Section outline

  • Summary
    Tablets for Students (TFS) is a component of Vanuatu's Universal Access Program (UAP) that will make class sets of 7 inch Android tablets, charging trolleys and (where applicable) solar power supplies available to students in 7 schools located throughout Vanuatu. The tablets are delivered pre-configured with almost 50 educational apps in both English and French, covering a variety of content areas. This training module teaches participants how to make use of the Android platform for education. The participants will be introduced to Android and how to administer this platform. They will then review and become familiarised with the various educational applications. First steps are taken towards integrating the use of tablets into the teaching and learning environment, including ICT pedagogy, classroom and resource management including care, handling and power management.
    Outputs
    • Participants will be comfortable working with the Android platform on tablets
    • Participants will be familiar with the range of educational apps provided by TRR
    • Participants will have the necessary knowledge to administer an Android tablet including keeping it updated and finding new applications of interest
    • Participants will have broad awareness of how Android apps and tablets can be used in an educational context.
    Resources
    Resources necessary for the instructor to more effectively offer training.
    • Droid@Screen to display tablet on laptop (and then projector). Installation instructions are here. Only the Android SDK are needed it will have to be started to install a few additional tools included the necessary adb. 
    • Tablets for each participant, fully charged in advance
    • Workstations connected to the UAP networks (participants may need to access the network with a PC at times during the training)
    • Charging trolleys 
    • Brown paper and pens for group work
    • Worksheet

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