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Bring your own device : a guide for schools

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This guide examines the use of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) models in schools. It looks at the potential opportunities and benefits, as well as the considerations, risks and implications that... More ≫

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This guide examines the use of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) models in schools. It looks at the potential opportunities and benefits, as well as the considerations, risks and implications that arise when schools allow students and staff to use personally owned devices in the classroom and school environments. Strategies, tips and techniques are included to address the considerations and manage the risks. The guide provides a roadmap for embracing a BYOD approach in Alberta schools. It identifies issues related to personally owned devices, discusses various perspectives on these issues and leaves the reader with definitions, a knowledge base and a series of questions school authorities should ask and answer prior to making a decision.

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iPads, what are we learning? : summary report of provincial data gathering day, October 3, 2011

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Following Apple Inc.'s April 2010 introduction of the iPad, School Technology began to hear about these devices being used in Alberta classrooms - not in one and twos but in large numbers. As part... More ≫

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Following Apple Inc.'s April 2010 introduction of the iPad, School Technology began to hear about these devices being used in Alberta classrooms - not in one and twos but in large numbers. As part of the sector's continuing efforts to monitor emerging technologies in schools, school authorities implementing iPads were invited to send representatives to a one-day event to discuss the opportunities, emerging lessons learned and challenges presented by implementation of iPads into Alberta classrooms. This summary is not intended to promote or encourage any type of pedagogical or technological approach rather its intent is to reflect what was heard.

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