Bring Your Own Technology: The BYOT guide for schools and families - Softcover

Lee, Mal; Levins, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742861008 ISBN 13: 9781742861005

Publisher: ACER Press, 2012

Synopsis

In time, all schools in the developed world will move toward students using their personal mobile technology in classroom settings, rather than it being provided by the school. It is not a case of if, but when. It will be like a tsunami coming across the horizon. The forces impelling the change - and the potential educational, social development, economic, technological, and political opportunities opened by the development - will fundamentally change the nature of: schooling, teaching, the technology used, home-school relations, and the resourcing of schools. The potential implications of the development are immense and far more than a technical change. However, the full potential will only be realized by schools, their leadership, and their communities, collaborating astutely to achieve the normalized 100% student-use of the technology. That challenge will be considerable. Drawing on the work of pathfinding schools and education authorities in the US, UK, and Australia, this book is designed to provide - for teachers and parents alike - an insight into: why the development needs to be embraced * the imperative of authentic collaboration between home and school * what each school needs to do to ready itself * how to deal with the raft of options * the kind of whole school/community implementation strategy required * the practicalities of achieving sustained total student usage and the many dividends that will then flow.

About this title

About the Author:

Mal Lee is an author and educational consultant specialising in the use of digital technology in the evolution of schooling. He is a former director of schools and secondary college principal who writes extensively on effective use of use of technology in teaching. He is the co-author of Leading a Digital School, The Use of Instructional Technology in Schools, The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution and Developing a Networked School Community.

About this edition

• Publisher: ACER Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1742861008
• ISBN 13: 9781742861005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144