Android devices are quickly becoming among the most innovative & exciting technology based teaching tools to become widely available in years. Many schools across the country have purchased Android tablets for their students, however comprehensive & essential device training to properly utilize the full power of these new platforms & their best educational apps is not available.

1. WHY USE ANDROID DEVICES IN
THE CLASSROOM?
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©
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3. Why use the Tablet at all?
There’s lots of information in the media telling us how good
the tablet is. You can’t go a day without reading about the
interface and the outstanding graphics and the multi-
sensory abilities of the Android.
There are many applications, blogs and articles on the kinds
of applications to use; and finally many teachers on the
internet purporting that benefits of using tablet technology.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

4. So that being said, I’m not going to explore in great
detail the benefits of using the Android during this
slideshow instead I’m going to ask the question
why?
Why do you want to use mobile technology in your
classroom or school and how WILL using the tablet
benefit your students?
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

5. I believe it is important to be clear about
WHY we do anything in education.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

6. It's not good enough to implement a new teaching
strategy or teaching tool just because it is the
latest fad.
There needs to be a purpose which forms a
pedagogical foundation that will solidify how you
will use the 'new' thing you're planning to
implement.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

7. While I believed mobile technology could make a
difference in my classroom, I was extremely
mindful of ensuring that whatever I did had an
educational/curriculum/pedagogical foundation.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

8. I also didn't want to 'fit' the curriculum into
'tablet' use, I want it to be the other way around.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

9. So the questions started to evolve? Why
am I using this technology educationally?
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

10. How much of a difference can the device
make to my students’ educational
outcomes?
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

11. Were the apps appropriate and curriculum
ready? And so on.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

12. THE ANDROID SHOULD NOT JUST BE A 'FILL
IN' OR 'REWARD' DEVICE!
I cannot stress this enough. If the device is being
used this way, then you are missing out on the
educational and pedagogical benefits of using this
technological tool.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

13. These devices are extremely individual as they
are designed for one to one use.
Students can also be taught to take
responsibility for their own device and in doing
so feel a sense of ownership for the Android and
are more likely to take more care of it.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

14. The Android can become the student's Personal
Learning Studio and the Google Tools & Apps
their toolbox for successful learning.
Used this way. the device can really be utilized in
an empowered, effective and vital way that is
educationally beneficial for students.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

15. So coming back to the WHY question.
What is your motivation behind tablet use?
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

16. If your answer is 'because it's the latest device' or
'your school wants you to use it...but you don't
know how'...then you need to go back to the
drawing board.
There’s no reason why you can’t formulate your
own ‘why’ questions irrespective of what your
school is doing.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

17. You can come up with your own ‘rationale’ for
using the Android technology in your classroom.
In fact, I encourage you to write your rationale
and plant it somewhere where you can view as a
daily reminder.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

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19. Here are some things to consider when
writing your rationale:
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

20. The teacher's role changes to that of
mentor & students can create their
own curriculum
The teacher becomes a catalyst and mentor in
assisting their students to acquire the
information that is relevant to them.
The teacher’s role can be to facilitate
educational content based on students’
interests.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

21. Teaching children to learn and to want
to learn
Technology is a motivator and stimuli for
learning.
Confidence also increases exponentially when
there is motivation to learn.
Students then become risk takers along the
learning journey.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

22. Motivation = Less Behavior issues
When I first trialed using the tablet in my
classroom, what I immediately noticed was that
95 per cent of my behavior issues disappeared.
This continued throughout the year.
The biggest issue I had was getting the students
‘off’ the device, so we had to develop some new
ground rules around ‘when it’s time to stop, it’s
time to stop’.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

23. The Android as an Educational Tool only
One of the best decisions I made was to NOT put
any games that were NOT educationally based on
the Android.
This meant the students associated the Android
with learning.
I did NOT have any issues with the students
‘playing games’ when I wanted them to work.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

24. It is vital to set up parameters early
I had clear schedules detailing how I wanted the
Android to be used. We created the ground rules
before we started.
Each student had a visual schedule with the App
icons I wanted them to use. I had individualized
each of the apps to suit where they were ‘at’
educationally.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

25. I also individualized their device, so if one student
liked dinosaurs, he had dinosaur apps; another student
who liked fairies had fairy apps etc.
This meant I was differentiating their learning to suit
their learning style, learning ability but also what
appealed to them. (This did take more work, but it paid
off in the end).
Often students asked me to find them apps, so we
would look for them together.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

26. Breaches of the ground rules meant withdrawal of the
device.
After the first month, I did not have to even threaten to
remove a device… The students knew the rules &
consequences.
The best result was their learning outcomes and test
scores all improved. Parents were so impressed,
they wanted to learn how to use the device and
purchased one for home.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

27. In Conclusion
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

28. The educational paradigm shift is
essential.
So, the future of education rests upon us all to
embrace the technological changes that are occurring.
Education, in my view, should shine a light on talents,
gifts and abilities and make a pathway possible to
achieve goals, aspirations and potential.
I believe tablet technology makes this possible.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

29. Our children should be excited to attend school
and be enthusiastic about learning.
Ultimately education should be where everyone is
able to express their individuality in the most
productive and fruitful way possible.
Karen D. Barley
Android Apps to Teach K-12 Core Standards ©

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