BYOD/BYOT Implementation Plan

for
4th Grade Mathematics

Henry Hobby
Worth County Elementary
Sylvester, Georgia

BYOD Agreement

Parents and Students,

The Worth County School District has recently adopted a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for all
schools in the district (the full policy is included with this correspondence). This policy will allow students
to bring many of their own technology devices to school for use in our classrooms. We will now be
incorporating the use of such items as laptops, iPads, netbooks and cell phones with browsing capabilities
for educational purposes only. Similar to other personally owned items, the district is not liable for the
loss, damage, misuse, or theft of personally owned devices brought to school.
This notification is to inform and guide you through this new opportunity. Please note that students are
never required to bring in outside technology to school. All students will continue to be able to utilize our
school equipment. No student will be left out of the instruction process.
Expectations:
1. Students will only use appropriate technology at teachers discretions.
2. Students will only use appropriate educational applications on their device (i.e. not games and/or nonschool related tasks and functions).
3. Students are not to call, text message, email, or electronically communicate with others from their
personal device, including other students, parents, guardians, friends, and family during the school day.
4. Students are permitted to access only the schools network through personal devices, not private
networks. More information will be provided to students for accessing the available network.
*Please refer to the attached policy (#237) for full details of expectations and infractions.
Reinforcement:
Students utilizing this opportunity to its fullest capacity within school expectations will find numerous
benefits to instruction, resources, completion of assignments and personal organization.
Students not following expectations for use of personal devices will face school disciplinary measures and
lose the privilege to utilize personal devices in school for a period of time commensurate with the infraction.
We look forward to the educational opportunities that BYOD will bring to our students and staff and
understand that there will be some challenges with full implementation of the policy along the way. Your
suggestions and feedback are always welcome. Thank you for your understanding and reinforcement of the
initial procedures and expectations for this initiative.
237. ACCEPTABLE STUDENT USE OF PERSONALLY OWNED DEVICES
The School Board adopts this policy in order to maintain a safe and secure environment for students and
employees.
A personally owned device shall include all existing and emerging technology devices that can take
photographs; record audio or video; input text; upload and download media; and transmit or receive
messages or images. Examples of a personally owned device shall include but is not limited to: MP3 players
and iPods; iPads, Nooks, Kindle, and other tablet PCs; laptop and netbook computers; personal digital
assistants (PDAs), cell phones and smart phones such as BlackBerry, iPhone, or Droid, as well as any device
with similar capabilities.
Educational purposes include classroom activities, career development, and communication with experts,
homework, and limited high quality self-discovery activities. Students are expected to act responsibly and

thoughtfully when using technology resources. Students bear the burden of responsibility to inquire with
school administrators and/or teachers when they are unsure of the permissibility of a particular use of
technology prior to engaging in the use.
Inappropriate communication includes, but is not limited to, the following: obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar,
rude, inflammatory, threatening, or disrespectful language or images typed, posted, or spoken by students;
information that could cause damage to an individual or the school community or create the danger of
disruption of the academic environment; personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory attacks;
harassment (persistently acting in a manner that distresses or annoys another person) or stalking of others;
knowingly or recklessly posting false or defamatory information about a person or organization; and
communication that promotes the destruction of property, including the acquisition or creation of weapons
or other destructive devices. If a student is told to stop sending communications, that student must cease the
activity immediately.
Examples of an unacceptable device in this policy shall include but is not limited to gaming devices or
consoles, laser pointers, modems or routers, and televisions.
Personally owned devices are permitted for use during the school day for educational purposes and/or in
approved locations only.
The District shall not be liable for the loss, damage, misuse, theft of any personally owned device brought to
School.
The District reserves the right to monitor, inspect, copy, and review a personally owned device or file when
administration has a reasonable suspicion that a violation has occurred.
Students may not utilize any technology to harass, threaten, demean, humiliate, intimidate, embarrass, or
annoy their classmates or others in their community. This is unacceptable student behavior known as cyber
bullying and will not be tolerated. Any cyber bullying that is determined to disrupt the safety and/or wellbeing of the school is subject to disciplinary action.
All district students shall review this policy and associated technology guidelines before students utilize any
school and/or personally owned devices. The District reserves the right to restrict student use of district
owned technologies and personally owned devices on school property or at school-sponsored events.
Students must be aware of appropriateness of communications when using district or personally owned
devices. Inappropriate communication is prohibited in any public messages, private messages, and material
posted online by students.
The Board expressly prohibits use of personally owned devices in locker rooms, restrooms, and nurses
offices.
Students are not permitted to use any electronic device to record audio or video media or take pictures of
any student or staff member without their permission. The distribution of any unauthorized media may
result in discipline including but not limited to suspension, criminal charges, and expulsion.
Personally owned devices used in school are not permitted to connect to the Internet through a 3G, 4G, or
other content service providers. Personally owned devices must access the internet via the Districts content
filtered wireless network.

*This policy is adopted from the BPSD Elementary School; Policy 237. Retrieved from http://www.pbsd.k12.pa.us/Downloads/BYOD14.pdf

PERMISSION FORM
2016-2017
Any parent who wishes that their child use a personally owned electronic device within the worth County
School District must read and sign this agreement and submit to the classroom teacher.
1. The student takes full responsibility for his or her device and keeps it with himself or herself at all times.
The school is not responsible for the security of the device.

