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A ond, does it ultimately help or hurt learning or students to do schoolwork on the same device they use or texting and games? I’d love to hear what you think. trators, teachers and parents are giving up on cell phone bans and coming out in support o BYOD. According to Proj- ect Tomorrow’s most recent Speak Up survey, 60 percent o parents said they would like their children to be in a class where BYOD was allowed. And perhaps more importantly, two-thirds o parents said they would purchase a mobile de- vice or their child to use in class. The same survey shows that a large majority o students in sixth through 12th grades already have access to smartphones. BYOD achieves two key goals that all ed tech leaders share: controlling spending on devices and meeting students where they are. The ormer is pretty straightorward, but the latter brings up a couple o questions. First and ore- most is the equity issue: What do schools do or the students who don’t have devices? Sec- A COPE OF years ago, the frst and last word in mobile devices or education was “iPad.” The Apple tablet’s dominance o the ed tech market has been gradually eroded by an ar- mada o Android and Microsot tablets boasting lower prices, easier enterprise management and integrated access to the Google or Windows cloud ecosystems. These days, though, with districts across the country preparing or on- line assessments that require keyboards, it’s no coincidence that the most-purchased category o device is the notebook, with the Chromebook especially popular. But the era o one device dominating class- rooms is over. Notebooks ace competition not only rom tablets, but rom new categories o devices such as convertible laptop/tablets and phablets, as well as a device that many districts once banned: the smartphone. As our cover story shows, an increasing number o adminis- From Phone Bans to BYOD Devices that were once considered distractions rom learn- ing are fnding their way into more and more classrooms. Our Space Christopher Piehler , Editor-in-Chie Districts are dropping phone bans in order to meet students where they are. | SEPTEMBER 2014 2 ADVISORY BOARD Geoffrey H. Fletcher Deputy Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association Ann Flynn Director of Education Technology & State Association Services, National School Boards Association Phil Hardin Executive Director of Technology, Rowan-Salisbury School System (NC) Christopher Harris Coordinator, School Library System, Genesee Valley Educational Partnership (NY) Cathy Hutchins Principal, South Woods Elementary School, St. John’s County School District (FL) Thomas Murray State and District Digital Learning Director, Alliance for Excellent Education Alice E. Owen Educational Consultant Mark Stevens General Manager, NEA Academy Donna Teuber Team Leader for Technology Integration, Richland School District Two (SC)
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