BYOD: The Curriculum Strikes Back!

Elena Tobin & Jeff BuettlerOwen J. Roberts School District

PETE&C 2014

Technology Jedi Masters

Elena TobinInstructional Technology Coordinator, K-12Owen J. Roberts School District

@edtechdiva

Jeff BuettlerAssistant Director of TechnologyOwen J. Roberts School District

@gigabuet

Gold Leader Reporting in… Year 2

● How is our quest going?● What does our professional development look like?● Where do we plan on taking the district next?

New Superintendent = Catalyst

Conducted the Speak-Up survey (district-wide)

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/

Three Middle School Must-Haves:1. The overwhelming request from teachers was technology

professional development 2. Students requested anytime, anywhere access3. Parents rated technology use and access as a high priority

The Year is (2013)-2014...

Middle School Focus - One building, one mind

● 7th & 8th Graders (perfect age)○ Use the Internet for “good” and not “evil”

● Teachers (Jedis) preparing students build a repertoire of experiences:○ use of cloud storage○ online peer collaboration○ digital content creation○ electronically submitting work

Encompasses all LevelsA K-12 Endeavor

Fear is the path to the dark side…

fear leads to anger… anger leads to hate… hate leads to suffering.

Yoda on Teacher Attitudes:

Use the Curriculum, Luke

Make connections to current practice, Common Core AND

● SAMR Model● TIMs Matrix● ISTE

...in conjunction with classroom technology

SAMR TIMs

SAMR , TIMs & NETS(Rogue Squadron)

Learn about SAMR Learn about TIMs

Preparing the Curriculum “Jedis”

Ongoing Teacher PreparationMonthly Professional Development

● Department discourse● Idea & Lesson Sharing● Application Exploration

Session Work

Web Tools

TIMs Exploration

Google Doc Sharing

Google Doc Sharing

You must unlearn, what you have learned

...and I thought they smelled bad on the outside...

Primary: Tablet carts

Middle: Tablet + Laptop carts

High: Tablet + Laptop carts + BYOD

Beware the Dark Side

● No printers● No classroom computers● Less multimedia stuff● Greater focus on app discovery and

teacher/student created content

● Reallocating funds for technology (not desktops)

● New webhost, better editing interface● Leverage online and blended approach with a

Learning Management product

This Battle Station is Fully Operational!

Questions?