Parents with students who are going to be in fifth grade in the 2019–2020 school year will have three options in the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program:
Option 1: Purchase a device through the district’s program in collaboration with Best Buy—there is a $100 coupon that comes with this option. The window to purchase a computer opens in August, and emails will be sent to parents with instructions on how to participate.
Option 2: Students may bring a device of their own, so long as it meets standard criteria.
Option 3: Borrow a district-owned device.
More information about the program will be sent to parents of incoming fifth graders in the coming months.
The district’s website, www.isd110.org, contains details about the BYOD program and the standard criteria required of a student-owned device. Click on “District Departments” and then “Technology.”
Jeff Jeska, technology director, is available to answer questions at: (952) 442-0606, or jjeska@isd110.org.
Best Buy is the only vendor that offers this discounted purchase opportunity. This unique program helps provide technology resources for students to support the district’s technology goal of supporting more engaged and individualized learning while strengthening critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills.