Team BYOD:

Tom Whyte

Hello everyone, my name is Tom Whyte and I currently live in Medicine Hat, Alberta.  I am a proud father of two high energy boys, that keep my wife and I very busy.  Professionally, I have taught Grade 5 to 12, with subjects ranging from Bio 30, Learning Assistance Language Arts, and Foods 9, throughout my 12 year career.  At this time, I am a middle school Math and Science teacher for Medicine Hat School District #76.   I have always been very interested in the utilization of technology within the classroom, and have enhanced my classroom practices with many things I have learned throughout my MET courses.

Scott Tammik

Greetings from Newmarket, just north of Toronto.  I am a secondary school communications technology and photography teacher in Richmond Hill, Ontario.  I serve on our schools Digital Literacy committee, advising our administrators on future technology purchases and new ways to integrate technology into our teaching practices.  With over 2000 students, our school is struggling to keep up with the demands for new technology and BYOD is a solution we are just beginning to consider.

Lisa Nevoral

Hello from Kelowna, BC.  I work at Dr. Knox Middle school and teach Math and Science 8 and 9.  I am the Science Curriculum Leader at my school and always try to introduce technology to my department.  Our middle school is large and with no money in the budget for new laptops, BYOD might just be the way to go.

Suhayl Patel

Hi from Calgary. I am a Learning and Innovation Specialist with the Calgary Board of Education.  My responsibilities include managing (from a pedagogical perspective) new and innovative technologies to implement in the classroom.  Some of the new technologies are in the pilot stages and some are have been globally deployed to the entire board and are in full use.  In the evenings I teach an adult upgrading math course to pre-university/college students.  Our board and department are always looking for ways to implement BYOD/BYOT to engage our learners.  The infrastructure is in place as we have WAPs installed all over our schools and students can access our LAWN (Learner Accessible Wireless Network).

Shaun Pepper

Hi! I am currently teaching Math and Science at Sino Canada School in China. I am excited about BYOT as a way to increase student motivation and engagement with content. I have worked with Independent Schools Association of British Columbia trying to rework policy to allow students to use their own technology in the classroom.