ipods for teaching and learning connect, communicate and create nancy mangum march 2009

iPods for teaching and learning

Connect, Communicate and Create

Nancy Mangum March 2009

Why Use iPods in the ESL Classroom?

Connectstudents to their learning and

motivate them

Create

higher order thinking skills for our students

Communicate

give students a voice

How are we using iPods in our classrooms?

Students listen and watch lessons that focus on

English language acquisition.

Students listen to and follow along with written

text to reinforce written language.

Students record their voices to work on

oral language skills.

Students review listening activities in a

safe environment.

iPods can help our ESL students with:

•Listening•Speaking•Reading Fluency•Engagement

There are lots of resources on the web for using iPods with our ESL

students.• itunes

• ipods4classrooms.wikispaces.com

When you find resources on the web you must first convert

them to the mp4 format so they can be

converted onto the iPod.

We also created some of our own activities

• Powerpoint – vocabulary activities

• Photostory – vocabulary activities

• Camtasia – English Success Series

Students are also creatingcontent for the ipods

• My School

• Five Senses

Lessons Learned• Make time upfront with the teachers to focus on

curriculum ideas to incorporate the iPods on a daily basis and creating alternative assessments

• Students do not keep any cords, they have to upload and charge at school.  This prevents them from recording music on the iPod.

• Need one-to-one computer access for syncing iPods

Lessons Learned

• Engrave iPods

• Better communication needed up-front with parents and students about the ownership responsibility for the iPods

• iPod carrying cases for students

Questions ?

nmangum@wcpss.net

ipods4classrooms.wikispaces.com