20% Reflection #6

After completing my 20% project on the pros and cons of the “bring your own technology” policy, there are still some questions that I have yet to answer. One of them is how would the BYOT policy actually be implemented into a classroom? The teacher could implement certain rules concerning the devices that students could bring, and the manner in which they could use them. This would be an interesting question to explore to see how this could alter the effectiveness of the BYOT policy if it is implemented into a classroom. Teachers may be able to allow a large amount of freedom in the use of personal technology in the classroom, which may have different benefits than a classroom where the use of the students’ personal devices is more limited. This would depend on the teacher’s ability to control the classroom and to effectively implement the technology into the lesson plan.

Another question that would be interesting to explore would be, with a non-BYOT policy, what would a standardized technology plan look like in comparison to a BYOT plan? This would be beneficial to compare to see the benefits of both plans. Non-BYOT plans could still potentially be implemented in ways that would still bring creativity and excitement to the classroom in similar ways that a BYOT plan could. Comparing different methods of implementation between BYOT and non-BYOT plans could help in the decision-making process of whether or not to choose BYOT for a classroom, which would be helpful for schools and teachers.