BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): WIWIV? (Will It Work In Veritas?)

Building an Effective School BYOD Plan

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I'd like to share these slides made by Sam Gliksman, a proponent of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) system in schools. We all know that Veritas, as in many other schools in Manila, ban the use of cellphones and other electronic gadgets and devices in school. While the ban stays in place, I'd like to take a long, hard look at this policy, and perhaps look at the other side of the coin: What if we allow the devices to be brought in school for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES? I can think of many such uses: filming a documentary, accessing e-books, using periodic table and trigonometric apps, recording music...students can certainly add to this list. But as the slides suggest, clear policies have to be drafted in order for the policy to work. At this point in time, technology must be seen as a friend, and not as an enemy. A schoolwide effort to make this happen is a necessity, and if things fall into place--parents, admin, teachers and students agree on the guidelines--we can actually star the BYOD scheme next school year. Now, that is really a move we could call, FTW!