Surviving a BYOD Implementation

Surviving a BYOD
Implementation

Diana Benner
Director of Professional Development
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Poll Question
Which is/are true for you regarding a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
implementation? Select all that apply.
 My school/district has already completed a BYOD implementation
 My school/district is in the process of a BYOD implementation
 My school/district is considering/planning a BYOD implementation
 I’m not sure if my school/district is considering a BYOD implementation
 I’m very familiar with the BYOD topic.
 I’m somewhat familiar with the BYOD topic.
 I’m new to the BYOD topic.

1. BYOD deepens the
digital divide.
2. Teachers must be in
control in order for a
BYOD to be
successful.
3. BYOD will result in
lessons geared toward
the weakest device.
4. BYOD will necessitate
the standardization of
apps and software
across all devices.
5. A BYOD
implementations takes
lots of planning.
Which of the following is/are myths regarding
BYOD? Share the number and your reasoning.

Project & Lesson
Inventory
Best Practices
Classroom
Management
District Policies
& Procedures
Infrastructure
Professional
Development
Devices Support
TOP
SECRET

1. Learners are more engaged in connected classrooms
2. Increased opportunities for introverted students to participate in
discussions
3. Cost savings for schools
4. Variety of ways for students to produce and present work
5. Students more likely to remember their device rather than their pencils
6. Offers a way of supplying, displaying and creating ebooks
7. BYOD is seen as a privilege, promoting increased respect for educational
process
8. Taking away a device is a powerful deterrent/consequence for misbehavior
9. Allows for students and teachers to swap roles
10.Encourages choice of educational tools/apps
11.Provides opportunity to teach responsibility for devices, along with digital
citizenship
Advantages &
Disadvantages

Advantages &
Disadvantages
1. Increased professional development costs for faculty and staff
2. Increased digital divide amongst ‘have’ and ‘have not’ students
3. Apps/tools not common to all platforms
4. Potential for increased parental concerns over ‘safe use’
5. Increase possibility of theft at school
6. Potential damage to device
7. Unwillingness of teachers to take risks trying BYOD
8. Shift from network to user in regards to tech support
9. Device seen as status symbol – peer pressure for certain apps
10.Greater chances of plagiarism
11.Technical infrastructure not capable of meeting influx of wireless
devices

District Policies
& Procedures

District Policies
& Procedures
Rules for tools
don’t make
sense.
Rules for
behaviors
do.
Graphic by http://goo.gl/30W1t

• Dynamic
• A guide, not a wall
• Reflects the community that it
serves and provides for real
world uses and collaboration
• Promotes effective, productive,
and instructionally sound uses of
digital, networked, and
abundant information
environments
• Provides safe digital
environments for learners
• Instills safe practices and habits
among the learning community
• Proactive education
District Policies
& Procedures
• Static
• Provides safe digital
environments for learners by
saying “NO” to most ideas
• Ignores the community it serves
and prevents real world uses
and collaboration
• Stifles innovative uses of
technology for teacher and
student engagement
• Promotes safe practices through
vicarious experiences
• Promotes status quo

• Clear statement in policy that use of a device on the school
WiFi might mean their device could be subject to search
and/or seizure under certain circumstances.
• Clear statement regarding what kinds of resources students
will have access to using their own devices under the BYOD
policy.
• Clear disclaimers regarding what the school is responsible
for and not responsible for.
District Policies
& Procedures

• District-related policies
• Procedures related to teachers, parents, and students
• Clear statement that use of a BYOD device requires the student's
adherence to the school or district’s acceptable use policy.
• Outline the support and repair policies for the equipment
• Equity of access - Students without a personal device may be provided
access to an appropriate district-owned digital device for instructional
purposes as needed.
• Clear description of the procedures students must follow in order to
obtain access with their device
• Provide statements of clear consequences for student failure to follow
the school or district’s acceptable use policy and BYOD guidelines
District Policies
& Procedures

• Schools establish protection measures that block or filter Internet access to pictures
that are:
– obscene;
– child pornography; or
– harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors).
• Schools are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy addressing:
– access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet;
– the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and
other forms of direct electronic communications;
– unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities
by minors online;
– unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information
regarding minors; and,
– measures restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them.
• An authorized person may disable the blocking or filtering measure during use by an
adult to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes.
• Schools are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor online activities of
minors.
District Policies
& Procedures

District Policies
& Procedures
• Local school and library authorities must determine what matter is
inappropriate for minors
• Specific social networking sites are not automatically considered
“harmful to minors” or assumed to fall into one of the categories that
schools or libraries must block
– The FCC specifically noted that Facebook or MySpace are not
required to be blocked under FCC rules
• Although the FCC rules talk about Internet Safety
Policies, it doesn’t matter what the name of
your actual policy is, as long as it contains the
required elements and was approved by your
board as an official school policy

