美国校园移动学习术语（BYOD）的简称很容易使我产生联想，汽车牌子（Build Your Dream比亚迪，圆你的梦），其实也可以用“Build Your Own Dream”(实现自己的梦想 BYOD)来表述，今天这则博文要介绍的是美国学校教室和校园内无线移动学习，要求学生自带设备到学校学习（Bring Your Own Device, BYOD）。美国有85%的教育机构允许学生自带无线移动电子学习设备到学校上课，过去的年代学生自带玩具或者手机上学常被教师收缴或者没收。很多教师回想起过去自己小时候自带设备上学惹老师生气常被没收到如今与之对比，深感过去生不逢时。说明如今的移动学习得到认可，得到教师的普遍认可。果真如此，学生自带学习设备的好处在哪些方面呢？Ashley Wainwright提出了其中的三大好处，可供移动教学和翻转学习的师生借鉴。

  1、增加学生的参与性

   口头发言不积极的学生也能通过(BYOD)与教师互动，学习效果可以快速反馈给教师。教师设置调查和统计能快速完成，快速实现互动点评交流。

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Of course not every student is likely to throw up their hand with comments or questions. Many teachers have challenges with getting students to participate. I was one of the quiet ones that even if I did have the right answer or a really good point it didn’t matter; I still wasn’t going to raise my hand and speak in front of the class if I didn’t have to. BYOD can be used to fix this and give every student the opportunity to participate easier. Educators can do things like run polls throughout the lesson to see how much students actually understand the information. Teachers can also allow students to send instant messages during a lecture or lesson directly to the teacher if they have a questions or comment about something. Also students are in love with their mobile devices, so allowing them to interact on them during a lesson or activity will definitely boost student participation.

2、提升学生的合作性

   如今靠技术生存的课堂要激发学生的兴奋点就是自带设备进入课堂，主要是激发他们的学习兴奋点。便于激发他们与同学之间的合作与教育专家的合作甚至与世界各地学校的课堂合作。

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Allowing students to use the devices that have become such a major part of their lives is going to get students more excited and engaged than ever! Kids these days live for technology. So it only makes sense to utilize their love for technology in the classroom if you really want to get them excited about learning again. With BYOD, students can easily collaborate on projects with classmates and even students and experts from other schools or even around the world.

3、为学生融入现实世界做准备

    为了学生的发展，移动技术已经成为学生融入现实社会的方方面面不可或缺的，不单是教育需要，他们将来的职业生涯也是需要准备的，学生自带设备进行移动学习对资金短缺的教育机构来说解决了大问题。预测美国到2016年将实现100%学校学生都将实现用手握的移动学习设备进行学习。

3)Prepare students for the real world

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The ultimate goal of education is to prepare students for their future. Technology is a part of just about every aspect of our lives these days. So not incorporating it into education is just plain crazy. Students need to be prepared for their future careers which will inevitably include mobile technology. BYOD is a great way for cash-strapped educational institutions to provide all of their students with all the benefits or mobile learning with the latest and greatest technology.

These are just three of the countless ways BYOD on school wireless networks can improve education. BYOD was once just thought of as a trend, but it has quickly transformed and will soon be the norm in schools all across the United States.  Actually analysts have predicted 100% of students will use mobile handheld devices for education by 2016.

   BYOD is growing at a substantial pace in education. Actually according to a recent study by Bradford Networks, 85 percent of education institutions currently allow some form of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) on their school wireless networks.

     Boy have the times changed! When I was in school, you could get in some serious trouble for having a phone in class. I can’t remember how many times I got my phone taken away. Sometimes I thought confiscating phones was my teacher’s main goal in life. Now many schools are actually allowing and get this…actually encouraging students to bring in smartphones and other mobile devices like iPads in the classroom to use as learning tools. Apparently I grew up in the wrong generation.

     This generation is very tech-savvy and also very lucky to have schools systems that understand that. With programs like BYOD, students have the opportunity to learn with the tools they are already familiar with and love.

BYOD is really a great option for schools who want to improve education with the latest and greatest learning tools, mobile devices. Check out these 3 ways you can improve education at your school with a BYOD policy.

参考文献

Top 3 Ways BYOD on School Wireless Networks Can Improve Education
by Ashley Wainwright

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