Using iPods in the Classroom (Lind, Tammy with Tammy Stephens)

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Permalink Reply by Tammy Stephens on March 7, 2008 at 7:44am

During our iPods in the Classroom Session we will introduce you to three fictitious students who have special needs. We will talk about how iPods and the use of iTunes can help meet their needs. Don't have a classroom set of iPods, no problem we will show you how we can use iTunes to do the same things without an iPod.

Information and resources we will be sharing during the session:
General Information

Information and Tutorials about iPods http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101

Information and Tutorials about iTuunes http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/tunes

iPod Specs http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

Where to Find Educational Content

For free educational podcasts in iTunes click on the iTunes Store and click on Podcasts. Click on Education and choose the sub-category you are interested in.

Education Podcast Network

NASA Multimedia Page

Last year our company held a digital media conference at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Educators created podcasts for museum exhibits. You can download the podcasts at http://mdmc2007.com/media-list.php . You can view the conference wiki at http://mdmc2007conference.wikispaces.com/ .This year we will be offering a similar class at the San Jose Museum of Art August 11th- 14th for 1 graduate credit. Information about the course is available at http://www.thestephensgroup.com/sjdmc.php . (Note: CUE members will be eligible for a $50 discount).

How to Create Educational Content for an iPod or iTunes

Mogopop allows you to create and share multi-media files for your iPod

Tutorial on how to create notes for the iPod http://developer.apple.com/hardwaredrivers/ipod/iPodNoteReaderGuide...

iWriter allows you to create study guides (there is a fee)

iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, and package your very own quizzes. Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test. For those of you who only want to load and play quizzes already made, use Quiz Installer. Quiz installer allows you to easily load quizzes onto your iPod. Quiz Installer is also included in iQuiz Maker. http://www.iquizmaker.com/

Open source tools to help you with the techie parts of creating content for iTunes or iPods

Audacity is a free open source recording application You can download it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows . To create podcasts will also need to download a Lame MP3 encoder found at http://audacity.sourceforge.net. Click here for a handout to get you started with Audacity . (Note Mac Users would not need this because they have Garageband.)

Use ImTOO 3GP Converter to convert movie files to mp4 format needed for iPods (Free trial version to use if recordings are less than five minutes) http://www.imtoo.com/3gp-video-converter.html or Jodix http://jodix.com/


Creating an RSS feed using ListGarden http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/

How to Share Playlists

You can share your playlists with others by publishing them to the iTunes Store. Published playlists are called "iMixes". iMixes include 30-second preview songs available in the iTunes Store. Songs that aren't available in the iTunes Store don't appear in the iMixes.

For directions on how to share playlists across a network, I recommend Beginner's Guide to Sharing iTunes Music


Professional Development Resources

November Learning Podcast Series

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