CASE STUDYIntel® Atom™ ProcessorEducationeLearning

From textbooks to tablets

Using the Papyre EDU* digital learning solution delivered by Intel and its collaborators in the OMNIA*initiative, Colegio San Narciso in northwest Spain has equipped 300 students with tablets and com-pelling, interactive learning materials. Used across all subjects in the school, the devices and thetailored content have helped cut the cost and inconvenience of relying on paper textbooks whilemaking the learning experience more personalized, engaging and rewarding.

Challenges• Bridge the divide. Bring digital tools familiar in the home and workplace into the classroom

• Enhance learning. Provide students with more educational content while cutting the cost, incon-venience and environmental impact of large numbers of textbooks

• Empower teachers. Support teachers with flexible, adaptable, rich content for higher-impact lessons

Solutions • A tough tablet. Robust Papyre EDU 1015 tablet from Grammata is powered by Intel® Atom™ processors

• Tailored environment. Android* operating system-based platform features personalizable PapyreDesktop*

• Rich content.Materials from Grammata, Edebé and Vicens Vives provide a wide range of adaptablecontent for schools to choose from

Impact • Multiple users. Teachers can adapt interactive content in a variety of formats to support any typeof lesson

• Student effectiveness. Learners can control how and when they learn, making them more focusedand better prepared for class

• Flexible teaching. Teachers can create their own lesson plans, content and tests that are personalizedyet still meet educational standards

Colegio San Narciso equips 300 students with Intel® Atom™ processor-powered tablets as part of innovativedigital learning program

“With innovative digital contentand student-friendly tablets

powered by Intel® Atom™processors, we’re demon-strating that it’s possible tobridge the divide between

today’s digital world and thetraditional educational model.”

Diego Rosales Galiñanes,Head Teacher,

Colegio San Narciso

The digital divideToday many students – from elementary schoolto university – are digital natives. They have grownup with computing devices and can’t remembera time without the Internet. At home and in theworkplace that they will soon join, it’s normal touse tablets, PCs and smartphones to conduct awide range of tasks that would previously haverelied on more manual, paper-based methods.

This situation presents a stark contrast to theway most educational institutions operate. JoséLuis González, director at Grammata, a providerof tablets and e-readers for schools, explains:“We live in a digital world, and it’s developing ina way that has nothing to do with current edu-cational models. The world is now interactiveand three-dimensional, but traditional book-based education doesn’t reflect this.”

Grammata, in collaboration with Intel, SpanishLinux* distributor Trisquel de Galicia, and edu-cational content providers Edebé and VicensVives, wanted to address this misalignment of

twenty-first century digital needs with traditionalteaching methods. The companies created aninitiative called OMNIA* (previously calledProyecto E-volución) which aimed to:

• Develop and support a digital teaching modelthat was compatible with the prevalence oftechnology in modern life

• Eliminate the need for students to carry heavybags full of books, which can result in healthand posture problems

• Reduce the cost for schools and parents ofbuying new textbooks

• Introduce free standards for schools that wouldenable teachers to tailor content for their studentswhile following approved lesson frameworks

• Make the educational process more personalizedfor each student

• Remove the environmental impact created byproducing large volumes of new textbooks ona regular basis.

A tablet fit for schoolThe OMNIA team worked together to develop adigital education solution that would combinecompelling content with a student-friendly device.The result was the Papyre EDU 1015, a robusttablet powered by the Intel Atom processor andequipped with a stylus to use with the touchscreen.Running on the Android operating system, thePapyre Desktop was developed by Grammataand is designed to include personalization fea-tures like an agenda and notepad, as well asaccess to learning content. The content platformincludes an online library from Grammata fea-turing dictionaries, an encyclopedia, an atlas andthe periodic table, as well as applications suchas a scientific calculator and virtual laboratory.Able to read various formats of documents, thedevice connects over the Internet with e-learningcontent from Edebé and Vicens Vives, enablingschools to select which of these external resourcesthey want to use and make available to theirstudents.

The Papyre EDU tablet was first deployed to 60students at the Colegio San Narciso de Marín, asecondary school in the northwest Spanish regionof Galicia. The number of students using the de-vices at the school rose to more than 300 overfive years, with the eventual aim being to equip

around 1,000 students with their own devices.

In addition to rolling out the devices to pupils, theschool worked with the OMNIA team to delivertraining to both students and teachers on how toget the best results from the new digital model.“It was important for us to provide education forour staff on how to use the technology in lessons,and also to show the students that the device isa tool and not a toy. We also appointed a teacheras Information and Communications Technology(ICT) Coordinator, who is responsible for ensuringthe children are educated on how to use the Inter-net ethically and safely,” explains Diego RosalesGaliñanes, head teacher at Colegio San Narciso.“We showed the teachers which software to use,how to run simulations and exercises, and so on.Those who needed help with the device itself wereassisted by our IT teachers. At the same time, weprovided parents with guidance on how to ensuretheir children are getting the most out of the de-vices. We’ve also incorporated an applicationcalled Esemtia* which parents can use to com-municate with teachers.”

Flor García Rodríguez teaches foreign languagesat the school. She adds: “It was a challenge forsome of us initially. We’re used to working withpaper, but it’s also important that teachers keepup with the latest technology trends, or they’ll

be left behind by the students. I saw it as anopportunity to improve my skills and make myjob easier as well as helping improve my relation-ship with my students.”

