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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.77,0:00:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Reporter: This sign on the wall, "No cell phones during class time," well, it's practically a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.10,0:00:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fossil at Skyview High School now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.37,0:00:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bring your own device program, or BYOD, \Nencourages students to use their cell phones
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.50,0:00:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other electronic devices in class.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.03,0:00:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Teacher: Are you guys able to get in? Okay, got it? Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.50,0:00:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Here's something you don't see everyday: a teacher checking to make sure his students are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.70,0:00:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet. This--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.17,0:00:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> You had no problem on the iPad, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.77,0:00:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> -- is how Eric Silvie's teaching world history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.17,0:00:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> I had a chalkboard 24 years ago. Now I have a whiteboard that we don't use.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.43,0:00:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Instead, students bring their own smartphone, iPad, or laptop for online research.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.73,0:00:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they don't have one, they share with another student.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.37,0:00:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Silvie says everything they need to know about the five religions of the world is at the touch or
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.93,0:00:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swipe of their fingertips.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.70,0:00:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> They're able to access more updated pictures, graphs, videos by using their device.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.73,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're at week three now and I haven't cracked a textbook yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:01:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Silvie and fellow teacher John Selby tried BYOD as a pilot program last year. Now, any
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.40,0:01:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high school teacher in the district who wants to try it it out can.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.87,0:01:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check out this group in the class next door. Phones, laptops, and iPads. No books, no
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.67,0:01:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handouts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.07,0:01:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senior Sterling Fletcher likes being able to use his own computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.77,0:01:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Student: It's going to be faster than the school computer. School computers take five to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.67,0:01:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten minutes to start up anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.90,0:01:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Reporter: He knows there some trust involved. Students can't go on Facebook or take
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.50,0:01:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calls or texts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.70,0:01:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Reporter: You think you're able to not be distracted think you're able to not be distracted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.30,0:01:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're using your computer?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.30,0:01:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Student: Usually.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.13,0:01:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Reporter: His teachers say it's worth the risk because Sterling and his classmates will use
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.87,0:01:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these kinds of devices the rest of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.47,0:01:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Teacher: As they transition through high school and into college, it's gonna be the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.13,0:01:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.97,0:01:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Reporter: Valerie Hurst, KATU News.