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By Henry & Ansu Badenhorst
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Campus Seminar: Viva le Tablet
Pretoria 12 June 2013
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By Henry & Ansu Badenhorst
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INTRODUCTIONPresenter: Henry Badenhorst
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“Cant I just email you a link to my blog, miss?”
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4Before CTI?
1. Educational aid worker in Somalia.
2. TEFL - Oman, Sudan, Taiwan and China
3. High school teacher in South Africa.
4. ICT facilitator with Learnthings Africa -
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What do I do @ CTI?
• English lecturer for both Business and IT departments – Higher Certificate program.
• Semester 1: Academic English.• Approximately 300 students (7 groups).• Group numbers vary between 40 and 50.• 24 Teaching hours per week.• Used Tablet for entire semester 1 module.
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6Methodology
Areas of Tablet utilisation:
1. Pre-loaded subject related digitised content – Study Guide
2. Placement of learning material on student server.3. Transfer (viaBluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct) of learning
materials4. Free applications – Google Play Store5. Research6. EWP
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71. Digitized content
• Study Guides in digital format (soft copy) were uploaded onto the Tab.
• Students did not receive a hard copy. Part of our “save the trees initiative”(branch-by-branch)???
• E-books and Digital Study Guides helped students to have a centralised point to access all their materials.
• My course did not require any E-books.
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2. Student server uploads
• All digitized materials students needed, were uploaded onto the student server (LAN).
• Students have access to this server and could copy and paste all materials from this server onto the ‘hard drive’ of their tablet.
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Student server uploads
• Students had administrator rights or access. (Accidental cut & paste)
• Had to negate their administrator privileges. • Further uploads had to be sent via e-mail to
the IT Department, who alone could upload materials.
• This process prevented quick uploads and caused frustration for me.
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Solution: Bluetooth
Lecturer’s limited access to LAN to upload
• What was the alternative to make learning materials available to my students?
• Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Direct became an apparent solution
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3. Bluetooth
Alternative utilisation for Bluetooth: When the following conditions exist:1. Projector = absent or not working2. Teacher preferred Methodology =
PowerPoint presentations Solution: Blue-tooth & Wi-Fi Direct becomes
alternative tool to distribute PPT presentation and allowing students to follow.
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12Bluetooth
Steps1. I would transfer the PPT or relevant materials
to my Tablet (e-mail/PC to Tablet via USB).2. 5 minutes before the lecture, I would Blue-
tooth it to some students, who would pass it along to the back of the class.
Drawback: Time consuming, (large class sizes)
BUT a good alternative in the case where projectors are not available.
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134. Google Play store applications
• Google play Store can be used to download and install useful applications.
• I found an offline English Dictionary and requested students to download and install it.
• Even if students don’t have a hard copy with them, they can still easily access the meaning of words and terminology without having to carry…..a dictionary weighing half a ton with them.
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14Other Applications
• Word Processing – King Soft Office (instead of Polaris Office)
• Camera: Students can take screenshots of important information on whiteboard or web info.
• Socrative: student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via the tablet. (still to implement)
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155. Research
• The students had to conduct research my academic essay.
• The Tablet enabled each and every student to conduct research, provided they had access to Wi-Fi.
• The Tablet also enable students to download documents related to their research, and store them in My Files for later use.
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166. EWP
• Academic English Assignment 1 = 25 online grammar assessments.
• The Tablet enabled students to access their EWP accounts and progress with the online assessments, at their own pace, provided they had access to Wi-Fi.
• Students were thus given an additional method of completing their assessments without having to rely solely on the desktop computers in the Resource Centre.
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17Findings
Useful tool for:
1. Viewing and storing Digitised content2. Transfer of documents (via Bluetooth or Student
server)-makes learning material available to students3. Educational applications available through Google
Play Store.4. Completing EWP assessments anywhere anytime.5. Research for academic assignments.6. Word processing
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18Conclusion
• Tablet is a very useful tool• Uses include: Research, E-books, transfer & storage
of digitized content and increased communication between student and teacher (internet access)
• Risks for abuse do exist (Gaming & Pornography). May in fact divert their attention from study area).
• The real Question remains: What do the students actually use the Tablet for?
• NOT: What we would like them to use it for?• How can we motivate them to use the Tablet for
educational purposes?
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19Recommendations
1. Connectivity: More & improved Wi-Fi access points (especially in Resource Centre to ensure maximum application).
2. Student awareness training regarding practical advantages and positive uses, as well as the possible dangers and risks (Pornography & Games)
3. Theft of Tablets remains a concern and a risk. Awareness training possible solution.
4. Teacher Training: To improve skills and knowledge how to use the Tablet as an educational tool.
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20Which Tablet?6/11/2013
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21Samsung Tab 10.1
• Samsung Tablet shortcomings:• No stylus or keyboard (hardware).• Complicates writing e-mails and word
processing.• No SIM card slot. • Limited to Wi-Fi access to internet.• Limited 16 GB storage space
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22Alternative
Asus Transformer Prime
• “Best full-featured Android tablet” - C-Net• Hybrid: Prime connects to an optional
keyboard/dock transforming it into what is essentially an Android laptop.
• Lightweight and thin• Sim card slot for internet access• 32 GB storage space
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23Active
Collaborative
Constructive
Authentic
Goal directed
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4Current Level of Technology Integration in your
class
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24Code breaker
• Goal directed = 4: I provide my students with opportunities to use technology tools to set goals, plan activities, monitor progress and evaluate results throughout the curriculum.
• Authentic = 4: I allow my students to select appropriate technology tools to complete authentic tasks across disciplines.
• Constructive = 3: I create opportunities and allow my students to select and modify technology tools to assist them in the construction of understanding.
• Collaborative = 4: I create opportunities throughout the day, across subject areas to use technology tools to facilitate collaborative learning
• Active = 4: I empower/encourage students to select appropriate technology tools and to actively apply them to tasks.
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25The future?
• Dakar, Senegal• World's first tablet
cafe.• Benefit areas where
there are frequent power cuts and exorbitant electricity bills.
• Most people cannot afford to buy the devices.
• Sounds like SA?
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26The end6/11/2013