Making a difference in the classroom With the devices now in the hands of studentsand teachers, the school was ready to start makinguse of the OMNIA digital learning approach. “Itenables us to make classrooms much more dy-namic,” says Galiñanes. “The technology is fullyintegrated into the learning environment andenables us to aggregate communication, self-assessment and knowledge in a single device.”

In a typical class, a teacher begins with someexplanation around the day’s lesson and uses atablet connected to the room’s interactive white-board to show supporting information such asvideos or diagrams. The students can follow alongon the whiteboard or see the content on theirown tablets at the same time. They then have anopportunity to ask questions and discuss thetopic as a group before breaking off to reviewrelated content on their devices and doing someinteractive exercises using the digital resourcesavailable to them as necessary. ”The students donot use any paper or books in their lessons any-

Pioneering school uses Intel® Atom™ processor-powered tablets to introduce digital learning

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Lessons Learned One of the key challenges for Colegio SanNarciso when implementing the OMNIA digi-tal learning model was educating its keystakeholder groups – students, teachers andparents – on how to make use of the technol-ogy and enabling them to understand the ben-efits it would bring. A combination of carefultraining and support for teachers (especiallythose unused to using technology at home)and guidance for students and teachers hasensured the implementation, roll-out andlearning experiences were successful.

more,” says Galiñanes. “The tablets are their dailytools and are an essential part of every lesson.”

The devices support the school’s philosophy ofencouraging learning by doing. The students spendabout 40 percent of their time in the classroomdedicated to practical work, which is importantfor the completion of their end-of-school quali-fication (the Spanish baccalaureate), particularlyin subjects like the sciences. Being able to offertailored software, materials and simulations tosupport these practical courses helps the schoolensure that its learners are able to get extra valuefrom their practical sessions.

It’s not just the traditionally practical subjects thathave benefitted from the tablets, however. Else-where in the school, Grammata has worked withthe Religious Studies Department to build a tai-lored application to help students learn aboutSt. Vincent Paul, a seventeenth-century priestand missionary who lived and worked in France.Students and teachers were invited to participatein the design, creation and updating of the appli-cation, again giving the pupils a chance to learnby doing.

“There are tones of apps that we can use, so wehave access to more information,” says JuanRosales Fernández, a 2nd year Baccalaureate stu-dent at the school. “I really like the HandyCalccalculator app which I use for all my calculationsin maths and science classes, and I also use anonline translation tool in my English and Frenchclasses which is really useful.”

A new learning experience Since Colegio San Narciso implemented its paper-less learning model, the students’ school day hasbeen transformed, starting from the moment theyleave home in the morning. “Their bags are muchlighter now, as they don’t have to carry around alot of books all the time,” Galiñanes says. “Once

they get to class, they’re not as easily distractedas they would be during a traditional lesson, be-cause they’re required to pay close attention tokeep up with the more interactive class format.It’s project-based learning, where they not onlyneed to answer questions, but also to research,use simulators and test their answers and con-clusions. There’s no time to get bored.”

The school has found that the digital learningsolution gives students more control over theirown education. They can access information whenand how they want to, making learning moreagile. With a whole digital library of content attheir fingertips, they can find what they needfaster, completing homework in less time butwith greater accuracy. “We find that they cometo class much better prepared,” says Galiñanes.“Each student is able to get a deeper level ofknowledge through using video and sound aswell as text to learn new things, and they’re morelikely to retain what they’d learned, as they’vedone it in their own way.”

Juan adds: “I’m much more organized with thetablet. I’ve got all my documents in one place,sorted by folders, and can access whatever elseI need through the Internet, or by communicat-ing online with my teachers if I have a question.This means I can get my homework done faster,but I feel I’m learning more.” The ability to workas effectively at home as in the classroom meansthat students who are off sick, or unable to travelin to school, are now able to keep up with as-signments with ease.

While it’s still too early for the school to be ableto identify a correlation between tablet use andimproved grades, Galiñanes observes that withstudent involvement in the digital learning modelat over 98 percent, it’s clear to him and his col-leagues that students and their parents trust thesolution and believe it is beneficial. “Parents alsoappreciate the significant cost savings they willenjoy from not having to buy new books everyyear,” he explains.

Rodríguez concludes: I feel more motivated now.The way I teach has changed for the better. I’mmore active in the classroom now and can movearound to spend more time interacting with stu-dents rather than being tied to the blackboardat the front of the room. Classes have becomemore productive for myself, my colleagues, andour students, which in my view is a great improve-ment.”

Empowering teachers At the same time, the teachers can use their owndevices to adapt the content and plans they useto ensure their lessons resonate with their stu-dents. For example, a Spanish literature teachermight develop a reading plan for her class to followas they start to study a new novel, creating awork record which is saved in the school’s cloudfor students to update from their own tablets.The teacher can also run online tutorials to givestudents extra help when they need it.

Teachers can develop their own content, testsand simulations to support their lessons andengage their students. These materials are thenreviewed and approved by educational profes-sionals to ensure that the quality of teachingand resources delivered through the digitalmodel remains high and consistent. Havingthese innovative tools at their disposal, andbeing able to create more exciting lessons, alsohelps teaching staff to improve their motiva-tion and job satisfaction.

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