WEBVTT 00:00:00.766 --> 00:00:04.099 >> Reporter: This sign on the wall, "No cell phones during class time," well, it's practically a 00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:06.366 fossil at Skyview High School now. 00:00:06.366 --> 00:00:11.499 The bring your own device program, or BYOD, encourages students to use their cell phones 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:14.033 and other electronic devices in class. 00:00:14.033 --> 00:00:17.499 >> Teacher: Are you guys able to get in? Okay, got it? Okay. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:22.700 >> Here's something you don't see everyday: a teacher checking to make sure his students are 00:00:22.700 --> 00:00:24.166 on the Internet. This-- 00:00:24.166 --> 00:00:25.766 >> You had no problem on the iPad, right? 00:00:25.766 --> 00:00:28.166 >> -- is how Eric Silvie's teaching world history. 00:00:28.166 --> 00:00:31.432 >> I had a chalkboard 24 years ago. Now I have a whiteboard that we don't use. 00:00:31.433 --> 00:00:37.733 >> Instead, students bring their own smartphone, iPad, or laptop for online research. 00:00:37.733 --> 00:00:40.366 If they don't have one, they share with another student. 00:00:40.366 --> 00:00:44.932 Silvie says everything they need to know about the five religions of the world is at the touch or 00:00:44.933 --> 00:00:46.699 swipe of their fingertips. 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:53.733 >> They're able to access more updated pictures, graphs, videos by using their device. 00:00:53.733 --> 00:00:56.633 We're at week three now and I haven't cracked a textbook yet. 00:00:56.633 --> 00:01:02.399 >> Silvie and fellow teacher John Selby tried BYOD as a pilot program last year. Now, any 00:01:02.400 --> 00:01:06.866 high school teacher in the district who wants to try it it out can. 00:01:06.866 --> 00:01:11.666 Check out this group in the class next door. Phones, laptops, and iPads. No books, no 00:01:11.666 --> 00:01:13.066 handouts. 00:01:13.066 --> 00:01:15.766 Senior Sterling Fletcher likes being able to use his own computer. 00:01:15.766 --> 00:01:18.666 >> Student: It's going to be faster than the school computer. School computers take five to 00:01:18.666 --> 00:01:19.899 ten minutes to start up anyway. 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.500 >> Reporter: He knows there some trust involved. Students can't go on Facebook or take 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:24.700 calls or texts. 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:26.300 >> Reporter: You think you're able to not be distracted think you're able to not be distracted 00:01:26.300 --> 00:01:27.300 when you're using your computer? 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:29.133 >> Student: Usually. 00:01:29.133 --> 00:01:32.866 >> Reporter: His teachers say it's worth the risk because Sterling and his classmates will use 00:01:32.866 --> 00:01:35.466 these kinds of devices the rest of their lives. 00:01:35.466 --> 00:01:39.132 >> Teacher: As they transition through high school and into college, it's gonna be the 00:01:39.133 --> 00:01:39.966 standard. 00:01:39.966 --> 00:01:48.899 >> Reporter: Valerie Hurst, KATU News.