Bring Your Own Device

Catalog description

This course will introduce teachers to a Bring Your Own Device initiative. BYOD initiatives are beginning to take place all over the country as a way to engage students with devices they already own and to save districts the cost of purchasing every child a computer. Devices that students bring to school can include laptops, tablets, eReaders, cell phones, smartphones or portable media players (like the iPod Touch). Teachers will gain experience with multiple devices, while creating an integrated unit utilizing the advantages of BYOD in their classrooms. Units will be developed over the course, while being informed by theoretical and empirical readings and group discussions. Teachers will also take a closer look at the challenges of teaching in a classroom with many different devices by implementing their unit and reflecting on and sharing classroom management strategies necessary to make a BYOD initiative effective. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences School of Education