2. The student is responsible for the proper care of their personal device, including any costs of repair,
replacement or any modifications needed to use the device at school.
3. The school reserves the right to inspect a students personal device if there is reason to believe that the
student has violated Board policies, administrative procedures, school rules or has engaged in other
misconduct while using their personal device.
4. Violations of any Board policies, administrative procedures or school rules involving a students
personally owned device may result in the loss of use of the device in school and/or disciplinary action.
5. The student must comply with teachers request to shut down the computer or close the screen.
6. The student may not use the devices to record, transmit or post photos or video of a person or persons on
campus. Nor can any images or video recorded at school be transmitted or posted at any time without
the express permission of a teacher.
7. The student should only use their device to access relevant files.
8. The student will use the districts secured wireless network. Use of 3G & 4G wireless connections is
not allowed.
DETACH AND RETURN TO HOMEROOM TEACHER. RETAIN THE INFORMATION ABOVE.
Students name ___________________________ Homeroom Teacher____________________________
Parents name ______________________________________________
I understand and will abide by the above policy and guidelines. I further understand that any violation of the
above may result in the loss of network and/or device privileges as well as other disciplinary action.
As a parent I understand that my child will be responsible for abiding by the above policy and guidelines. I
have read and discussed them with her/him and they understand the responsibility they have in the use of
their personal device.
______________________________________________
(Parent Signature)

__________________________
(Date)

*This policy is adopted from the BPSD Elementary School; Policy 237. Retrieved from http://www.pbsd.k12.pa.us/Downloads/BYOD14.pdf

Worth County School District

103 Eldridge Street
Sylvester, GA 31791
229.776.8600
Mrs. Kay Mathews, Superintendent
Mr. Jared Worthy

Dr. Steven Rouse

Mrs. Tiffany Sevier

Mr. Scott Chafin

WCPS Principal

WCES Principal

WCMS Principal

WCHS Principal

The Worth County School District (WCSD) believes in educating the 21st century student by allowing them to
access technology through different means. The WCSD encourages and supports appropriate and responsible
use of technology and will take reasonable measures to ensure that students are protected and that the
technology aligns with educational objectives. Please refer to the attachments for guidelines/policies regarding
the permissions listed below. A copy of these policies can also be viewed and/or obtained at all schools and at
www.worthschools.net.

Permission to Publish
I DO give WCSD the right to use my childs name, photograph, and student work for publication to
acknowledge achievements and accomplishments in the newspaper, the yearbook, on our school website/social
media pages, and on appropriate educational sites.
I DO NOT give WCSD the right to use my childs name, photograph, and student work for publication to
acknowledge achievements and accomplishments in the newspaper, the yearbook, on our school website/social
media pages, and on appropriate educational sites.

Permission to Use the Computer Network

I DO give permission for my child to use the WCSD network in all of the following ways: Internet services,
student e-mail, Google Apps for Education, and all other educational apps.
I DO NOT give permission for my child to use the WCSD network in all of the following ways: Internet
services, student e-mail, Google Apps for Education, and all other educational apps.

Permission to Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT)

I DO give permission for my child to bring his/her own portable, wireless device to school.
I DO NOT give permission for my child to bring his/her own portable, wireless device to school.
**All permission given will remain in effect unless changed explicitly by a parent/guardian.**
Students Name (print clearly) ________________________________________
Students Signature ____________________________________________
Parent/Guardians Name (print clearly) ___________________________________
Parent/Guardians Signature _______________________________
Date ________________________________________________
*Worth County School District Technology Form: Retrieved from http://www.worthschools.net/Content2/21070

Platform
The platform that works best for our class is Google Classroom. Since all
students have a Gmail account for email, this platform will allow fluidity through Google
content and Google Applications. Google Classroom allows teachers to create classes,
distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place. Students are
allowed to keep all assignments in one place. It also allows them to communicate with

their teacher and with their classmates. Students will have full access to Google apps
like Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive, and others.

Accommodations
All classroom computers have internet access allowing students to access their
Google Classroom account. Each classroom currently has six student computers for
use. Worth County Elementary also has two student labs that contain 30 computers
each. The teacher will be able to sign-up for access to one computer at the beginning
of each week. The second computer lab will be used for computer literacy instruction
during students designated Specials time. Students will also have access to iPads
and Chromebooks that are available from the media center. Each fourth grade
classroom is assigned nine Chromebooks that students have access to throughout the
day. Students that do have personal devices will have plenty of access to schoolowned technology.

Use of Devices
BYOD: the use of personal devices will be restricted to the owner of the device
ONLY. All other students will use school-owned devices.
Students will be allowed to work with partners when using devices. No more than
two students at a time are allowed to be on a device. When working in groups (4
members), two devices may be used per group. This applies to school-owned
devices only. All students using personal devices will be allowed to do so.
When working with partners/groups, students will share their work (Docs,
Slides, etc.) with their partner and group members through their Google Drive
Account. Work will also be shared with the teacher via Google Drive.

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