To prepare yourself for the debate about BYOD you attend an online conference session led by well-known teacher, professional development specialist, Naomi Harm.

“Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is more about instructional design and delivery, rather than tools, devices, or applications. Teachers who implement BYOD effectively also facilitate and nurture learning communities in their classrooms while recognizing the immediate needs of today’s digital age learners to collaborate, communicate, create, and think critically. This online webinar will model effective mobile teaching and learning scenarios to implement a BYOD program in your K-12 schools and classrooms. The session is designed to increase your understanding of BYOD in order to lead to greater student engagement in learning and to empower teachers to design and create new compelling and motivating lessons and assignments.”

Source: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=1647

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nd7Qed9vc#t=34]
Video: Any Device Will Do (25:43)

BYOD can mean different things to different people.

For some it might mean crossing that barrier about bringing cellphones into the classroom;
for others it may mean dictating which devices should be brought, which is what one would refer to as a one-to-one (1:1) approach;
to others it may mean what Naomi was referring to, bringing any device.
Each model has its own unique implications.

Go to the Google Drive page to which your tutor provided the link. Join one group to form groups that specialise in one of the above models.

Once you have joined your group on Google Drive, your tutor will create a discussion group for each group on the Groups page. Accept the invitation to join that group.

Once you have joined your group, click on Mark Complete (first time) or Next Topic on future visits to this page.