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Using the iPod Touch

Using the iPod Touch. In the Classroom. April Anft EDSP 430 Fall 2011 . How can the iPod Touch help students learn?. Enhances student engagement Hands-on learning Interactive Immediate information at your fingertips Exciting for students to use.

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Using the iPod Touch

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  1. Using the iPod Touch In the Classroom April Anft EDSP 430 Fall 2011

  2. How can the iPod Touch help students learn? • Enhances student engagement • Hands-on learning • Interactive • Immediate information at your fingertips • Exciting for students to use

  3. How can the iPod Touch help students learn? • Offers different modes of learning for each student • Can be used for almost any subject • Apps in many different categories • Many different ways to show learned information • Podcasts, videos, online assessments

  4. Applications (Apps) • Calculators/Timers/Alarms • Educational games • School sponsored lessons • Virginia Department of Education on iTunes U • Lessons that support the Virginia Standards of Learning GeographyAlgebra

  5. Applications (Apps) • Apps for games to make learning fun • Fraction food game • Phonics/Alphabet game • Music games to learn notes • Apps to learn foreign languages • Apps specific to grade levels and subjects

  6. Reading • Podcasts • Text notes • eBooks • Students can listen to a book as they read it • Apps with books • Dr. Seuss page by page books that read to you

  7. Video • Record experiments • Record lectures • Record class discussions • Record video to make into news shows, DVDs • Watch videos from Discovery Education’s United Streaming • Record foreign language/sign language homework, email to teacher • Share information with long distance school pen pals

  8. Internet • Research for assignments • Look up unfamiliar words and terms • Send information to peers • Turn in assignments to teachers • Share class projects with parents through a classroom blog

  9. Pros/Cons • PRO: Only need one set per classroom, can share between classes • CON: The threat of theft/breakage • PRO: Useful in many different ways and classrooms • CON: Students may be distracted/off task with different apps • PRO: Students can learn new technology • CON: Not all apps are free/appropriate for school

  10. Conclusion • Many classroom lesson plans/ideas already exist on the internet as a starting off point for teachers. • Proper use of iPod touches can engage students in the classroom in ways not previously possible. • Students really enjoy using new technology like the iPod touch. • The iPod touch can be very useful in the classroom if used correctly.

  11. Sources • http://teachnet.eu/smaher/the-project/ • http://web.me.com/crrichardson/Title_IID_Grant/iPod_touch_in_Education.html • http://www.meridianschools.org/Teaching21stCenturySkills/itouchipadipod/Pages/Using%20iTouch%20in%20English.aspx • http://ipodclassroom.wikispaces.com/ • http://oedb.org/library/features/top_50_iphones_for_educators • http://www.iear.org/ • http://www.weareteachers.com/ideas/partnerask/teachingidea?app=16037&grantId=65 • http://learninginhand.com/ipod-lesson-plans/ • http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=10669 • http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/3-countries-you-ought-to-know/id387896934 • http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/teaching-mathematics/id387896659 • http://www.macworld.com/article/139969/2009/04/virginia.html

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