Using your Android tablet device to make a real difference in your teaching, Session 5: Taking the tablet to school

Welcome to Session 5 of Using your Android tablet device to make a real difference in your teaching. In this session – Taking the tablet to school – you will learn more about the benefits of taking your tablet into your classroom, and some key things you need to be aware of when you do so. The aim of this session is to consider why and how to use a tablet device in the classroom.

We will cover four key areas in this session.

1. Why should I take the tablet to school?
2. Whose tablet should I use?
3. What about tablets and the internet?
4. Recording learner progress

By the end of the session, you will:

• appreciate the safety and security concerns that need to be dealt with when using the internet
• appreciate the need to keep personal and school data separate
• appreciate the learning options that a tablet adds to learning both inside and outside the classroom
• be knowledgeable about using a tablet device for recording learner progress and keeping digital records of learner-generated content

We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.