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Learn all the basic features and functions of your iPod Touch, from portable media player to wireless networking device. Discover how to use apps, browse the web, listen to music, watch videos, and more.
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Basic Introduction and Use of Your iPod Touch Susan Ceppi Bussmann Sandy Johnson RETA/NMSU
iPod Touch Your iPod Touch is a- • Portable Media Player • A Wireless Networking Device • Email Access Point • Audio and video Playback Machine
Buttons and Ports • Back of iTouch contains serial number and capacity • Power switch on top • Computer connection port and headphone on bottom • Volume control on right side
Basic Features • Flash memory (32 or 64 GB for the iPod touch) • WiFi capabilities (802.11b/g) • Safari Web browser • Audio and photo storage and playback • Video • Calendar and contacts that synch with your computer
Basic Features • Clock and calculator applications • Access to the iTunes Music Store via WiFi • More than 140,000 apps you can install from the App Store via WiFi or a wired computer connection • Dock and headphone connections • Earphones • Accelerometer (allows the device to be viewed sideways or shaken for games)
Basic Operation • Touch home button to turn iTouch on • Navigate with the touch sensitive screen • Scroll by sliding finger up, down, or side to side to move through different views
Home Screen • Arrange the icons on your home screen using iTunes 9 • Move an app up, over, or to another home screen • Create up to 11 home screens- You can make a different home screen for games, applications, music or videos
Calculator • Portrait mode-simple calculations • Landscape mode-scientific calculator
Wallpaper • Tap “Settings” • Tap “Wallpaper” • Choosing “Wallpaper” again will show you the photos for wallpaper that came with you iPod • Choosing “Photo Library” will let you choose a photo that you have added to your library • Choose the photo you want and tap “Set”
Music and Video • Songs and music videos from your iTunes library • Buy and download new music over Wi-Fi • Download movies, TV shows, music videos • Audiobooks
Photos • Storage for 90,000 favorite photos • Scroll through photos • Play slideshows complete with music and transitions • Email a photo • Share photos through MobileMe Gallery (MobileMe is a purchased “over air” sync for your email, contacts, photos, storage, etc)
Internet and email • Built-in wireless access to the web • Wi-Fi access any website • iPod touch syncs your bookmarks from your PC or Mac • Google and Yahoo! search built in • Access your email by setting up accounts on the iTouch or through web mail
Notes • Use Notes on iPod touch to write yourself a quick note • Keep important information on hand • Built-in email function lets you send notes to yourself or others
Calendar • Calendar works with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, iCal, MobileMe, and Microsoft Exchange • Add events from you iTouch • Set reminder alerts • Subscribe to calendars
Weather • Check weather worldwide • Add cities to get six-day forecasts • Tap the Y! (bottom left corner) to open a Yahoo! city guide • Y! shows weather, local events, news, and links for your specific city
Stocks • Shows performance information for any stock • Details on chosen stock by tapping the Y! • Show you previous closing, open, day’s range, and 52 week range • Local headlines concerning chosen stock
Educational Uses of iPod TouchMath Apps • Math Tutor Lite- Practice basic math skills - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-tutor-lite/id325267195?mt=8 • iFormulas- Contains formulas, definitions, laws and properties for quick reference for a secondary level Math class -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iformulas/id346888659?mt=8 • Sudoku –Math game - http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/sudoku_orange.html • Basic Math - Skills drill app to practice basic math facts - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcard-champion-basic-math/id346684971?mt=8 • Quick Graph - graphing calculator app - http://itunes.apple.com/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8 • Units- Measurement converter - http://www.apple.com/webapps/calculate/iconvert_luaoo.html
Educational Uses of iPod TouchLanguage Apps • Miss Spell - Spelling game - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mispell-or-misspell/id334760675?mt=8 • Amazon's Kindle - app turns your iPod Touch into an e-reader and has free ebooks - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_iphone_mkt_lnd?docId=1000301301 • Story Kit - International Children's Digital Library App to create stories, add pictures, text, images and sound clips -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storykit/id329374595?mt=8 • Exam Vocabulary Builder Build - vocabulary skills - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-exam-vocabulary-builder/id319052551?mt=8 • Grammar Up - Game to test grammar skills - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-grammar-up/id299024911?mt=8
Educational Uses of iPod TouchScience Apps • Dinosaurs - The American Museum of Natural History Collection - dinosaur fossils as photos and recreations -http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/american-museum-of-natural-history-releases-dinosaurs-app/ • 101 Science - quizzes 8-12 year olds Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science and Earth Science - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/101-science/id334732710?mt=8 • Science Glossary - Glossary of scientific terms and mini biographies of scientists-in English and Spanish -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science-glossary/id331657060?mt=8 • The Chemical Touch - Periodic table including mass, density, boiling points -http://www.notebooks.com/2010/07/19/emd-free-periodic-table-app-for-the-iphoneipod-touchipad-could-be-a-students-best-friend/ • NASA - any space related project - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8
Educational Uses of iPod TouchSocial Studies Apps • iPresident- Presidents of the United States of America - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-presidents/id317835093?mt=8 • Fact of the Day - Educational facts -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fact-of-the-day/id292966647?mt=8 • Did You Know? - Useful and interesting facts - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Did-You-Know-Educational-App-for-iPhone-Released-94411.shtml • This Day in History - Events in history -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/today-in-history-lite/id312028719?mt=8 • Maps of the World - Historic maps from around the world - http://www.appshouter.com/iphone-app-review-history-maps-of-the-world/ • Factbook- 50 states, get maps, and find facts - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-factbook-free/id305888083?mt=8
Educational Uses of iPod TouchForeign Language • AccelaStud - 16 different languages with the vocabulary, quizzes, flashcards -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-exam-vocabulary-builder/id319052551?mt=8 • Lexicon - foreign languages - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frozen-lexicon/id300077933?mt=8 • World Nomads Italian Language Guide - Common words and phrases - Speak Spanish - Translate between Spanish and English - http://journals.worldnomads.com/language-guides/post/1273.aspx • Word Power Greek - 2000 Greek words and phrases -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpower-greek/id297778182?mt=8 • iSign– Sign Language - American Sign Language or review the individual signs for A-Z and 1-9 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/isign-lite/id292486900?mt=8
Drawing and Art • Collaborative Whiteboard http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite-collaborative/id301962306?mt=8 • Scribble http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scribble/id312021341?mt=8 • Color Tilt http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colortilt/id285024916?mt=8 • Video http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=16472&version=7722&pageID=19376