10 Reasons BYOD Is Impossible ToIgnore [Infographic]08142012 TeachThought Staff 2 Comments

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BYOD is a trend that while vague in definitionndashcould be among the most powerful recent movements to disrupteducation

Disruption is about among other ideas shifting power and eroding existing systems Last week we looked at 25movements disrupting education r ight now (BYOD made 4 on our list)

Wersquove also looked at the concept of smartphones hav ing untapped potentialat resetting many of the inequities inlearning

Yesterday zdnet took a look at BYOD through the lens of momentum and social media data Their conclusion Thereis officially 14x more ldquobuzzrdquo around social media than there was this time last year while observing that certain largecompanies like Cisco Systems have employees BYOD in a big wayndashto the tune of over 50000 self-implemented andmanaged devices

For all of its inherent potential and problems it is becoming a movement that is impossible to ignore

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