Evaluating the effectiveness

of technology and

demonstrating it’s positive

impact on students learning

(Or what happened with BYOD

at Wildern School)

k.broadribb@wildern.hants.sch.uk

@RibbK

http://admablog.com/2012/11/28/bring-your-own-device/http://

Father Christmas Survey

The Groundwork • Student driven - 18 students new techs SIG

led the proposal

• Canvassed over 1000 students - ownership

of devices, how used for

school/homework...

• Identified learning opportunities in all

subjects

• Pitched to SLT & Governors

• Devised AUP whilst conducting a trial with

18 iPods

http://arcadianabe.blogspot.co.uk

What can BYOD look like in the

classroom? • Multimedia, YouTube, stop frame animation,

filming, editing bespoke movies, Edutube,

school radio, graphic design, photo-editing e.g.

photoshop and digital photography, podcasting,

voxpops, blogging, social networking, website

design, e-books & publishing, WIN, Twitter, web

tools e.g. Padlet, apps, web searches, wiki’s,

journals, go animate, pinterest Skype, sound

recordings, Quizdom, BBC School report,

Animoto, Socrative, Google Apps (inc Gmail,

Google Drive...) e-reg, e-markbook, Flickr, word

clouds; Wordle, Facebook, Tumblr, Foursquare,

Google+, Google hangouts, QR codes, Apps

for good...

Effects

• Provide a real audience - from Wikipedia, blogs with

comments, YouTube, school radio podcasts, Twitter, school

TV etc…

• Offer a choice of outputs (written, typed, poster,

presentation, video, podcast etc…) the input (thinking,

planning, note-taking, drafting, re-drafting, collaboration

etc…) remains the same and the most important bit

• Real time - news, events and global happenings

• Fostering creativity as students become creators of content

• Promoting self confidence and self esteem

Profound

Shallow Deep

John West-Burnham

Gaming

•From Bobby:

•As I start the mission it makes me feel like I have butterflies in my stomach, as

the freezing weather and thick snow breezes across my face. All I can hear is

the rustle of the trees hitting themselves.

•From Josh:

•The sniper rifle is held steadily in front of me, as I tread carefully. The snow is

white as a dove and crunches under foot. The sunlight glares into my eyes.

•From Miguel:

•I hear a chopper come from the sky. The snow starts going mad when it lands

on the building. I get on straight away. They get me out of there in the space of

five to ten seconds. The enemy troops end up looking like ants.

•As I look back there is an explosion on the building where I was standing and I

realise how close I was to death.

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The technology you use will

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The experience you create

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