{"product_id":"9781742861005","title":"Bring Your Own Technology: The BYOT guide for schools and families","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn time all schools in the developed world will move to students using their personal mobile technology in class, rather than it being provided by the school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a case of if, but when.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBYOT is likes a tsunami coming across the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forces impelling the change and the potential educational, social, economic, technological and political opportunities opened by the development will soon fundamentally change the nature of schooling, teaching, the technology used, home- school relations and the resourcing of schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe potential implications of the development are immense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBYOT is far more than a technological change. However, its full potential will only be realised by schools, their leadership and their communities collaborating astutely to achieve the normalised 100% student use of the technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat challenge will be considerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, drawing on the work of the pathfinding schools and education authorities in the UK, the USA and Australia, is designed to provide teachers and parents alike an insight into:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhy the development needs to be embraced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe imperative of authentic collaboration between home and school\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat each school needs to do to ready itself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow to deal with the raft of options\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe kinds of whole school community implementation strategy required\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe practicalities of achieving sustained total student usage and the many dividends that will then flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help further that understanding, join the authors at the BYOT blog at \u0026lt;byot.me\u0026gt;.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Australian Council for Educational Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018800840944,"sku":"9781742861005","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781742861005_p0.jpg?v=1763705586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781742861005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}