EDT+676+Using+iPods+in+the+Classroom

**Assignment #1~iPods in the classroom websites and articles**

**1.** **The Clever Sheep ** Rodd Lucier (The Clever Sheep) is a media and technology expert who has a website devoted to education in the classroom. He has a blog, podcasts, and Top Ten lists that are fascinating**!**

**2.The Chapin School-iPods at Chapin** I found this website to be very relevant to my subject area. 8th graders at The Chapin School in New York City are using iPods in Language, Music and Computer classes to enhance curriculum.

**3.Edutopia-Pod People: Inovative ways to use handhelds in the classroom** This article describes how some schools use Ipods for podcasting, while others use it as a voice recorder.

**4.** ** Personalising Learning with the iPod touch ** This website talks about personalising learning with the iPod Touch. It provides links to apps., blogs, articles, lessons, tips, etc.

**5.The New York Times-Technology: Students and Teachers, From K to 12, Hit the Podcasts** This NY Times articles highlights a school from La Crosse that had students create podcasts.


 * Assignment #2~Free Podcast Subscriptions **
 * Assignment #2~Free Podcast Subscriptions **

I subscribed to a podcast called "Coffee Break Spanish". [] []
 * Classroom Podcast: Coffee Break Spanish **

Coffee Break Spanish is part of Radio Lingua News. The hosts of the program (Mark and Kara) are Scottish, so it's really interesting to hear their accents in English and in Spanish! The podcasts feature different topics each week, and are meant to teach Spanish to you in short increments (approximately 15-20 minutes each) - perhaps even on your coffee break!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I played episode #10 for my students. In this episode, Mark and Kara discuss holiday traditions in Mexico and Spain. They interview a Mexican and a Spanish person who talk about how Christmas is celebrated in their respective countries. Since the hosts are not native speakers, I think that having native speakers as guests makes the podcast even better. Mark and Kara also teach the song "Navidad, Navidad (a version of Jingle Bells)" in Spanish, but in my opinion (and my students agreed) the explanation got a little long. When we finally got to the song, most of the students wouldn't sing along (they're too cool, I guess), but at least they heard the song.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The only problem I have encountered with this series is that they mention alcohol in the theme song, so I don't feel right playing it for my students. It's a really catchy song, too! I think they would enjoy it! Also, in order to be able to download supplementary materials from the Coffee Break Spanish website, you have to buy a membership. I'm not quite ready to do that yet. Other than those two issues, Coffee Break Spanish is a fun way to introduce the students to a variety of accents and some new phrases. I don't think I'll use it every day, but once in a while it will be a nice addition to my lessons.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I subscribed to a podcast called "Cody's Cuentos" (Cody's Stories) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fun/Just for me Podcast: Cody's Cuentos **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I subscribed to this podcast for my kids. As a native Spanish speaker myself, I am raising my children bilingual. This Podcast teaches Spanish via classic fairytales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Charles Perrault and more. The really ice thing is that you can download transcripts from the Cody's Cuentos website. I have made it a point to listen to one each night with my kids and then I translate it into English for them.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment # 3~iPod Applications **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">Flashcard Touch: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Kid <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">s can make up their own flashcards and can use them everywhere they have their ITouch. If they have Dragon Dictation, they can even just speak the flashcard to get the information on it. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">Verb Conjugations: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">This is awesome!! The kids HATE conjugating Spanish verbs and this is similar to the book 501 Spanish Verbs. All you have to do is type in a verb in the infinitive form and it will give you all the conjugations you need. The kids would love this! <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">Spanish LE 24/7 Tutor: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">This is cool as well. Students can study words, play games with vocabulary and take quizzes in Spanish. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">Kiki: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">This is a matching game for younger kids that can be done in English, mixed English and Spanish, or just Spanish. It's like memory, but has basic words for probably like a 2nd-3rd grade level. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">iTranslate (Spanish): <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">This is an app to translate from English to Spanish. You can type in short phrases and it will translate it to Spanish, or you can go Spanish-English. What I like most is that after it translates, you can also listen to what it should sound like. I can see this being very helpful for kids!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Educational Apps **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I use this app to keep in touch with my family and friends. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Weather Channel Channel application allows me to see what the weather is going to be for the day, for 36 hours and for the next 10 days. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">myLite application is a flashlight that you can cutom to your needs. I really like this because at my house we can NEVER find a flashlight, either because nobody ever puts them back where they belong or because my 31/2 year old likes to play with them. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We only have one GPS unit at home and I usually end up without it! I like this app because you do not need to have wifi connection to access maps, it has map storage. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**iMapMyRun** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">This application is great for runners-I can start it as my timer and it will map where I go with GPS. Everything I do is then sent to my MapMyRun account online where I keep track of my training. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is also iMapMyWalk, iMapMyRide, and iMapMyFitness. ​
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Personal Apps **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Facebook **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Weather C​hannel **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MyLight Flashlight **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MotionX Gps Lite **


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment #4-Podcasts **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This student created Podcast features Marisol (Maggie) Ackell, a level 4 student. She introduces herself and provides some information on herpersonality and character. She then goes on to talk about her plans for the future. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think it would be fun to have all students record a Podcast like this, but omitting their names, and then use them as a beginnng of the year ice-breker activity. media type="file" key="Marisol Podcast Final.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student created Podcast using Audacity **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Teacher created Podcat using Memo Voice Recorder on iPod Touch.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This Podcast created by me is a grammar tutorial. I plan to include these and other Podcasts (both created by me AND ones found on iTunes) and use them as optional enrichment on my class Moodle. In this Podcast I talk about the differences between the 2 Spanish "to be" verbs: Ser and Estar. media type="file" key="Sra Wood Ser vs Estar Podcast.m4a" width="300" height="50"


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment #5~Reflection **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Write a brief reflection on how you see yourself using the iPod in the classroom and your personal life. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">With the school year nearing the end when this cass started, I really did not have a lot of time to do much with my iPod Touch in class; however, I did play a few SpanishPodcasts and the students loved them. I think that listening to other peope talking was a nice change for my students versus listening to me delivering some of the same content. Recently I attended a two day Moodle workshop and I am planning on using Podcasts as an optional enrichement opportunity on my Moodle course shells. Now that I have had a little more time to play around with my iPod Touch I have found some really cool Spanish apps that I hope to be able to use with my students next year: games, flashcards, dictionaries...the list goes on! I hope that in the future that we will have access to iPods at school as there are definitely many possibilities for use that would be engaging to the students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the classroom **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Personal Use** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When I get the chance I have just loved playing around with my iPod touch: listening to music, browsing apps., playing games...I also have downloaded some apps. for my 3 year old. He has really enjoyed playing with the alphabet spelling games as well as playing with the Spanish matching and flashcard games; however, his 18 month old sister also thinks she should be able to play with it, and I have had to limit my use while she is around! I know that this summer I will ge to be using it a whole bunch, especially when we are on the road.


 * ​<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment #6~YouTube Video **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using iPods in the classroom **


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment #7~Audio Books **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On iTunes I did not find any free audio books per se; however I did find apps. that offered free audio books. When I was looking at the books offered, it appeared to be that the only truly free books were the classic books. Some of the apps. were: [] []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Online I found several websites that offered audo books that were compatible with the iPod Touch. Again, whie browsing through the books available I found that the free ones were classic books. Here are the websites: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">@http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

I watched a movie from Teacher tv from the Inspirations part called "Dads Matter." This video shows how dads in London are getting together to figure out ways to be more involved in the lives of their children and their school lives. It is a 15 minute video.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment #8~iTunes U **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">TeachersTv Video **
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