Exploring iPod Use in Secondary Education

iPods & Learning in High School



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Introduction

The following are resources for teachers interested in using iPods in secondary school curriculum.

About Audio Files
    •Audacity-the free cross-platform Sound Editor
Audacity is free open-source software for recording and editing sounds (an alternative to Garage Band).
    •Softpedia
Source for editing audio software, including free downloads.
    •Wikipedia-The Free Encyclopedia
Defines the sea of audio acronyms used to explain audio formatting characteristics
Copyright / Fair Use
    •Crash Course in Copyright
Web site hosted by Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.
    •Current Legislation and Issues – Stanford University
Educational Institutions
    •Audio files from The Library of Congress
Instructions for securing copies of recorded sound. Be prepared to pay a fee, and up to 4-6 weeks for snail-mail delivery.
    •Classrooms collaborating around the world.
A few classrooms from English speaking countries are using podcasts to communicate.
    •Duke Digital Initiative
A clearinghouse of information on student and professor experiences using iPods in the classroom.
    •Podcast Pedagogy
"Best educational examples of using podcasts and podcasting in teaching and learning."
    •Stanford Campus teams up with iTunes
Last year Stanford joined the Apple Digital Campus Initiative, along with Duke University, the Missouri School of Journalism, the School of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, and the Ohio State University. This core group was formed in collaboration with Apple Computer, Inc. to consider how pervasive technology impacts higher education, and to develop communities of practice around promising methods and tools.
How to
    •Address iPod Troubles
Tutorial about what to do when your iPod won't start.
    •Adjust maximum volume on iPods.
Software update allows adjustment of maximum volume on iPods.
    •Convert books into notes for iPod transport
Not sure about use of this tool. Please e-mail feedback.
    •Convert DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter
Lots of discussion regarding the intricacies of DVD conversion across platforms. FAQs address tech glitches.
    •Convert Keynote and PowerPoint into Podcasts
ProfCast turns the lecture you are already giving into an enhanced podcast. The result will be complete with slides, chapters, and audio, all synchronized as you gave the lecture live! ProfCast integrates with your existing presentation software.
    •Overcome the iPod Shuffle problem in the Language Lab
Explains problem with students using iPod shuffles in Language Labs and an iPod preference modification to address the issue.
    •Put PowerPoint on your iPod Photo
Save slides as jpgs in iPhoto. Set iPod to import PowerPoint slides "album".
    •Reset iPod if it appears frozen or doesn't respond
Don't panic, you may be able to fix it by following these instructions. :-)
    •Use your iPod–Apple's iPod Tutorials
Click on Tutorial Page number for a Tutorial Table of Contents.
iPod Fun
    •All iPod Accessories for all models of iPods.
Looking for cables, docks, headphones, software, speakers, etc.? This site has everything made for iPods.
    •Everything for and about iPods
Reviews, accessories, photos, downloads and discussion forums about iPods–all on one site.
    •iPod Visuals
Download visuals (album covers, etc.) for your music. Sorry, Windows only :-(
iPods in World Language Education
    •American Rhetoric
An online "speech bank" of rhetoric which is described as "the art of winning the soul by discourse".
    •Listen and Read along for English as a Second Language students
A web site that has interesting topics of audio and text for English as a Second Language students. Files can be listened to on a computer and/or downloaded to an iPod.
    •Uses of iPods in the classroom
Spanish teacher shares how she utilizes technology to teach language and culture in her class. She explains how technology enables multi-cultural and global education.
Podcasting
    •A step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Podcast
A radio web site talks gives an in-depth cookbook explanation of how to make a Podcast.
    •An Education Podcast Network
Compilation of podcasts made by K-12 students around the world on a wide range of topics.
    •Learning Podcasting Tutorial
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    •Podcast Secrets in Garage Band
The practice of triggering live cues will benefit your work by eliminating much of the necessary post-production splicing and editing. If all of the sound samples are already in place when you finish recording, there is no need to painstakingly add them in later. This tutorial explains how.
    •Yahoo Podcasts (beta)
A web site for learning about podcasts, finding online podcasts and publishing your own podcasts. Site has ads and is in Beta, but offers a place to host your podcast.
Potential Radio & Video Curriculum
    •From WBEZ in Chicago for Educators
Curriculum has been developed for This American Life public radio programs and organized by curricular subject area.
    •KQED Educator Resources
Curriculum organized by subject area.
    •Podcasts for English Language Learners
Learn a song, jokes, listen and repeat podcasts.
    •TV Programs A-Z
TV programs that are well suited to a variety of classroom topics.


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