Purpose:
Develop a timeline with sequential steps to implement BYOT, 1:1, and Blended Learning
Early Steps
- First, understand 21st century skills, life, and college and career.
- Also complete a needs assessment survey.
- Building wireless capacity
- Home internet access (paper)
- Teacher tech skills
- Create a core planning group. Make sure you have novice technology teachers in that group. Should have an administrator who is empowered to make decisions, otherwise it’s a waste of time.
- Select model of instruction (iNACOL)
- Develop teacher competencies
Mid-Steps
- Update district policies (make sure to look at insurance and privacy)
- Determine your LMS
- Inform your community
- Teachers receive mobile technology. They get PD.
- Develop use zones on your campus
- Teachers develop their online content
- Professional development onf classroom management
End Steps
- Allow students to bring devices / provide devices
- Use assessment tools. Have PD
- Cover communication tools
- Continual PD for all players