BYOD argument

Here is my argument about Bring Your Own Device/s (BYOD). You see, In room 5 we have been learning to write arguments.

70 Nile St

Nelson

7010

8th November 2013

Dear Board of Trustees.

I can not decide whether I am for or against bring your own device (BYOD). BYOD is when children bring their own laptop, ipad, tablet, ipod touch or other to help with learning.

One of the reasons that tempts me to say no is, imagine the anger if an $1000 dollar device got stolen or broken. Teachers would get the blame and that is not good for the teachers reputation.  Kids struggle to take care of hats and lunch boxes at school so how are they going to take care of something that is worth a lot more.

However, kids might start having fun learning maths, literacy, or spelling. If this is so they might want to learn more. Therefore, teachers would not have to spend as much money on worksheets, to learn, they could just play a maths game on the ipad along with learning socially with the teacher. More than half of my syndicate, Kahikatea, would like it. Don't you think that shows their confidence?

But, Surely pop ups would make most children uncomfortable and feel frightened. Also, many adults may not trust their children to use a device sensibly and that could lead to tears.  Also, if a random person sent you a letter saying “Wanna be friends?” you could easily be tricked into doing all sorts of bad things. Such as giving credit card numbers, phone numbers and  gmail passwords.

Over these last few days I have come to conclusion I think we should have BYOD at NCS. For the following reasons BYOD would encourage kids to learn, it would save the school a lot of money and it would prepare kids for the future.

Kind regards,

Jasper

Room 5 NCS