IPOD

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This video shows 5 great applications that students can use on the iPod Touch. My favorite one is ihomework. Students can use this as an organizational tool throughout the school year. So much for the assignment notebook! The calendar, which comes with this iPod touch is also very useful for student organization. The other three apps that were focused on included one for art, phy ed and math. They were all very easy to use and made sense for continuous use.

Learn Out Loud Audiobooks I found several interesting biology audiobooks that I will use when I teach plants and animals next year. I listened to the audiobook titled __By Pond and River__//**.**// This audiobook has several chapters. The first chapter focuses on the life cycle of a frog. The second chapter discusses the lifecycle of a dragonfly. There were 12 chapters total. Each chapter is about 3-5 minutes in length. I will probably use one chapter at a time and the chapters do not necessarily have to be used in any order and not all would be needed. Each chapter stands alone nicely.
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Fraction Math Lesson Student Interactive with Podcasts I truly appreciated this lesson becuase it shows how a teacher used podcasting effectively in his math classroom. Every student worked through a math problem, created a scripted step-by-step report, and read it aloud for a podcast. As students listened to themselves they were finding errors and areas for improvement. Behind the scenes the teacher created a step-by-step visual to match each student podcast. This is definately something I would like to try.
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Student podcast: A student in my class created this podcast 'commercial' to promote his book series...'The Bob Heflin Series."

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Teacher podcast: I created a few book talks to use for my online book club. Students listened to a variety of book talks to help them choose their top three choices. The following day each student gave me a list of their top 3 choices. Book groups were created from there.

Ipod Touch Touching Students Lives in the Classroom A variety of ideas for the classroom are outlined in this article. The use of flashcards on the Ipod touch is explained with visual representations, lesson planning and sharing for teachers, the use of the calendar feature, observing the sky (great for science classes), note-taking, the weather and more.

Technology Makes Lessons Fun and Engaging Students use the iPod to learn languages, review math facts and learn about history according to this article. 70 percent of children already own a portable device that it is important to teach them to use those devices for learning and in the classroom setting. iPods and other devices are motivational for students.

IPod Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet This article promotes the use of podcasting in the classroom for a variety of purposes. Some examples were creating radio shows, documenting a fieldtrip, reading a novel or part of a book and vocabulary practice.

Special Education Ipod Demo The Ipod is used as an accomodation for special education students. The students are able to view and listen to the test while they are taking it. The Ipod allows them to pause and go back as needed. This frees up the teacher to work with children as they have questions rather than reading the test aloud to one child.

12 Ways to Use the Ipod Touch in the Classroom This article is presented in a slideshow format. I enjoyed it becuase it was easy to read and capture 12 great ideas for using the Ipod touch quickly with kids.


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Dragonfly TV I used episode #54 with my students. The topic of the podcast was volcanoes. Two school aged girls who lived in San Fransisco walked students through their own real experiences with volcanoes and locations that displayed evidence of volcanic activity. This podcast was so much more meaningful for my students than reading about volcanoes in a text.
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The Art of Adventure Photography This podcast series is very relaxing, beautiful and insightful. I enjoy watching these videos any time of the day for a break in the madness.
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sudoku I have used sudoku as a warm up before a subject area, usually math, in the past. I find that it revs us students minds before the lesson. math flashcards Fourth grade focuses a lot on learning basic facts. If students can practice facts on their ipod touch I think they would be more motivated. sight words This is a great application for students that need practice with sight words. I could load words that they need or use pre-loaded lists. brain tester I would allow students to use this application when they finish other work. It's great for enrichment. blanks Students could work with this to learn new words. It's a fun little vocabulary activity.


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inatural This app is great for ideas on natural skin and hair products you can make at home. dayhike gear This is obviously a very helpful app for planning day hikes. It helps the user create customized lists for day hikes. animal awareness This app offers holistic advice for taking care of your pet on a daily basis. Some of the ideas are rather unique and fun to read about. seafood watch I enjoy seafood very much. It's great because it shows the best seafood at the best times. hello vino Wine pairings and recommendations are offered on this app. I have my favorite wines, but it's nice to try something new.