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iPods in the Classroom: Now that I have them, what do I do with them?

iPods in the Classroom: Now that I have them, what do I do with them?. Stacey A Arnett, MAT TESOL. Professional Background.

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iPods in the Classroom: Now that I have them, what do I do with them?

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  1. iPods in the Classroom: Now that I have them, what do I do with them? Stacey A Arnett, MAT TESOL

  2. Professional Background • I am the ESOL Lead at SHS with a MAT in TESOL and working on my Ed.S in TESOL. I co-sponsor the STEP Team and Latino Dance Group and serve on the Multicultural Committee in charge of our annual Multicultural Festival and serve on the Black History Month Committee. I teach Intensive English, Communication Skills in Science and Study Skills.

  3. Essential Question • How do I effectively use iPods in the classroom in order to augment student learning? • The goal of iPods in the Classroom: Now that I have them, what do I do with them? is to assist you in this massive undertaking.

  4. How times have changed • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUQRbqc2qtY • We have gone from this to this • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkld-A1t1l4

  5. What is an iPod? • PMP devices, which is short for portable music player, is a term used to describe any digital portable music player that allows you to download or save digital music files (in MP3 format) from your computer or notebook to play on a PMP.

  6. Why iPods? • Engage • Enhance • Motivate • Individualize instruction • Accommodate multiple learning styles • Take learning anywhere and everywhere • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZkvmpE50GQ • Most importantly

  7. Nuts ‘n Bolts • Learn to use an Apple Computer • http://issuu.com/ktenkely/docs/ilearn • The Education magazine for Mac Users • Check out forms in multiple languages • Label and bar code iPods, ear phones, charger cables • Allow HOURS of time for everything • Go ahead and get the registration over with • Decide how you want to use the iPods in the classroom (this is the most challenging!!!) and do it!

  8. What are we doing at Sprayberry • Photostory • E-books • convert books into iPod notes via iPod notes packager or http://ebookhood.com/ • HOW TO - • http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/08/ipod-notes-reader-display-websites-pdf.html • Teacher power points • Podcasting – the wish list

  9. What are we doing at Sprayberry • Songs for acquiring vocabulary • Word Up Vocabulary • Download audio of texts • Convert text to Speech and save as MP4s • http://www.ispeech.org/ • http://www.spokentext.net/ • http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en • http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ • http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm

  10. Web Sites to Check Out • http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page • http://librivox.org/ • http://www.free-ebooks.net/ • http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/home • http://www.bartleby.com/ • http://www.booksshouldbefree.com

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