BYOT Network

Session Details

Tuesday, November 5, 2013, Georgia Educational Technology Conference – GaETC, Atlanta, GA, 1:00PM-4:00PM – Room: Board 3
Presenters: Dr. Tim Clark @byotnetwork, Laura Thornton, Ed.S. @LearningaboutIT

Session Description

Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) has the power to radically transform teaching and learning experiences in today’s schools. Likewise, bring your own mobile technology devices to this workshop to explore digital age learning via BYOT by completing hands-on activities.  Discover how digital tools for blogs, wikis, social media, and projects can encourage literacy, facilitate digital age skills, engage students, and develop learning communities. Realize the learning processes that students undergo in a BYOT environment, and through collaboration, practice and investigate new strategies for implementing BYOT effectively.

Session Outline

Let’s Chat About BYOT

(using TodaysMeet at https://todaysmeet.com/byotchat, answer these questions)

• What questions do you have about BYOT?
• What do you hope to learn in this session?

Levels of Technology Use

• Levels of Use in BYOT: Transforming Learning Experiences
• Quiz about Levels of Use with Socrative

Shifting the Focus to Digital Age Skills

• The 4 C’s of Digital Age Learning
• FCS Learner Profile
• Outcomes of BYOT
• Building Classroom Community