2001: Space Odyssey

1. 2001: Space Odyssey • Theme song from Space Odyssey

2. OUT OF THIS WORLD INSTRUCTION USING ANDROID TABLETS By Nancy Horton, Supervisor for Adult Ed Computer Center & Sherry Woodward, Adult & Family Literacy Manager Waubonsee Community College, Aurora, IL

3. Training of Teachers • Our teachers are required to go through a one-hour training (we offer professional development) • We show them how to operate, and integrate these tablets into their classroom lessons • They are encouraged to suggest “Favorite” websites that can be added to each tablet by the technical person responsible • A sign in/out sheet procedure should be in place for those teachers checking them out • Once teachers are trained and using tablets in the classroom, additional help from tech person is available

4. Operation of the Tablet • The On/Off switch on right side at the top. Hold down for a few seconds • To “wake up” the unit, press on/off button lightly • Swipe screen with your finger to unlock • The “Home” screen should pop up. This is your desktop • Adjust the volume by using button on the right side of unit, next to on/off button

5. Operation of the Tablet (2) • For additional apps not on the desktop, click on the icon labeled “Apps.” • To get back to the desktop, click on the picture of the House on the bottom of screen. • Open Internet. Click on House again. • When you are done with tablet, click on Application Monitor from the desktop, then click on End All.

6. Applications on the Desktop • Internet • Online Dictionary • Google • I-Pathways • Khan Academy • Constitution • Kindle • Google Play Books • Calculator • Calendar

7. Settings • To access settings, there is an icon on the desktop. Click on this icon. • Shows if you are connected to Wi-Fi • Display • Sound • Battery Power • Other Options

8. Favorites on the internet • There are many Internet favorites already loaded on the tablets • To access these favorites, click on the Internet icon on your desktop. Once the Internet loads, you can click on the Star icon located on the far right of the screen. There is also a gold star – do not click on it.

9. FREE BOOKS Kindle & Google Play Books • Pre-loaded Classics, i.e. Great Expectations, The Three Musketeers, etc. • You may search for free books online. If you find one(s) that you feel would be beneficial for students, let your technical person know, and he/she will add to all units Google Kindle

10. Khan Academywww.khanacademy.org • Students do not need a user account to do the exercises – however will not save data • If you or they want to track their progress, they can use any email they already have, and the website will prompt them to create a user name and password • Can also use their Facebook login • Instructors can click on the “Coach” tab on the website and check on their students’ progress– it shows the questions they struggled on, etc.

11. GED Pathwayswww.i-pathways.org • This program is for GED instructors • By request, our Dean will give GED teachers their own username and password • Each teacher then sets up his or her own students with their logins • If students come into the AECC to use I-Pathways, they must have a user name and password and remember what it is • States that are currently using Pathways are: IL, MN, MD, IA, NE, RI, NY, DE, NC, WA, SD • Pilot States: CA & MI

12. Using Google on the Tablet • Once you click on the Google icon on the desktop, a Google search bar will appear with the keyboard underneath. • You may type in your “key” word, or you may click on the microphone button, and speak the “key” word(s) you want to search • Let’s all say “Bourbon Street” • Click on the Wikipedia link - To expand your screen, either tap twice or take your fingers and move them outward

13. Procedures for Using the Tablets • Must reserve them in advance by calling Nancy X4128, or Cristhian X4232, or stop by. Indicate how many you need and what time and date • Each teacher is responsible for retrieving and returning the tablets on the morning or evening they are desired. See Nancy or Sherry in the day time and Cristhian at night

14. Procedures for Using the Tablets (2) • AECC staff will have a checkout sheet which will be given to each teacher • The teacher must have each student initial when they receive the tablet and when they return it • All tablets must be returned 30 minutes before your class ends

15. Sample of Check-Out Sheet

16. Rules • All tablets need to be returned each day/evening after use – not to be taken home • Please do not add Internet favorites, or items to the desktop – If you find a useful site, let your technical person know • If you find any useful free books through Kindle or Google, again let your technical person know • Keep an eye on students to make sure they are not adding items to the tablet

17. Rules (2) • Some students may have trouble using the touchscreen like using their fingernail or a pen • I-Phone or I-Pod headphones do work with the tablets. Students must provide their own – we do not supply them. • Please no food, gum or liquid near the tablets

18. Limitations of the Tablets • The current model we have needs Flash to run videos and interactive software • They don’t seem to keep a charge for very long • If the system software needs upgrading, you must do each tablet separately • When adding Favorite websites, must add them to each tablet – easy but time consuming • We use basically for Internet. However, there is a free program called Kingsoft Office that has docs, spreadsheets & presentations. You can also access your work and home email, which is convenient if you are away from the office • Some adult ed interactive programs, such as Ventures, the screen is too small and it will not allow you to “stretch” it like other screens will do • You may not get all the standard “home” pages, such as your local library or newspaper

19. Tablets being used in the classroom • Very popular in the Evidence Based Reading Instruction classrooms (EBRI) • One-on-one teacher training This instructor wasn’t able to attend group tablet training These students are working hard on a spelling website This teacher is assisting her student in getting onto a website with short stories

20. Teachers’ Comments • “We use it at the beginning of the class to encourage them to arrive on time.” • “Introduced them to websites they can also use at home.” • “Incorporate the use of the tablet with our EBRI components.” • “Reading class uses them for vocabulary practice and to research reading topics” • “Higher level ESL class uses them to research blogs for their writing assignments.” • “Wonderful teaching tool for both the younger students who are text savvy and for the older students that are using this type of technology for the first time.”

21. Students’ Comments • “The library information is a learning experience and the different websites also.” • “The application homebound services is a excellent idea for those individuals that are disabled or handicapped with special needs.”

22. Scavenger Hunt Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/trivia - Who were the two main characters named after in the Big Bang Theory TV Show? Go to http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11According to this website, what was the time & date Apollo 11 landed on the moon? Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/triviaLeonard Nimoy (Dr. Spock) improvised many elements of his character. Name one thing he suggested on his own that became “famous.” Go tohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GalaxyWhat does the word “galaxy” mean?

23. Answers to Scavenger Hunt • Television producer – Sheldon Leonard • 3:17 p.m. EST on July 20, 1969 • Vulcan Neck Pinch • Greek word for “Milky” referring to Milky Way

24. Questions????? Social Revolution 3

25. Closing & Powering Down your Tablet • Press on “Home” • Press on “Application Monitor” • Press on “End All” • Press “OK” • Press on “Home” • Hold the on/off switch in and a prompt will come up. Press “Power off” • Press “OK”

26. Favorite Website Addresses • www.khanacademy.corg • www.dictionary.com • https://sites.google.com/site/constitutionstudyguide • www.i-pathways.org • www.manythings.org • www.readtheory.org • EMAIL: • swoodward@waubonsee.edu • nhorton@waubonsee.edu

27. 2001: Space Odyssey • Theme song from Space Odyssey