1st+Week 

[[image:badge.png width="147" height="144" align="right"]]Main questions of the 1st week
==1.1 Why use tablets? The research perspective == // Research foundings //
 * 1) //Why do I want to use tablets? In other words, what is the added benefit in general and more importantly what is the benefit for my own situation.//
 * 2) What do I need to consider at a //broader, whole-school level when using tablets?//
 * 3) //What do I need to consider at a classroom level when using tablets?//
 * At the end of this module you **should** have achieved the following learning objectives: **
 * 1) //Reflected// on //the use of tablets in general as well as in your specific situation//
 * 2) //Explored a range of challenges of using tablets in schools//
 * 3) //Identified a key challenge for your school and suggested an idea how to address it//
 * 4) //Explored a range of challenges of using tablets in classrooms//
 * 5) //Identified a key challenge for your classroom and suggested an idea how to address it//
 * //increases students motivation, creativity, communication and independence//
 * //technology is more and more important and schools are preparing students for tomorrow//
 * //increases engagement (for example producing something), which is helpful for deeper and more reflective learning, develops critical thinking AND it si useful for lifelong learning as well//
 * //technology must be simple and reliable, mobile, must provide access to learning, must be a tool for learning and creation of information//

==1.2 Why use tablets? The teacher and student perspective == //Teacher perspective//
 * //personalised learning//
 * //apps for content creation (for example// Evernote//)//
 * //flexible teaching, which means personalisation of the learning//
 * //visualisation//
 * //supporting students creativity//
 * //inclusive teaching: can see who has collaborated and when//
 * //collaboration// with //the group//

//Student perspective//
 * //young ones: allows to work and save things - install games and search things - change the desktop background -//
 * //older ones: mother language skills and foreign language skills - group projects - including different subjects in one work - use other resources (like khan academy) -//

==1.3 Tablets in schools - what I need to know == Diana Bannister

**1. Strategy & Planning:**
 * //**Time **: there is never right time, schools are always busy //
 * //Money: not enough money to equip all the students with //device// at the same time //
 * //planning: You should ask: why you would like to start to use tablets in your school = **objectives; ** what kinds of things you want the students and staff to be able to do =? //
 * //who is going to get a tablet? How and when they will be used? How you will evaluate and monitor the implementation program, //
 * //all these things should be approached by a team, not an individual //
 * //a good idea is to have a pilot with some classes and teachers because this allows you to be aware //of// bigger challenges in the school //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">2. Bringing Tablets into Lessons **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">select a particular year group or a subject - it makes easier to document the evidence and evaluate the process //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">don't think you are going to have tablet lessons - whole teaching and learning will change //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">tablets change the possibilities what students can do and the types of outputs students can produce //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">teachers can provide lesson content and give feedback in new ways //
 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">physical learning environment: **<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> when students are using mobile devices they may need more space or different space than before, on of the biggest problem might be the wireless contact //
 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">virtual learning environment: **<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">how students will access lesson content and where they upload and save their work to, which applications and tools students will be using for communication - it is important to have a standard, because it helps teachers and students to be consistent and transparent //
 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">eSafety: **<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> awareness, school policy and standard procedures for guiding students and staff to eSafety issues //
 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Technical support: **<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> who is responsible for //maintenance//<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> of devices and who will support students and teachers in the class //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Students might know more about using tablets than teachers: identify two student tablet expert in each class and give them responsibility to support the staff //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">parents: what kind of questions they have, faq -page //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">decide if students can take the device to home - and if you are going to have a flipped classroom, you have to give the tablets to home //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">3. Professional Development **

**Introducing students to tablets**
 * 1.4 Tablets in classrooms - what I need to know **
 * //two ways: either to give the tablets and try different functions together or give students some tasks to do using tablets//
 * //if you give tasks, you see who of the students know the devices already//
 * ican //lists = list about things the student already can do with a tablet//
 * //**rotating tasks =** working in the small groups and doing a certain amount of tasks in a certain time//
 * //learning new// apps//: train first some students as tutors//
 * //lessons together with a colleague//

Classroom rules

 * //school rules. class rules, teacher expectations//
 * //student ground rules://
 * //tablets should be used for learning//

Learning spaces

 * //classroom layout: how the students can work together//
 * //special learning places for using tablets//

New pedagogical approaches

 * // teachers position in the classroom changes //
 * // important that the tasks students are doing are appropriate for their learning outcomes and that formative assessment of the progress of an individual learner is taking place //
 * The scenario// development process //
 * // independence of the students = students can make decisions about what apps they use //

Exams

 * //time to plan + identify relevant areas of the school curriculum + integrating the tablets = ongoing process//

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #686868; font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">// Why do I want to use tablets? In other words, what is the added benefit in general and more importantly what is the benefit for my own situation. //
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #686868; font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">// What do I need to consider at a more broader, whole-school level when using tablets? //
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #686868; font-family: 'Open Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">// What do I need to consider at a classroom level when using tablets? //

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0077c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding-bottom: 10px;">1.5 App for Teaching: Edmodo
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