Activity 7: Learning with Tablets

Learning with tablets can enable teachers to implement individualized learning curriculum more easily, freeing the teacher to produce a more effective learner experience for the class as a whole. Tablet computers open an immense range of possibilities for learning. In addition to the benefits of being green technology and digital textbooks being faster and cheaper to produce, they can eliminate the need for other single-purpose machines. With the right technical support, tablets are fairly easy to learn how to use and can be a valuable tool in lesson preparation and presentation.

Why use Tablets?

Ø  The tablets are easy to personalize, carry around and flexible to use.

Ø   The increasing megapixel count and better optics would enable teacher to utilize camera in lessons.

Ø  Tablets offer a good battery backup that last between six to ten hours on continuous usage

Ø   Tablets have limited storage capacity    

Ø  Typing long documents can prove to be difficult  so plan activities accordingly

Ø  Caters to the needs of diverse learners.

Ø  They offer enhanced ebooks featuring images, video and audio which are impossible to include in print or in a standard ebook.

Activity 6: One to One learning

One-to-one learning helps students of all ages to improve their academic performance and build their confidence as well as develop life-long learning skills.  Diagnostic evaluations, prescriptive one on one tutoring and small group activities help one to one learning to thrive. Students are able to enhance, remediate and advance their skills with One to One support due to the prescriptive nature.  

Activity5:Interactive Whiteboard

An interactive whiteboard is an instructional tool that allows computer images to be displayed onto a board using a digital projector. The instructor can then manipulate the elements on the board by using his finger as a mouse, directly on the screen. Items can be dragged, clicked and copied and the lecturer can hand write notes, which can be transformed into text and saved. Interactive whiteboards are powerful classroom tools and they have the potential to improve students’ academic performance and create various learning opportunities once they are properly integrated into teaching and learning. I think IWB's are excellent and can help to improve interactivity and collaboration once they are properly used. I have had training in using interactive whiteboards and found them to be very effective, especially when teaching difficult concepts. They can be useless tools and have the potential to impede learning if teachers do not plan carefully and manage classroom activities effectively.