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

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 

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Join our BYOD community and get contact hours from BGSU!

Did you know that you can receive up to 18 contact hours from Bowling Green State University by joining the community of connected educators interested in discovering what it means when we empower students to BYOD. As a part of the community you are invited to participate in Google Hangouts, BYOD Twitter chats, interact on the BYOD Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BYODK12 and contribute posts to this blog!

Interested? 

Register at: http://www2.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/pdregister.html
Look for “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Learning Community” and select the yellow button that says “Register.” You will receive information with further details, links to online communities, and requirements for contact hours after registering.