using the ipod touch
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Using the iPod Touch. In the Classroom. April AnftEDSP 430Fall 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Using the iPod Touch
In the Classroom
April Anft EDSP 430 Fall 2011
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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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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
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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 Geography Algebra
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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