Ideas for using the iPod Touch / iPhone / iPad in Learning Languages

1. Ideas for using the iPod Touch / iPhone / iPad in Learning Languages

2. Menu du Jour. • Practical ideas that you can use in your classes. • Make the most of what the students already have. • Get your students working independently: connected 24/7 learners. • Motivate different learners.

3. Warnings! • iPods will not replace computer access. • I am not an expert! • Your students may not be experts either. • What do your students use their iPods for? • Many of today’s ideas are stolen! (Apologies if they are yours.)

4. What is an iPod Touch?

5. Why use iPods in class? • Many students are carrying a powerful computer in their pockets. • Some students will be more motivated. • We have very little time to teach our students in class. • Less drain on our resources – less waiting, for the dictionary, the video camera, etc. • Fun and cool!

6. iTunes • Music • Show music clips on YouTube • www.lyricstraining.com • Podcasts • Thousands of languagelearningpodcastsyoucan use on your PC or any MP3 player • iTunesU • Manyuniversitiesnow have their courses on iTunes and youcanaccessthem for free

9. Podcasts • Thousands of language learning podcasts you can use on your PC or any MP3 player • Search for your language • Get recommendations from your listserve or other teachers • Some you can subscribe to and get weekly updates, others are one offs

11. iTunesU • Manyuniversitiesnow have their courses on iTunes and youcanaccessthem for free

13. Wi-Fi • Connected to the Internet! • Dictionary • Google translate • Research • Language websites • YouTube • Wiki / Moodle / Blog, etc.

14. Dictionaries

15. Dictionaries

16. Wi-Fi • Connected to the Internet! • Dictionary • Google translate • Research • Language websites • YouTube • Wiki / Moodle / Blog, etc • Class experts

18. Apps – 250 000 applications

22. Other Useful Apps • Google Earth • Wikipedia (offline, can change language) • iBooks • 10SecT • (Plus: Facebook, Email, News, Sport, Weather, Earthquakes, Nike +)

23. Audio Recording • Record their interactions • Upload to myportfolio / wiki • Improve pronunciation – repeat, record and listen • Record things they like in class e.g. songs • Make a podcast – publish or share

24. Podcast ideas. • Make a podcast about their school to send to future exchange partners. • Record a poem: find an example for them to follow the structure. • Dragon’s Den: create a product and record an advert for it. • Record a news flash. • Interviews with a celebrity e.g. typical day / plans for the future.

26. Videorecording • HD video. • Extra video cameras in class. • Voice over. • Camera. • Appoint a reporter / journalist whenever you are doing an interesting activity in class.

27. Video Ideas • Record a scene from a movie. • Puppet shows / animations. • Make a TV programme: talk show / news / game show. • Talk show – debate. • Game show – Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Let’s Make a List.

28. Video Ideas International Weather Bulletins.

29. Google Earth • Street View – giving directions • Show students the aerial view of school and direct them to your house (or anywhere else) • Get students to direct each other • Can be written or oral • Direct students around a major city or do a webquest • Give students advanced warning so that they can download the Google Earth App.

32. /10 Webquest – les directions • Open Google maps (www.maps.google.co.uk) • type « pizza la gourmandise », then click on the “A” that now appears on the map, and click on Streetview. • Turn the streetview so that the pizzeria is on your left. You are ready to start your quest! (Tip: to move in Streetview, double click – you will move to wherever your white circle was pointing; you can also drag left and right) • Continuez tout droit dans la rue Augereau. • Comment s’appelle le Café au coin de la rue Augereau/Rue St Dominique ? __________________________ • Au bout de la rue Augereau, tournez à gauche. • Quel est le numéro de téléphone du Conseil immobilier Daniel Feau (à votre droite)? ______________________ • Comment s’appelle le Supermarché dans la rue St Dominique ? ____________________ • De quelle couleur est la boulangerie ? __________________ • Au carrefour, tournez à gauche dans l’Avenue de La Bourdonnais. • Quelle est l’adresse du site internet du spécialiste de tapis ? (à gauche) ___________________________ • Prenez la prochaine rue à droite (rue Marinoni) puis, tournez à droite dans l’avenue Emile Deschanel. • Continuez dans l’avenue Barbey d’Aurevilly, puis tournez à gauche, dans l’avenue Joseph Bouvard. • Comment s’appelle le car bleu dans l’avenue Joseph Bouvard, à gauche ? __________________________ • Quel est le monument célèbre derrière la fontaine de la place Jacques Rueff ? __________________________ • Write the instructions below to get to that famous monument from the fountain onwards, using streetview:  (3 points) ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………

33. FaceTime • Video calling like Skype, but don’t need to register. • FaceTime with other students in another school – prepare thoroughly, consider communicating with other learners. • Giving instructions – one student leaves the room and directs another student.

34. Voice recognition • Under “settings” change language and use voice control. • Practise stopping and starting music, etc.

35. Merci beaucoup • Learning@Schools • Steve Hale • www.french.ac.nz • PascaleHyboud-Peron

36. Useful Links • http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/Find+out+what+others+are+saying • http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/iPods+in+the+Classroom • http://www.delicious.com/halenz • www.ouiki.wikispaces.com