District Policies
& Procedures
• FCC acknowledged that current rules may not address the filtering
requirements when personal computers and devices are brought to school
• Based on informal conversations, we believe:
– Any school-owned computer/device must be filtered, whether it is used
on campus or off, or used by an adult or student
– Any personal-owned computer/device must be filtered if using school
or library Internet access
– May not be required: Personal-owned computer/devices that use their
own Internet access
• Be careful with this. Just because it’s not required, doesn’t mean
you shouldn’t address it!
• As of now, no exceptions for cellular devices

District Policies
& Procedures
• School-owned devices used at school:
– The law is clear that all school/library owned computers need to
be filtered at school
– The FCC verbally clarified that computers includes all devices with
Internet access (including portable ones)
• School-owned devices used off-campus:
– The current rules do not specifically address this issue. The CIPA
statute says all school owned computers must be filtered and
does not distinguish between on campus and off campus use.
– In 2011 the FCC verbally stated that school owned computers
used off campus must be filtered
– In late April 2012, FCC stated that issue is still ‘open’ and has not
been decided

District Policies
& Procedures
Advice:
Do your absolute best to comply with the spirit of CIPA through
policy and practice. If you are filtering all devices the best you
can and protecting your students from visual depictions that are
obscene, pornographic, or harmful to minors, the FCC should
take this into consideration if you are ever audited.

• Applies to the online collection of personal information of children under the
age of 13.
• It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and
how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what
responsibilities an operator has to protect children’s privacy and safety online
including restrictions on the marketing to those under 13.
• Applies to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected
online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number
or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the
child.
• The regulations include several exceptions that allow operators to collect a
child's email address without getting the parent's consent in advance. These
exceptions cover many popular online activities for kids, including contests ,
online newsletters , homework help and electronic postcards .
District Policies
& Procedures
BYOD & COPPA:
http://www.k12blueprint.com/sites/default/files/BYOD-COPPA.pdf

• Generally requires schools to ask for written consent before disclosing a student's
personally identifiable information to individuals other than his or her parents.
• Allows schools to take key steps to maintain school safety.
• In an emergency, FERPA permits school officials to disclose without consent
education records, including personally identifiable information from those records,
to protect the health or safety of students or other individuals.
• Investigative reports and other records created and maintained by these "law
enforcement units" are not considered "education records" subject to FERPA.
• Schools may disclose information from law enforcement unit records to anyone,
including outside law enforcement authorities, without parental consent.
• Schools should designate in their FERPA notification law enforcement officials
employed by the school as ‘school officials’ with a ‘legitimate educational interest’.
• Images of students captured on security videotapes that are maintained by the
school’s law enforcement unit are not considered education records under FERPA.
• FERPA does not prohibit a school official from disclosing information about a student
if the information is obtained through the school official's personal knowledge or
observation, and not from the student's education records.
District Policies
& Procedures

• Bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth
• Check with your provider to see if scalable bandwidth is possible (and
cost)
• Segment networks into guest and repositories of services
• Be prepared to throttle student and teacher network activity to ensure
support of high-priority activities
• Apply for eRATE funds to assist with infrastructure upgrades and
security
• Possibly block specific activities at specific times of the day (such as
YouTube, etc.)
• No magic formula – you have to monitor
• Budget for…and then add some!
Infrastructure

• Survey students/parents to get an idea of type/number of devices
• Survey teachers to identify their use of specific devices
• Only allow devices that can be inspected by admins
• Discuss with content departments the integration of devices in
curriculum and lessons
• Start collecting device specific resources
• Wifi only? Device with data package?
• Plan on surge of new devices after summer and Christmas
Devices
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• PD will make or break your BYOD implementation
• Include students (when possible) in teacher PD
• Provide PD in as many methods as possible
• PD must be where the learning occurs (campus-based, throughout the
day, modeling/coaching, etc.)
• Ongoing and sustained (not a one time
event)
• Expectations tied to PD (not a ‘sit and get’)
• Locate your trail blazers and have them
pilot your BYOD – the next year they’ll be
vital as curriculum developers and trainers
• Budget for…and then add some!
Professional Development

• Support is different than professional development
• Support is to bridge the PD sessions
• Create clear, user-friendly wiki or Google Site with various supports
• Must be well organized, concise, easy to access
• Involve teachers and students in creating simple video tutorials (no
longer than 5 minutes!)…possibly during an after-school club
• Develop simple way for teachers to request help
• Students will figure ‘it’ out
• You are doomed if you are expecting teachers to figure ‘it’ out
• Ask the teachers what type(s) of support would be most meaningful
• Make support information available to parents and students (where
appropriate)
Support
PD
Session
PD
Session
PD
Session
support support

