1. Mobile Phones in School!
Adam Johnson
Cherokee High School

2. Purpose of Smart Phones
General Function
Make phone calls
Messaging
Data connections
Internet
Applications
Calendar
Entertainment
Music
Games
Classroom Function
Take notes
Calendar
Organize assignments
Data connection
Internet
Educational Applications
Mobile response system
Ereader

3. Vision Cherokee now engaging in BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology)
Student owned mobile technology is a part of the school district’s Five Year Strategic Plan
According to the schools Improvement plan Cherokee High School’s mission/vision is to “… create a character-building environment in order to prepare students to negotiate the challenges of the future as productive citizens in a diverse society (2010).”
BYOT meets this vision, Smartphones will be a huge part of meeting this vision.

4. Access Issues
Not all students will have their own mobile device (Smartphone, ipad, ipod, Kindles, etc)
How do we overcome this issue?
The BYOT will allow those who have mobile devices the legal ability to bring those devices into the classroom
The remainder of students who do not have a mobile device will need equitable access
School owned mobile devices will help bridge this gap
Schools can purchase tablets, Kindles, and ipads

5. Needs Network connections Internet filtering
School owned mobile devices
Charging locations
Teacher training

6. Technical Support School wide support Grade/Subject level support
School IT Specialist
Instructional Technology Specialist
Grade/Subject level support
Subject and grade level teachers will be trained in instructional techniques and common problems associated with mobile devices in the classroom

7. Legal Issues Currently it is illegal Theft and Damage of devices
Internet use policy
Cyber bullying
Sharing
Perceived advantage over those that don’t have one

8. Costs of technology Additional network expenses Teacher training
In service days (trainer, and subs)
Professional development sessions
Student training
Bringing in School Instructional Technology Specialist
School owned devices
Extra devices for those that do not have one

9. Funding Sources Special Education Budget Media Center Budget Grants
AT technology funds (reduced)
Media Center Budget
Texts and novels available in e-text (reduced)
Grants
DonorChoose
Fundraising
Ice Cream Sales after school

10. Implementation Content Standards NETS-S Student Centered Learning
Differentiation
Collaboration

11. Content Standards Ideas
Standards can be addressed in various different methods. Below is an example of using Student Owned Learning Devices to meet content standards more efficiently.
Lit/Comp
ELA9RL5 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing
Use learning device to look up unknown words and synonyms and post them to a blog. (meets the standard, by acquiring new vocabulary and then immediately integrates the new word into a writing assignment via the blog.
The technology uses time more efficiently by elimination time that would have been spent looking up the word. It also helps to reduce costs of printing writing assignments.

12. NETS-S (National Educational Technology Standards- Students)
Explore topics and expand details with search
Keep notes and files in sync using cloud storage
Provide comments, opinions and feedback via a blog
Collaborate on class projects using wiki
Brainstorm/collect student thoughts
Create presentations to demonstrate student work
Create videos or podcasts for peer review
Display Student work in an online portfolio
Conduct Online Quizzes or Polls
Create quick response (QR) codes to direct students to resources
Chats and tweets teaching tools
Taken from Cherokee County BYLD pilot Project

13. Student Centered Learning
Using digital media to communicate and work collaboratively
Evaluate and analyze information gathered from the internet (RADCAB)
Peer review-analyze peer work posted to a blog
Create multimedia presentations to demonstrate learning

14. Differentiation
More freedom for students of varying levels of reading fluency
Scaffolding available for students who need additional support
Collaboration amongst different levels of intelligence via blogs and wikis
Larger variety of ethnically diverse media available
Ability to reach different learning styles (auditory, kinesthetic, visual)

15. Collaboration
Allowing students in different classes, periods, and grade levels to collaborate
Allowing students to work with global communities via Twitter and Blogs
Improve students written communications via comments and posts in an online forum
Involves parents in the class assignments by posting information online where parents can see student progress and not just current grades

16. Teens and Devices The graph shows the data from a 2009 survey
Clearly a vast majority of students own a capable learning device

17. Effectiveness Education Week – Digital Directions Data collection
Pre and post test data is easier to collect and analyze
Formative assessments
Quick checks during a lesson- allows for instant feedback on student understanding
Data collected can quickly be used to adjust unit and lesson planning.
High Stakes Testing
Most high stakes testing (CRCT, EOCT) are being taken on computers
Using mobile devices for learning helps to better mimic the environment they will be tested in

18. Plan for Implementation
Current environment has most teachers between management, consequence, and collaboration
This is a good place to be at to begin this program
Technology Committee (already in place)
Pilot Program- 10 teachers will begin the pilot
These teachers are at the Collaboration and Refocusing stages
Summer workshops- offered at multiple times to instruct teachers on BYLD program
In service days and preplanning
Work shops offered to teach blogging, and wikis in the classroom
Work shops offered to teach quizzes and polling via the internet
Technology Committee as mentors
Members of the committee represent each grade, and subject level.
They will serve as mentors for their departments and grades
1st line of defense for teachers who have problems and issues
They will promote the program and offer encouragement

19. Personal Reflection
Researching this program and its implications in the classroom has left me excited and concerned
I am excited about the open door of possibilities available to learning. Students will be exposed to larger amounts of information and they will be able to experience new and innovative lessons.
I am also excited about increasing the efficiency of my grading and assessments. Mobile technology removes some of the time spent outside of the instructional time. This is a huge value as more and more demands are placed on teachers plates that are outside of the classroom

20. Personal Reflection Cont.
I am concerned about the unknown variables.
Students are crafty. This is a good thing and a bad thing at times.
For example, at the time of this writing our schools pilot BYLD network is up and running. Students have not been instructed on how to access this network, yet on Friday there were over 200 students logged in and using the school network on a, at this time, illegal device.
Utilizing mobile technology in the classroom will open wonderful doors but we will have to be diligent to shut doors that will compromise the integrity of our classrooms.
Understanding that there is much to be learned by this new endeavor, I am sure that the benefits will far out weight the problems.