Today was the first day of school. For our tech department, that means attending to some last minute issues. Some of the issues are due to lack of foresight (e.g. relocating a teacher computer to an area of the room without network drops or projector connections) and good ole Murphy's Law (e.g. waterfall over a computer because of clogged pipes two days before school starts).
For teachers, the first day involves a lot of information dissemination to students: classroom rules, school/district rules, and the general "getting-to-know-you" activities.
I don't have hard numbers as of yet, but I know that many of our staff have registered their devices on our network. I also know that a good number of our students tried to, but could not connect successfully. Thanks to a couple of teachers and a student, we were alerted to the problem. After an hour or so of troubleshooting, we determined the reason for the inability of students to connect and fixed the problem. Given that teachers aren't dependent on BYOD, especially on Day 1, I'd say this was a success.
In days to come, I hope to report some actual numbers. I'll also be reporting on great integration ideas. Our own MS Library Media Specialist has prepared lessons about apps that can be used for reading and citing sources.
I'm excited by the days to come. Any thoughts and ideas are welcome. Let's learn from each other!
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