BYOT @ FISD
Monday, November 7, 2011
How has learning changed?
WHY BYOT?
http://byotnetwork.com/about-byot/
Goals of the BYOT Program
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The emphasis is on student learning
http://byotnetwork.com/tag/tools/
Use the tools that are available and
use them well
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Teach students how to use and leverage
their own tools to learn efficiently
http://www.scoop.it/t/ipads-innovation-and-education
Use the technology when it will
enhance the learning
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Teach Digital Citizenship
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Devices
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Phone
Smart phone
iPod Touch
Netbook
Laptop
iPad
Tablet Computer
Challenges
• Not every student has a cell phone
• Provide opportunities for students to work in
pairs or groups
• Supplement with school devices
Classroom Management
• On days when phones are being used in class
(or everyday) , many teachers have found it
beneficial to have students place the phones
on the corner of their desk.
Ways to Use Student Devices
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Dictionaries
Calculators
Student responders
Timers (use for labs, etc.)
Quick research
Cameras: students can take photos of work,
models, etc.
• Apps
• Podcasts
• Notetaking
Using the Most Basic Phones
• No Internet required
• Text-enabled
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DtzlU0O4Gd8/TVyLRGp2kyI/AAAAAAAAABA/pCsAT8tbH2I/s320/cell_phone_with_pic.jpg
Google SMS
• Use Google SMS to discover something you
want to know on demand
• Text G O O G L E (466453)
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ChaCha
• 242242
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Poll Everywhere
• http://www.polleverywhere.com
http://beedie.sfu.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/polleverywhere1.jpg
Socrative
• http://socrative.com/
http://historytech.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/socrative-logo.png?w=500
Getting Started in Your Classroom
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One of the most important uses of
technology is communication.
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Cameras
• Encourage students to take pictures of
material shared on the board, models, charts,
handouts
• Students might not get home with a textbook
or notebook, but they will most likely make it
home with their cell phone.
Notetaking
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Memo
Notepad
Texting
Apps: Evernote
– https://evernote.com/
Calendar
• Use calendar as planner
• Set alerts for tests, assignments
Calculators
The Innovative Educator: Lisa Nielsen
• http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2
009/12/harnessing-power-of-cell-phonesin.html
• http://www.livebinders.com
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You Tube
• Educational Video Library
• http://10.2.0.8/safevideos
• My Big Campus
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Smart Phones and Other Devices
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Smart Phones
iPod Touches
Netbooks
Laptops
iPads
Google Docs
• http://docs.google.com
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Edmodo
• Sort of a Facebook for Education
• Students can post and respond to each others
or teacher’s posts
• Videos, polls, assignments, quizzes
• Edmodo app
• http://www.edmodo.com
QR Code Generators
• Kaywa
• http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
• Firefox plug-in Mobile Barcoderwhich lets you
right click on a link) type in a website name
and generate the code.
QR Codes
• Post QR Codes that link to student book
reviews; students can read QR code to listen
to the book review and decide if they want to
read the book
• http://studentsreviewbooks.com/
• Scan is a free, easy-to-use iOS QR Reader app
Digital Citizenship
• Heart of a BYOT program
What are the 9 elements of digital
citizenship?
• Digital Access
– Making sure that all students have equal access to digital tools like
laptops, digital cameras and the Internet
– Providing time and equipment for students with special needs
– Making students aware of locations and resources you can use off
campus
• Digital Commerce
– Using computers to buy and sell items on commercial websites and
auction sites
– Subscribing and purchasing media using tools like iTunes
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey
What are the 9 elements of digital
citizenship?
• Digital Communication
– Exchanging information using:
• email
• cell phones
• instant messaging
• text messaging
• web pages/blogs/wikis
• Digital Literacy
– Learning about the basics of using a computer
– Evaluating online resources to make sure they are truthful and
accurate
– Learning how to find information on a specific topic on the Internet
What are the 9 elements of digital
citizenship?
• Digital Etiquette
– Using technology in a way that doesn't affect others
negatively
– Using technology only when it is appropriate
– Respecting others online by not posting information that is
hurtful or untrue.
• Digital Law
– Understanding how to use and share music, photos, and
movies legally
– Creating original works that are free from plagiarism
– Respecting the privacy of others and the integrity of
networks in terms of passwords and data
What are the 9 elements of digital
citizenship?
• Digital Rights and Responsibilities
– Following Acceptable Use Policies
– Using technology responsibly
– Reporting inappropriate use of technology resources
• Digital Health and Wellness
– Using proper hand placement and posture when keyboarding
– Balancing time spent using digital tools with time spent offline
• Digital Security
– Protecting hardware and network security by using secure and secret
passwords
– Protecting personal security by not posting personal information
online
Digital Footprints
• Facebook profiles for older teens might serve
a resume for employment and college
entrance.
https://signal.federatedmedia.net/files/2012/06/facebook.jpeg
Discovery Channel’s “Your Digital
Footprint”
• http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/koppel
/interactive/interactive.html
Sites for Sound and Music
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http://www.freesound.org/
What’s There: Big database of user created sound
effects, foley effects, music clips, instruments, and
more.
Freedom to Use: All audio clips on the site have
Creative Commons licenses, so while some can’t be
used for commercial purposes, all of the sound clips
can be used for educational projects with just an
attribution to the creator.
http://www.jewelbeat.com/
Freedom to Use: Once an audio track is purchased, it’s
yours to use for ANYTHING, with just a simple attribution
in the credits of the project.
It follows the iTunes model of “pay per track”, but unlike
iTunes you can use the track you purchase for just about
anything. While it’s not actually free (99¢ per track isn’t
exactly breaking the bank though), you gain the right to
use the tracks you’ve purchased for any of your projects,
whether they’re commercial or not. You get the rights for
99 years, so chances are you’ll be gone before you need
to worry about anything.
http://www.soundzabound.com/
More royalty free music.
http://soundcloud.com/creativecommons
What’s There: Growing collection of sound clips, sound effects, and audio tracks.
