but we have to give them room to grow into the new model of what a teacher can become.
I'm eager to share the presentation with those of you who are interested in viewing. If you choose to use it with others, attribution is requested.
Please feel free to answer the polls and offer your thoughts!
Here is a link to the presentation: http://portal.sliderocket.com/BNPBJ/BRING-YOUR-OWN-TECH