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[|100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study] [|Learning in Hand-Podcasting]
 * Assignment 1 **
 * Explore the following websites: **

Now find 5 more websites of articles that use ipods in the classroom. Post the websites along with a summary of the article to your wiki space. 1. This site has some lesson plans that you can download and use. It has some elementary and secondary plans. [] 2. This is a site that reviews a conference that Kelly Croy went to. She discusses some of the different topics and includes her notes and input. [] 3. This is a site that shows some different apps that could be very helpful in different areas. It is broke down by level and topic. It also includes prices or lets you know if it is free. [] 4. This site has many free phonics activities that I could use with a reading group of students. [] 5. This article lists many different apps that could be used in the classroom. Most of them are free, but some of them need to be bought. They also have some of them listed by subject area. []

Assignment 2:

The podcast that I signed up for was the Cool Teacher. I am excited to get updates on tips regarding education. I had a good time listening to the interaction between the characters. This is a fun way to get tips for teaching.

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The podcast that I picked for my students was called Storynory. I would use this as a read aloud with my students. It will be neat to get updated stories.

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Assignment 3:

Educational Apps: 1. Learn Numbers - This is an app that I will use throughout the year with students who need help with idenifiying numbers 1 - 100. I can use it as a testing tool becuase there is an option to flag the numbers that the students have trouble with. Another part of this app is that you can make different sets of numbers for the different levels of students.

2. Pattern Recognition - This is an app that I could use for testing my students on patterns. They will love to "play", but really they will be getting tested.

3. Coin_Math - This is an app that I can use in math to both teach coins as well as test students on them. It works on what the coins look like, matching the coins, counting coins, shopping, and making change. They also have advanced levels for some of the areas.

4. Math Dr ... Lite - This is a math flash card review app. It works on all types of math facts. It allows the teacher to set the limits to the facts that the studens will be working on.

5. First Letters - This is a game that has the student match the letters that are the same. When they get a match it gives the studetns the sound of the letter and a word with picture that begins with that letter. This will be a great game for my early readers.

Personal Apps:

1. Facebook - I use facebook to check in with my friends to see what is going on.

2. Solitaire - I like to be able to play a game of solitaire when I can. The itouch makes that easy.

3. Shapes by Toddler Teasers - This is an app that my son loves to play. He is starting to really know his shapes and he gets to put a sticker on a page after he gets a few right.

4. Giraffe's Matching Zoo - My son and I love to play this matching game together.

5. Rushhour Classic - This is a puzzle game that I love to play.

Assignment 4:

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For my voice memo I decided to use a dictation sentence. At the start of the year the students need to listen to a sentence read outloud and write down what they hear. Usually I have to repeat myself many times. I decided that using the voice memo a small gruop or and indivual student can listen to the sentence and pause it when they need to stop and write. They can listen to it as many times as they need too.

5. REFLECTION

The iPod Touch has really opened up my eyes. There are many different ways that I see it being helpful in my classroom. One of the main ways is to test students. When I was looking at math and reaidng apps there were a lot that I could use as an assessment tool. I think that my students will do better because they will have fun while they are showing me what they know. I also think that the students will be exctited to try new things. I also think that in some ways I could almost have two of me. What I mean is that I could put a list of directions on a voice memo and allow some students to use it when they forgot the directinos.

In my presonal life I really like to have things at my finge tips. It is exciting to me to work with my son on the ipod touch. He is already playing games and really enjoys touching the buttons. I can tell that he is going to be a visual and hands-on learner and that is motivating me to become a teacher of the future.

Use the "kick" feature in You Tube to get the video to your desktop and then to iTunes to sync with your iPod.** [|Check out Garrison Sites on Converters and the You Tube kick feature.] [|Convert Files] [|ZamZar-]Converting online [|Media Convert]-Free and online conversion of Flash files saved to your computer [|Free Video Converter-Any Video]
 * 6.** Find a [|You Tube] video about Using iPods in the Classroom or education. **Write it in your wiki which one you selected and the link.

This is a neat YouTube video about how a teacher uses ipods in a special education classroom. This is a great communication piece between staff and parents. She also uses it to work on other skill to review at home. It is a very neat video. []


 * 7**. Can you find any free AudioBooks? **If not on iTunes, are there places on the Internet that has Audiobooks for the iPod?** This is a hunting assignment to see what is out there for you in the area of audio books or electronic books for the classroom. Post your findings to your wiki with a brief explaination.

This site has free AudioBook books, but it is a lot of the older books. []

This site was interesting to see, but it was not user friendly. It did not provide a list of books. It just had you type in a title and author. []

This site had a list of different free audiobooks and where you could download them from. []

This is a site that has free books by catogoty. They seem to be more adult reading level. []


 * 8**. Check out iTunes U (at the very bottom of the iTunes store home page), Select K-12 (in the top right), then select Florida Department of Education, then take a look at some of the professional development links at this site or any other site. Lots of great materials.
 * Find Teachers.tv in the K-12 list and download a movie and sync to your computer or post the link**.

This video shows a 5 year teacher and a veteran teacher working together to teach the idea of problem solving. They use technology and team teaching to engage students in their learning. This is interesting to me because our district is heading in the direction of team teaching. I also like the way it incorperated technology with the students. []

New Apps to look at: Solar Walk - 2.99 Word Magic - LIke Hangman Math Drills Lite ABC Pocket Phonics The Wheels on the Bus - good for ELL Math Flash Cards - .99 Classic Nursery Rhymes - Lite version Math Magic -.99