A few weeks ago we said goodbye to Summer. Now say hello to SAMR. I introduced this model to my support staff just a few months before we started the pilot project for the tablets. The SAMR model was then taken up and introduced to all the teachers who participated in the One Tablet per…
Dear Year 4 teachers. I would like to convey my deepest gratitude to the way you responded to the few hours of training on the WorkBook LearnPad tablet. As I said in a previous blog you showed professionalism and patience and I hope that together we will continue to develop a community of learning where…
What is your view on inappropriate online material for our young learners in schools? In December tablet devices will be in the hands of 7 and 8 year olds. Do we need to protect them? Do you as a teacher need protection? What comes to your mind when we talk about inappropriate material for young…
We have reached another target in our journey to not just embed technology in education and enhance it, but to transform it. There are at least two great teams working together on this project: one handling the infrastructure and the other the pedagogical side. Although from the very start this project has always been described as an educational initiative and…
All of us have by now experienced some kind of problem with machines and new technologies are no exception, be they an automatic washing machine or a mobile phone. Living and working with and around technology is not just a story of benefits, but also a story of problems, uncertainties, demands and conflicts. The new…
In my 7th September blog I finished off saying that, “we need to encourage sharing among learners and sharing among educators, as sharing means that you are not alone and it makes life real.” I would like to take this up again, as this morning during our second training session, an issue was raised about…
I have already addressed the important fact that the teacher will have total control over what happens with the tablet during lessons. The use of the tablet camera is so easy to block or unblock on the LearnPad. With just one sweep from the teacher’s tablet the camera can be made ready for learners’ use…
