iPod touch (SGVCUE 2010)

iPods aren't just for enjoying your favorite audio, video, and images. They can be a powerful tool in education. This will introduce attendess to some of the ways that iPods are being used in the classroom as well as presenting a number of applications that are excellent for personalized learning.

Apps for Personalized Learning

STUDENT CENTERED IDEAS

• • Flash cards for review of concepts

    • HOW TO on PC: http://www.mrcoley.com/flashcards/flashcards_howto.htm

    • HOW TO on MAC: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=16472&version=7386&page=2

  • Studycasts (Brent Coley)

  • http://www.mrcoley.com/studycast/index.htm

    • Create concept videos using a webcam attached to your document camera; archive to .mp4 or .m4v format and then synch to devices. Kids can take home and study.

• Art

• English

• Foreign Languages

• Math

• PE

• Science

• Social Studies

  • Podcasting (cross-curricular)

    • Built in Application (Voice Memo)

  • iTalk Recorder

  • Blogging

    • Set up a blog at Wordpress.com

    • Download the wordpress app

    • Voila-your kids are blogging from the Touch

TEACHER-CENTERED APPLICATIONS & APPS

• • iCal or Google Calendar for a virtual planner

  • Create a mobile class website using just a Google Doc

  • Directions

  • Great example by Cheryl Davis, GCT

  • Sample Unit Plans

  • Oyez in October

  • Show Us Your World

  • Other resources

  • http://learninginhand.com/

  • http://www.iear.org/

  • http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org/blog/2009/100-most-educational-iphone-apps/

DEVICE MANAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM

• • Utopian solution

  • http://www.paratsolutions.com/parasync.html

  • Real case scenario

  • Fair play allows you to install an app on up to five computers at one time

    • This does NOT include iPods

    • Unlimited ability to add to ipods means you pay once for a paid app

    • How to manage this without the utopian solution?

      • Color coding of ipods

        • Use round colored stickers to identify ipod groups

        • Place corresponding sticker on "home" computer with iTunes

        • Always synch that ipod group with the "home" computer

          • Won't lose apps; won't lose data, music, pictures (flash cards), etc.

    • What if they bring in their own ipods?

      • It gets messy and students will lose data and apps they added at home if they synch with the school computer

      • Recommendation is to then only install free apps as they can use them at home or school.

MORE IPOD TOUCH LINKS & RESOURCES