BISD Teachers say: BYOD!

Mobile Learning Examples in BISD

  • One-device classroom: iPhone app "I Am T-Pain" brings the worlds of science, hip hop, teenagers and smartphones together in the Secondary Chemistry classroom.
  •  Teacher, Jason Bair
  • Haltom High School 

  • Texting real-life soldiers: Senior English students engage in literature and explore modern connections to medieval texts through text-messaging



More Ways BISD Teachers are Capitalizing on 
Student-Owned Devices
  • Research
  • Word-processing
  • Dictionary
  • Calculator
  • Calendars and alarms for student productivity
  • Student/Parent communication
  • Note-taking
  • Maps
  • Debate support evidence
  • Surveys and polls
  • Vocabulary devlopment
  • Photo/video/audio recording and posting
  • Take pictures of board, notes, documents to study later
  • Blogging
  • Tweet to text alerts, reminders, pre-thinking
  • Web surfing
  • Guest texters