jam today - embedding byod into classroom practice
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Jam TodayEmbedding BYOD into
Classroom Practice
Associate Professor David Parsons
Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Jam Tomorrow
“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today. It MUST come sometimes to 'jam today', Alice objected.”
– Lewis Carroll, ‘Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There’ (1871)
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortytworoads/746233407/
BYOD
• The Bring Your Own Device revolution is changing the very nature of teaching and learning, and disrupting the traditional roles of teachers and students
Image: http://www.securedgenetworks.com/secure-edge-networks-blog/bid/78530/4-Tips-for-BYOD-on-School-Wireless-Networks
BYOD Widely Accepted
• 35.2% of New Zealand secondary schools, 20% of intermediate schools and 6.9% of primary schools already operate a BYOD policy
• 75.7% of those surveyed supported the idea of BYOD in schools, 14.3% were still undecided, while only 1 in 10 surveyed did not support the idea
• (Adobe, 2012)
The Project
• First New Zealand state school to require parents to provide devices for their children (iPad2)
• 2 years completed• Started with Year 9 (13/14)• Now percolating through the whole
school
Infrastructure Investments
• (out with the) Old– specialist computer labs– lease of computers– technical support– maintenance
• (in with the) New– ultra-fast broadband and wireless– teacher devices– professional development– management software
Beyond Infrastructure
• Common vision teaching and learning• Willingness to embrace change• Stakeholder support
– board of trustees– parent body
• Good pastoral system– software – contracts– sanctions
Teaching & Learning Concepts
• Flipped classrooms• Project based learning• Flexible physical spaces• SAMR model
(Ruben Puentedura)– not very deep, but
popular with teachers
Learning spaces
• Education as a journey through different environments (Scott Morris)– the cave (independent, reflective learning) – the campfire (listening to and absorbing
knowledge)– the watering hole (informal learning,
discussing, creating meaning with others) – the mountain top (presenting, publishing
and demonstrating understanding)
Generic Device Use
• Digital media (multiple literacies)– enhancement
• Food Technology - videos of cooking• Science - photos of experiments in
lab book
– transformation• Technology - student created
videos of demonstrations• project based learning - creating,
sharing, reinterpreting
The role of social media
• Students are already ‘living’ on social media– does/should the school reach out through
such tools?• Educational social media tools
– Facebook v. Edmodo?
Challenges of device use
• Internet connectivity, speed and coverage
• Historical issues - lack of preparation– not prepared for the flipped classroom
• Basic digital skills – efficient web searches, appropriate sites.
• Finding the right app– trouble with Flash and iCloud
Some conundrums
• Should non iPad owners be required to share with iPad owners to use apps?– how does this make them feel?
• Should valuable digital resources on the ‘wrong’ platform be abandoned?
• Which applications should be consistent?
• What are generic areas of digital literacy?
BYOD for Specific Subjects
• Mathematics– games and on-line resources
• Physical education, – performance analysis
• Dance– Ubersense slow motion video analysis for
sports, used for dance• Languages
– video and analyse role play
BYOD for Specific Subjects
• English / Drama– mind maps used to analyse action,
storyboards and characters• Sociology
– Wikipedia is not enough• Music
– composition, virtual instruments, sheet music
BYOD changes…
– student activities– how work is presented– how teachers provide feedback – how work is showcased to the world– how students collaborate– how staff collaborate– the role and nature of home learning
Lessons Learned
• The new ‘normal’– 1-to-1 devices are ‘normal’- what next?
• Some boundaries are clearer– when to use the device, and when not
• Some boundaries are more blurred– tools from life or tools from school?
• Not just flipped – a more fluid model of teaching
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