No longer are students restricted to paper-and-pencil
assignments. Now they can use video, email and other
applications to show Kelley the concepts they’ve grasped in her
language arts class. “We don’t have to do it just paper-pencil
style,” Kelley said. “It gives them a lot more say-so about how
they express their learning in class.” Kelley’s experience is
not unique among teachers at White Plains Middle School, which
last year became home to a pilot program that asks students to
bring their own laptops, smartphones and tablet computers to
school. Soon her experience with technology in the classroom
will become more common among teachers who work for Calhoun
County Schools. This month the district is expanding the pilot
program to five more schools, and by next fall to all county
schools. The initiative, named “Bring Your Own Device,” is
designed to help students and teachers integrate technology into
classrooms, administrators said. The initiative, known to
teachers as BYOD, is an alternative to technology