Showing posts with label Equity and Access. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equity and Access. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2014

#BYOD gurus engage in #BYOTchat about equity + access

Watch Tim Clark (@TimClark45), Willyn Webb (@WillynWebb), Michael Mills (@AquiAmigo) and Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu) in a one hour video discussing equity and access when it comes to bringing your own device. Take a watch and you'll enjoy a great conversation where these gurus share ideas that have worked and advise what to steer clear of when working toward a successful bring your own device/technology environment. As made apparent in the below thumbnail, the conversation was filled with a few laughs as well.

Guests shared plenty of terrific resources which are captured in the Tweets below.




Take a look at the video. Make a comment. Reply to some Tweets and keep the conversation going during weekly #BYOTchats on Twitter at 9 p.m. est on Thursday nights. Want to get credit for your BYOD communicating? You can get up to 18 contact hours from Bowling Green State University. For details visit http://byodbgsu.blogspot.com/2014/02/join-our-byod-community-and-get-contact.html

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Google Hangout on Air - Equity + Access for All with BYOD - Live on February 10th!

Join us for a BYOD Google Hangout on Monday, February 10th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  

The topic
Equity + Access for All

Guests will discuss the following
  • Why ensuring equity and access is important
  • How to get started
  • What happens for students who don’t have devices
  • Tips for parent outreach
  • How you prepare infrastructure
  • Handling repairs
  • And more!
Our special guests include
  • Tim Clark @TimClark45 or @BYOTNetwork
  • Willyn Webb @Willyn Webb 
  • Michael Mills @AquiAmigo
Connect with them on Twitter!

Backchannel
Join our backchannel conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #BYODEquity. See all the backchannel hashtags on our Tagboard at https://tagboard.com/byodequity 

 Join the hangout at this link
https://plus.google.com/events/cp40qmnlcq6mm83b6h8o1mbh1ds 
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Friday, January 31, 2014

11 Innovative Strategies for Ensuring Device Equity

An abridged version of this article originally appeared at ED Tech: Focus on K-12.


School officials wondering what to do for students who lack their own notebook computers, smartphones or tablets can acquire extra devices with a little bit of ingenuity.

When I began teaching as a librarian in Harlem in the 1990s, my district was embarking on what was then considered an innovative program: putting a pod of four computers in ­every classroom. I still recall cringing as I heard some teachers say to ­students, "If you finish your work ­early, you can go 'play' on the computer." Back then, failing to recognize these devices' powerful learning potential was all too common.
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I loved having the opportunity through my job to expose children to a world of possibilities through books. Access to computers and the Internet took that to a whole new level, giving students instant feedback and interactivity while empowering them to become producers — rather than simply consumers — of information. I watched many of them discover creativity they didn't realize they had. Suddenly, they were using technology to draw, illustrate, write, connect and create professional-looking work that they couldn't wait to share with their families and the school community.
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