Freedom to Use: All of the tracks in the Creative Commons section of SoundCloud are
available for you to use with attribution, although some are limited to noncommercial projects only.
SoundCloud has a unique media player that allows you to embed sound and music
clips into other webpages. It also allows users to comment on the sound clips, directly
on the media’s timeline, so you can leave a comment in time with the music at a
particularly nice section of the clip. Like all good social media platforms, you can
follow audio creators you like, so you can keep up on their creations.
SoundCloud has a free app for your phone. Students can use it to capture sounds in
class or for a project.
Sites for Clip Art and Images
http://www.pics4learning.com/
What’s There: One of the oldest, and still growing, collections of free
images for education.
Freedom to Use: The images found on Pics4Learning are all owned by the
original photographers, but they’ve allowed Pics4Learning to share the
images for use in any classroom, and shared in any media project, no
matter where it’s posted, so long as the images aren’t used for any
commercial purpose.
Pics4Learning is the “great grandaddy” of free media resources for
education. It’s easy to navigate through the categories of images, or
search using keywords. As an added bonus, each image comes with a preformatted citation, so citing the images is as simple as a quick copy and
paste.
http://openclipart.org/
Freedom to Use: All of the images on this site have been donated to Public Domain,
so they’re all free for the taking.
Since the entire collection is comprised of Public Domain images, you don’t even
have to cite your resources if you don’t need to. Although I would certainly make
sure students are still citing their sources, there’s no attribution you need to give,
and you can take, remix, or change anything you want from this site. Extra geeky
bonus! All of the images are available in the SVG and PNG format, so you can grab
the PNG version for most uses, or the SVG format if you want to manipulate, or alter
the images.
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
What’s There: A GIANT collection of free images to use, submitted by people all
around the world.
Freedom to Use: Everything in the Creative Commons section of Flickr is free for
anyone to use. All of the licenses are very clear, and will tell you if you need to give
attribution to the photographer, and whether or not you can change it, or use it for
commercial purposes.
As of the time of publishing on this post there are close to 30 MILLION images on
Flickr that are free for anyone to use, for any purpose, public, commercial, or
otherwise, and all you have to provide is attribution to the original photographer.
Can’t get better than that!
http://www.nextvista.org/
What’s There: Online library of free short videos for students, teachers, and
learners created by students, teachers, and learners.
Freedom to Use: These videos are all free for students, teachers, and
educators.
The videos are all under 5 minutes (one of the Next Vista’s main
stipulations) so that you can find relevant video that fit well into a discussion
and don’t abuse the attention span of viewers. Videos are all created by
other learners, so students get to watch other students, not adults. Did I
also mention that the entire site is free? Videos all include a handy
download link for offline usage.
http://archive.org/details/movies
What’s There: Hundreds of thousands of public domain video clips, films,
community submitted clips, and older historical news reels.
Freedom to Use: ”Near unrestricted” use of the videos on this site is its main selling
point. Some videos are only available for streaming, but all downloadable videos are
in the public domain, and available for use in any media projects.
I was first drawn to this site for it’s amazing collection of those old corny
instructional films and public service announcements, but have used it for much
more since then. There are thousands of great short video clips in the Arts category
that would be useful for abstract video backgrounds during student news casts.
From sports videos to animations and cartoons, there’s a LOT to dig through. Some
of the content might be more appropriate for older students, so check it out before
heading there with your class.
http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/video/index.html
What’s There: Public Domain video clips from a number of different U.S. National
Parks and Monuments.
Freedom to Use: Public Domain video means you can download, remix, republish,
and use this video in any media project you want to.
This site has great footage for shots of nature and famous landmarks, monuments,
and parks around the U.S. so it would work well for video reports, video essays, or
just some really nice scenery. All of the footage is professional quality, and available
in H.264 format, so it’s highly compatible with lots of software.
Citing Sources
• http://www.easybib.com/
http://www.noblenet.org/owhl/panwiki/images/4/49/Plagiarism2.gif
Advanced Search on Google
• http://www.google.com
Creative Commons
• http://creativecommons.org/
Live Binders
• http://www.livebinders.com
E-readers
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Lots of free books in public domain
Kindle App
iBooks
Nook App
iTunes
• podcasts
• iTunes U
App Reviews
• iEAR.org - a great place to find app reviews
• appolicious.com - another app review site
Diigo
• With Diigo, you can bookmark websites and
access your bookmarks from any computer
with Internet access
Twitter
• http://twitter.com
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Texting an “Expert”
• Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles,
Cousins, Friends
Text the Mob
• http://textthemob.com
Voki
• Share a message using an animated avatar
Digital Textbooks
• CK12
• http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
TextNovel
• Textnovel is a social network for authors and
readers of serial fiction
• Allows users to write and read fiction with
their cell phones or computers, e-mail, online
tools, and MMS (multimedia) text message
(some carriers require a data plan to send a
multimedia message)
Textnovel
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Runs contests for fiction writers
Must be 13 to enter contests
Novels are rated: G, PG, PG-13, and R
Should get parent permission and probably
should only be used with older high school
students
The Texting Language
lol
Laughing out loud
idk
I don’t know
bBtw
By the way
ttyl
Talk to you later
b4
before
omg
Oh my gosh
thx
thanks
Emoticons
• Emoticons are symbols used to represent
feelings.
It’s more important for teachers to
model being a tech learner than a
tech expert.
Works Cited
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpaCO
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s/edit?pli=1 (audio, clip art, and video sites)
• http://byotnetwork.com/about-byot/