• Set up guidelines such as:
– Use of a device during the school day is clearly at the discretion of
teachers and staff.
– Students are to put the devices away when asked to do so.
– Clear instructions to students that using devices during the
instructional day is in support of their activities.
Personal access for personal reasons is secondary.
• Make clear to students that their use of a device must not disrupt the
learning of others.
• Involve the students in the integration of devices in your lessons.
• Be open to new ideas and new ways of using the tools that come to
your classroom!
Classroom Management

• Does your current curriculum integrate BYOD devices?
• Does your current curriculum provide details on how to differentiate
lessons when multiple devices are used?
• Start a repository for curriculum departments and teachers to add
their projects, lessons, photos, videos, and success stories (behind
firewall?)
• Start simple
• Start slowly
• Solicit samples from trail blazers and highlight their efforts to integrate
BYOD devices
• Refer to this site during PD, faculty meetings, and planning times
Project & Lesson Inventory

Best Practices
• Listen to others (Twitter: @tcea, @CoSN, #BYOD, #edtech, #BYOTchat)
• If you cannot attend a conference, see if you can identify BYOD
presenters and follow up with them after the conference to get
information
• Visit a BYOD school or district
• Clearly define BYOD for your district and WHY you want it
• Establish buy-in from teachers/principals
• Establish a committee with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Plan for roadblocks
• Build unity between curriculum and technology folks
• Involve your librarians and technology teachers
• Involve parents as early as possible
• Document your process and progress

http://goo.gl/4j3By
Best Practices
East Central ISD BYOT Initiative: http://bit.ly/ecbyot

http://goo.gl/4j3By
Best Practices
Join the BYOT/BYOD Group
http://goo.gl/4j3By
How to Join the Group
1. Go to tcea.org and click on
the Login button. Enter
your info and log in.
2. Click on the Social
Community link in the left
menu bar.
3. Click on the Groups menu
link and search for BYOD.
4. Click the Join Group link.

How to Join the Group
1. Go to tcea.org and click
on the Login button. Enter
your info and log in.
2. Click on the Social
Community link in the left
menu bar.
3. Click on the Groups menu
link and search for
BYOD.
4. Click the Join Group link.
Investigate
1. Go to the BYOD/BYOT
Group
2. Review at least 2
resources
3. Be ready to share with
the group

Investigate
20 BYOD Resources for the 21st Century School
http://goo.gl/gVwbc
BYOD Questions to Consider
http://goo.gl/229WQ
Lessons Learned from a BYOD Implementation
http://goo.gl/KDXpYF

5 Areas of Consideration for Developing a BYOD Policy for Your School or District
http://the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com/2012/02/5-areas-of-consideration-for-developing.html
6 Questions and 6 Actions to Prepare for Bring Your Own Device
http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/pdf/BYOD-Prep-List.pdf
7 Myths about BYOD Debunked
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/11/09/7-byod-myths.aspx
7 Questions for Bringing Your Own Device to School
http://barbarabray.net/2011/07/28/7-questions-for-bringing-your-own-device-to-school/
AT&T Smart Controls – wireless parental controls
http://www.att.net/smartcontrols-WirelessParentalControls
Booker T. Washington BYOD Brochure
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/schscnts/wash/BYOD%20Brochure%20final.pdf
Bring Your Own Device Prompts School Infrastructure Investments
http://www.convergemag.com/classtech/BYOD-Forsyth-Infrastructure.html
BYOD Questions to Consider
http://1to1schools.net/2012/04/byod-questions-to-consider/
BYOD Toolbox
http://www.themobilenative.blogspot.com/2012/01/byod-bring-your-own-device-toolbox.html
Chequamegon School District BYOD site
http://infotech.csdk12.net/byod.html
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act
Resources

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus45-how-comply-childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule
Creating a Robust and Safe BYOD Program
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/creating-robust-and-safe-byod-program
ETEC 510 BYOD Wiki
http://sites.wiki.ubc.ca/etec510/BYOD_-_Bring_Your_Own_Device
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
Forsyth County Schools – Technology & Information Services
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=825
Hanover Public School BYOD Site
http://byod.hanoverpublic.org/
How the CIO Can Establish a GYOD Usage Policy
http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-governance/how-the-cio-can-establish-a-byod-usage-policy/
Inside a “Bring Your Own Device” Program
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/10/11/inside-a-bring-your-own-device-program/
Marlboro Township Public Schools – BYOD Pilot Program
http://www.marlboro.k12.nj.us/district.cfm?subpage=46037
Verizon Parental Controls Center
http://parentalcontrolcenter.com/
Warwick School District – BYOD Personal Device FAQ
http://www.warwick.k12.pa.us/website/orgmodule.php?deptid=114&schoolid=0007&mid=1429
Welcome to School AUP 2.0
http://landmark-project.com/aup20/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage
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