Sources+of+iPod+Content

Sources of content
Ecosystem of mobility Greater opportunities to practice and evaluate their progress

iTunes U - University of South Florida: Lit2Go, museums,

[|iEAR] - Site with reviews of apps and news on iTouch/iPads for educators

Joseph Morelock Canby School District Oregon morelockj@canby [|iPod User Group Wiki from Canby]

30,000,000 million word gap by age 3 The Early catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap Hart & Risley

Recursive Learning - students recording, monitoring their own progress, talking about their progress Begotsky

Writing: Students write, record their writing as a memo and listen to it.

iRead Program: have students record, listen, evaluate reading, practice and reread. Fluency Seeing accelerated WCPM instead of 10-15 WCPM forowth in 6 weeks, 50+ words WCPM "Students listening to and reading along with an audio book has proven to be extremely effective in increasing reading skills for all students. Taken a step further, students can record and then play back so they can reflect on the reading and, often, quickly recognize problem areas to self-correct. Some record samples over and over until they are satisfied with the reading. Teachers can save the recorded samples over time for students to review and see the tremendous progress they’ve made" **iRead Trainings Continue** http://www.tech.canby.k12.or.us/news/644.html

iPod Shuffles with audio books

Belkin Rock Star: listening center Allows you to connect 5 or 6 iPods simultaneously

iPod Touch One to One: Leave the Touch out on the desk all of the time. Pedometer, dictionary, use for many purposes.

Book Project at Google: books.google.com You can download two types of books here. PDF or EPUB. EPUB lets you resize the page, especially good for iPad. Just go and download the books and drop them into iTunes. Then sych up to iPod or iPad. There are tools that allow you to make EPUBs out of books.

Apps: StarWalk - allows you to see the stars in they sky in relationship to where you are. The Elements App for iPad - Very cool interactive application to learn about the periodic table of elements Nike Plus - tracks exercise, calories, distance, pace WritePad for iPad: write on screen and then it turns it into text. Wikitap -

[|Tarheel Reader] : The Tar Heel Reader is a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches. [|Click here to learn more about alternative access methods]. Apple has even put together an [|app page] divided by content areas just for education. [|Newsletter iLearn] - This is a newsletter for Mac based educators.

Escondido Union School District:[| iRead program]

**[|Writing Across the Curriculum:iPod & Song Lyric-inspired Lessons] This website offers great writing/music lessons**  [|Spreadsheet of apps by subject area]

Lit2Go: Copyright free books have been read aloud and can be downloaded and put on iPods. All material has been leveled and the library can be searched by grade level.

YouTube: The iSchool Initiative (Mobile Learning)

[|I Education Apps Review] Blog based discussion of apps. Films of students using the apps. Interviews with educatiors, students, app designers. Lesson plans being gathered here. Ning for those interested in this discussion.

[|iPod Touch in the Classroom] : This site has extensive iPod resources developed by an experienced group of iPod educators.

[|AppsShopper] describes and rates apps. The site is searchable and has an education category.

[|Learning in Hand: iPods in Education] : This site has an excellent section on using the iPod Touch with students and has lists of sites that can provide content.

[|Internet Archive: Movie Archive] : This is a source of free video

Click to read an article about creating content for your iPod using [|Keynote for flash cards].

[|Free Books Online] - this page lists several websites with free books to read online.

[|LibriVox] - LibriVox is a unique online library catering to both listeners and readers. The site has free audio books and links to text versions to read online. Other site features include book summaries, author bios and links to further book-related content.