BYOD technology (bring your own device) at polish schools

Abstract

This article presents problems associated with the use of private hardware, such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets by the students at schools. Various moral, economical, and legal aspects of the BYOD technology are analyzed. It is emphasized that the scale of this phenomenon is be-coming substantial. Typical reactions of teachers to the use of this technology by the users of the teaching process are presented. It is mentioned that, taking into account the popularity of mobile devices among young people, the miniaturization of teleinformatics hardware advances and the „Internet of Things” technology is being introduced, the phenomenon of BYOD will become one of the intrinsic elements of the modern educational process.