EDT+676+iPod+Touch

=__Assignment 1: iPod Websites and Articles__= [] This is a website that has various ways that educators use ipods in the classroom. Each teacher describes in detail the apps that they use and how it is beneficial in their classroom or job.

[] This website has several different testimonials of teachers and parents who use IPods in the class. It also has links to make IPod related purchases.

Top 50 Apps for Teachers A take off the 100 ways to use your I-Pod in the classroom. A little more concise for uses more specific to the teacher themselves.

Using I-Pods in Special Education-You TUBE Video This is a video on how I-Pods are being used in Special Education Classrooms in St. Louis County.

[|Using iPods in the Classroom Promotes Interactive Learning and More Effective Studying] - This article discusses how teachers are incorporating iPods into the classroom and how this new technology is saving students from having idle or wasted time. It also discusses how schools need to be aware of how students could abuse their privilege.

=__Assignment 2: Podcasts__= [|**http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-21-exclusive/id295840285**] This podcast has interviews with a lot of different artists. It gives interviews with them. I like it because a lot of the artists are newer and working artists of today.

[] This podcast discusses specific paintings that artist created, the process and meaning is discussed also.

[] I used this podcast to play stories while my students worked. It promoted an appropriate voice volume in the classroom, and the students seemed to be more calm and focused.

**__Assignment 3: 10 Applications__**
Personal: []- Use this application for social networking

[]- Fun game to play

[]- Music station to listen to doing anything

[]- Used to find restaurants for whatever city you are in

[] Use to find recipes, there are thousands!

Educational: []- Could use to introduce artists and show examples of art work. Can give quizzes and it has parental controls to allow whether nudity can be shown or not.

[]- Can learn basic phrases and vocabulary in Spanish.

[]- Can learn about all the different types of flags from other countries and it has games to learn the different flags.

[]- Can help to learn and recognize different shapes.

[]- Great app! Has facts, maps, quizzes flash cards flags all on different countries. Very informative!

__Assignment 4: Podcasts__
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My second podcast that I created with my students was too big to upload to my wiki page. I created a video in Moviemaker that explained step by step the clean up plan that takes place at the end of each art class. My students demonstrated how to clean up while I gave the instructions.

__Assignment 5: Reflection__
I use my iPod touch just about every day for personal use. It is a quick way for me to check my email, the weather, and Facebook. The applications that I have downloaded so far have also been useful. I've used several recipes and restaurants from various apps. And not to mention the games; an easy pass time when I am trying to kill a little free time.

I think the Podcasts are what I would use most in the classroom with students. There is some great information on Podcasts that would help enhance any lesson. I really enjoyed making my own Podcasts as well. Next school year I will be making mini pod casts for many different ways to introduce lessons. I think the visual aspect of video Podcasts can really help the students learn and have a better understanding of the task that needs to be done. And the students had fun helping me make them as well.

I also like the other educational games that are available on the iPod Touch. I found some great visual games that match different countries flags, create different puzzles using shapes, and learning about cultures of other countries. And all this is literally at our fingertips and a hand held device. Awesome!

__**Assignment 6: Youtube Video**__
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Introducing iPods into Special Education: This video shows how two classroom teachers use the iPod in their special education classroom. The teachers use the iPod to create videos for their students to watch that include them using sign language so they are better able to understand the story. The teachers also use it as a tool of communication with parents using the voice memo application. I choose this video because I teach an adaptive art class with 5 nonverbal austic boys. They are incredibly intelligent, and I could see their teachers using this to help them communicate.

**__Assignment 7: Free Audio Books__**
[] Audio Owl.com: a source for free audio books. Can download a book in mP3, iPod and iTunes format.

[] Audio Books Titles- 1000s of titles. Most you have to pay for, but there is a section for free titles that you can download in the iPod format.

[] Free Classic AudioBooks in MP3 format or iPod format.

[] One website claimed that this site is the "bigdaddy" of free audio books to download. A lot of titles, but mainly classics and oldies.

__Assignment 8: Teachers.tv__
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This video is about how art teachers sometimes avoid doing certain art lessons because of the mess and chaos the materials cause. The video has an experienced ar teacher come help a first year teacher prepare and organize an interesting and effective art lesson.