The presentation explores how tablets can transform education by signing apps and tools for teaching, learning, assessments, and general use. Examples of apps are given for collaboration, creating resources, lifestyle activities, and typical ways staff and students currently use tablets. Assessment and

1. Lyn Lall - RSC East Midlands ILT advisor
Can tablets transform teaching learning
and assessment?

2. Session overview
Opportunity to
explore effective
use of technology
to support
teaching, learning
and assessment
Signpost to apps
for particular
activities and
show examples
Discuss how apps
can be used to
enhance teaching
and learning
Opportunities to
share
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3. CIF Inspectors’ Handbook
Inspectors will
look for
Effectiveness of
learning outside
the classroom
through
technology
Effective use of
resources
including
technology
Effective use of
technology in
assessment

4. It’s not about the technology
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6. So which device to choose ?
Android
Apple Microsoft
Who will decide ?

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
General use
E-mail Internet Evernote Dropbox accessibility Meeting notes
Reduce
printing costs

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
Camera and Mic
videoconferencing skype facetime
recording
evidence and
notes
creating
resources

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
Teaching and
Learning
Resources
Flipped
Learning
VLE
Youtube
Video
special apps
Desktop apps
becoming mobile
apps and web
apps
Collaboration
Teamwork
conferencing
with experts
Assessment
recording
evidence
peer feedback
remote
assessors

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
Lifestyle
Fitness Diet Hobbies Cooking Photography etc etc

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What are staff and students doing with a tablet ?
If you can think of it, there’s
probably an app for it

14. Collaboration
Assessment
Creating resources
Using images,
audio, video
Learner feedback
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Typical activities to engage learners

15. Collaboration tools
Google Drive
Dropbox
TitanPad
Onedrive
Padlet
Voicethread
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17. Share any top tools you are using to
engage your learners
Padlet http://tinyurl.com/emfectablet
or
scan this QR code
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18. Creating/editing tools
Educreations Skitch Showme
Explain
Everything
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20. Activity
Skitch – take an image and annotate it e.g capture a
health and safety issue and explain it
• Or
Use Educreations to take an image, annotate it and
narrate over it, or e.g explain how to add fractions
• Or
Explain Everything
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21. Which assessment tools are you using and how?
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http://titanpad.com/assesstools

22. Polling tools
Mentimeter
Polleverywhere
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• Simple
• Anonymous (paid for
version has tracking)
• Unlimited no. of questions
• Spontaneous or planned
Features
Mentimeter

24. Mentimeter
https://www.mentimeter.com
Vote at www.govote.at
and enter 62 04 66 to vote
or
Scan this QR code
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What is your favourite app and why?

25. Polleverywhere
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
• Anonymous
• Can add images
• M/C or free text responses
• Respond at PollEv.com/leic
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26. Assessment tools
Socrative
Nearpod
Infuselearning
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27. Socrative
Web address
http://www.socrative.com/quizzes
• Spontaneous questions e.g via PowerPoint
• Quizzes
• MC,T/F, short answer
• Games option
• Tracking
• Exit ticket

28. Socrative
Student login http://m.socrative.com/student
Or via Student app
Room number to join trivia quiz: 23312

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If you want to adapt an existing Powerpoint make sure you
save it as a pdf
Create presentation e.g. on PC/laptop or ipad
Add video, images, weblinks, questions
Finish with a non interactive slide
Publish
Share
Download nearpod app to your iPad and launch Students
download Nearpod app and enter pin number
Nearpod

31. Nearpod31

32. Portfolio tools
 Pinterest
 Wordpress
 Evernote
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33. Next steps
Resources and links to further resources on
RSC East Midlands Moodle
Evaluation
http://tinyurl.com/emfecjune or
Scan QR code
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2014 |
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34. Infuse learning
http://www.infuselearning.com/
• Only works in Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers
(not Internet Explorer)
• Push questions, weblinks, quizzes to students
• Answer in a variety of formats
•MC/True/False/free text/draw
• Accessibility options
»Multiple languages translation
»Audio narration of questions
• Can create and manage classes

35. Infuse learning
http://teacher.infuselearning.com/
http://student.infuselearning.com
room ID: 38602

36. Infuse learning
Choose pen colour
Choose pen style
Add a picture
Download a picture
Teacher asks a question

37. Infuse learning
1. Draw a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides
2. Draw a right angled triangle and label the hypotenuse
3. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
4. The square root of 625 is 25 (True or false)?
5. Place these words in the order they would appear in a dictionary
A. Element
B. Sausage
C. Aardvark
D. Earwig
E. Fish