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THE INNOVATION OF THE IPOD Touch in Schools

THE INNOVATION OF THE IPOD Touch in Schools. Taranah Page Walden University. The Need for the I Pod Touch.

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THE INNOVATION OF THE IPOD Touch in Schools

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  1. THE INNOVATION OF THE IPOD Touch in Schools Taranah Page Walden University

  2. The Need for the I Pod Touch • Due to the rise of technology within schools it has become inevitable for the traditional cassette player or voice recorded to be replaced by this piece of technology they call the I Pod Touch.

  3. The Research of the I Pod Touch • Provide students with audio-only comprehensible language input • Time Stamp Counter • Ability to slow down or increase the rate of speech • Audio Recording Capacity • Audio Plus Pictures and Script • Video • Audio/Video Plus Script

  4. The Development of the I Pod Touch • I Pod product line introduced by Apple in October 2001 • September 2007 Apple released the I Pod Touch First Generation • September 2008 Apple released the I Pod Touch Second Generation • September 2009 Apple released the I Pod Third Generation

  5. The Commercialization of the I Pod Touch • Easy to use • Long battery life • Small • Old models can be updated • Lots of apps

  6. S-Curve

  7. Innovators and Early Adpoters • Apple followers • “People with deep pockets” • Tech Geeks that buy anything new

  8. Laggards of the I Pod • Traditional People • Anti Apple • PC Users • People who fear science • Uneducated

  9. Centralized or Decentralized?? • The decentralized approach works best with the innovation of the IPOD into the classroom for the following reasons: • Innovation is spread by horizontal network among peers • More likely to fit with users needs • Users feel a sense of control

  10. Helpful Attributes • Hands on experiences • Professional Development • Personal Use • Allow teachers to take them home and become familiar. • Time Saver • Show teachers the in and outs of I Pod apps. • End Notes • Classroom Management Apps • Students interest • I Pod are trendy among the student population.

  11. Promotion Among Staff • Professional Development • Department based • Start with the teachers then students • Teach the teachers first then students! • Tech Help • Online • Phone • Hands on

  12. References • Abiri, Sagi “Apple’s Last Stand?” MIT Sloan School of Management, Spring 2005 • McQuillan, Jeff “iPod in Education: The Potential for Language Acquisition”. Fall 2006 • “iPod Personalizes Language Learning.” Apple Education website. http://www.apple.education/profiles/gradisland. • “The Development of the Ipod Touch” http://kochtech.neatau.net/ipod/The_Development_Of_The_Ipod_Touch

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