Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/a/pcsstn.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApUopFu60P49dC1iaEUwdFVPQWJMTDJrUm5CVmZ1cXc&usp=drive_web

Time line: http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/technology-usage-statistics

I have discovered bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) policies have been gaining acceptance in schools of the 21st century. Adults and our young “digital natives” fill misplaced without their personal digital devices. In the nintys just adults had cell phones. Now elementary students are packing smart phones around.  Stephen Noonoo says “According to a new mobile learning report from Blackboard and Project Tomorrow, about 50 percent of high school and 40 percent of middle school students now own or have access to a smartphone or tablet, a 400 percent increase since 2007”(2012). And what about school budgets and their restraints? Can schools afford to supply up to date laptops, ipads, etc., to all of our students? Lastly, should schools be taking advantage of or students personal Learning Devices Policy?