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BYOD -Bring Your Own Device, By Rhonda Wilson





Temecula Valley Unified School District is now a district that has a device for every student. Devices for all students was implemented as soon as the covid-19 hit and the decision was made to continue classes online. Now that students are able to return to campus we hope to be able to continue to offer devices to every student who needs one. If the student has their own device the district allows for them to bring their own device on campus.


 In the article by Karen J. McLean, The Implementation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Primary [Elementary] Schools, 2016 states that  “Reported benefits associated with BYOD in schools include high levels of student engagement through interactive assignments, the use of a range of apps to teach core curriculum skills and independent inquiry learning opportunities.”  The benefit to the district  of BYOD to school is it is less costly to the district. The downside to having your own personal device is that we are unable to give technical support. If you check a device out from the library for the school year we are able to help with technical issues, repairs and updates.



Works Cited



  McLean, Karen J. “The Implementation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Primary [Elementary] Schools.” Frontiers in psychology 7 (2016): 1739–1739. Web.



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  1. Emily SirkinApril 28, 2021 at 7:11 PM

    It is very interested that the school would not help with technical issues those students who bring their own device to school. I think that policy makes sense because library staff might get in trouble for trying to fix a computer that does not belong to the school. And the kids and their parents might get upset if their computer get damage for any reason.

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