20% project, reflection 2

I think that teachers, students and school systems could benefit from my findings in my 20% project. There are many things regarding the integration of bring your own technology that would be useful for those participating in the policy to know. For teachers, knowing the pros and cons of the strategy would benefit them by providing them a sense of how to best monitor and implement the policy into their classrooms. For example, knowing the tendency of students to become distracted by using their personal technological devices in class could allow the teacher to alter their approach to their classroom, or to implement ways to check and keep students from becoming distracted. Students might benefit from knowledge about how to better personalize the use of their own technology to better facilitate their learning style. For example if students know which devices (laptop, tablet, ipad) would be best for the way in which they learn, then they could spend less time figuring that out and more time achieving meaningful learning. Research into the pros and cons of the policy in general can help school systems to make the decision on whether to implement BYOT or not in their schools, based on their students and their current technological resources. This project’s findings will hopefully provide new perspectives on the policy to provide teachers, students, and schools with additional input on the policy. I will attempt to write my blog in a manner that relates the most to the effect of the policy on students, teachers, and schools. Since these are the main recipients of the policies’ effects.