Why?

Bring your own device to learn at Dillard Drive Middle School is meant to:

• Allow information and opportunities surround today’s learners at all times.  BYODTL will allow all our students to access those opportunities instantly.  Furthermore, BYODTL will allow teachers to create instructional experiences that prepare students to be more productive as learners, creators, and contributors in a digital world.

 

Overview:

• Dillard Drive Middle School defines “devices” as any personal electronic devices students may bring from home for educational use, including smartphones, iPods, tablets/iPads, Chromebooks, netbooks, laptops, and dedicated e-readers (like Nook and Kindle).

• NOTE: This means that your student does NOT need a phone! :)

 

Policies/ Procedures:

• BYOD is gone. It is BYODTL – Bring your own device to learn. Devices will not be used for communication, social media, and texting. They are for learning purposes only.  After 8:15 am DDMS becomes a red zone - all phones and earbuds in book bags or lockers. They are not allowed in pockets.

• If you are going to use your device to learn, you and your parent/guardian will read over the terms of agreement (will be given on the first day of school, complete the back, and return to school.

• When you return this sheet, you will get a PBIS Phone Wristband. This band allows you to use your phone at lunch and in the bus room. If you break the contract, your band is taken, and you have lost your privilege to use your phone during lunch and bus room for 30 days.

• Students are not required to participate in the BYODTL program; however, students (and their parents) intending to participate in BYODTL must review, initial, and sign the BYODTL contract found on the next page. Students not participating will still be allowed to bring phones to school but will not be allowed to have them out in class. To opt-out, simply do not return this form to school. Students who do not bring devices will not miss out on any educational activities or opportunities. School-owned devices may be available as needed.

• After 8:15 am EVERYWHERE is a RED ZONE!

  • Bathrooms 

  • Gym 

  • Locker-Rooms

  • Hallways

  • Cafeteria during lunch and breakfast – unless you have a band.

  • Classrooms – unless permission from the teacher.

  • Phones must be in the student's backpack or locker.

 

Security/ Damages:

• Dillard Drive Middle School principals, teachers, and/or staff are not liable for any device that is stolen or damaged. Each student is individually responsible for keeping his or her device secure. For more information, please read our full F.A.Q. on the DDMS Website.

 

*For more information on BYODTL see the Dillard Drive School Website/ The Wake County Handbook.