Episode 3 Podcast - BYOT

The State of Tech - Episode 3 - "Bring Your Own Technology - BYOT / BYOD / BYOL"

Summary: In this episode we talk about schools using Bring Your Own Technology initiatives (BYOT, BYOD, BYOL); where students bring personal laptops, tablets, smart phones, and other devices to school. We also explore practical uses, benefits, challenges, and resources.

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Hosts:

• Sean Beavers - remedy1978@gmail.com
• Eric Curts - www.ericcurts.com
• Eric Griffith - eric.s.griffith@gmail.com

Guests:

• Cary Harrod - District Instructional Technology Specialist, Forest Hills Local Schools  - caryharrod@foresthills.edu - http://www.twitter.com/charrod
• Jason Null - President, Corinthian Networks - jason.null@corinthiannetworks.com - http://www.twitter.com/cn912 

News:

• K12 Great Lakes Region Group Meet-Up, Saturday December 3rd 12:00pm - 3:30pm (link)
• 2011 SOITA Conference sessions posted. (link)
• eTech 2012 State Tech Conference Housing Open - Conference attendees can now book hotel rooms with ease using the all-new Passkey page. (link) 
• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills will host Summit 2.5 on December 8, 2011 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. - (link)
• E-Rate Trainings Ongoing - Visit the E-Rate page online for a full list of on-site and webinar trainings. (link)
• K-12 Network Online Application Open - The subsidy application is now available online, and closes October 31. (link) 

Awesome Thing of the Week

• Sean: 
• Chrome Remote Desktop BETA: Remotely access another computer through the Chrome browser or with a Chromebook. (link)
• Official Moodle iOS App (Free) Note: Moodle 2.1 must be installed and mobile web services enabled in order for this to work. (link)
• Eric C: 
• YouTube offers uploading videos up to 12 hours long - (link) - (example 1) - (example 2)
• Google updates Google Presentations (animations, transitions, new themes, import images from Picasa, improved image alignment, improved drawing tools, rich tables, real-time collaboration, more) - (link)
• Eric G: 
• Dropbox - Free website that automatically syncs your documents, Up to 2 GB online storage free, Can earn up to 8 GB  by encouraging others to sign up, Sync between iOS, Android, Blackberry, Mac, Windows & Linux, They listen to their users via VoteBox. (link)
• Box.net - (link)

Main Topic: Bring Your Own Technology - BYOT / BYOD / BYOL

Useful Links:

• Forest Hills Local Schools (Ohio)
• Project Overview, Resources, and Handbooks - (link)
• T.H.E. Article on their project - (link)
• BYOL Presentation - (link)
• Cary’s Diigo BYOL Bookmarks - (link)
• Articles and BYOL Schools - (link)
• Characteristics of 21st Century Learning - (link)
• Nagel Professional Development Plan - (link)

• Mason City Schools (Ohio)
• BYOT Pilot Overview - (link)

• Valley Local School District (Ohio)
• BYOT Student Regulations - (link)

• North Canton City Schools (Ohio)
• BYOT Student Survey - (link)
• BYOT Student Survey Results - (link)
• BYOT Parent Survey - (link)
• NCCS Student AUP - (link)
• Meraki wireless - (link)
• Socrative - Free online student response system - (link)
• Poll Everywhere - Free student response system - (link)

• Muskego-Norway Schools (Wisconsin)
• BYOT Project Information - (link)
• BYOT Handbook - (link)

Next episodes

• November 5th - Tablets in Schools
  Survey is still open: http://tinyurl.com/stateoftech-004-survey
• November 19th - Creative Tech Support
  Survey is still open: http://tinyurl.com/stateoftech-005-survey