iPods/iPhone in the classroom

1. iPods/ iPhones
in the classroom
Julia Leong
Julia.leong@me.com
Sunday, February 14, 2010

2. Feel free to
Leave your cell
phones On during
this presentation!
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3. Timer
Can someone set the timer at
50 mins so that
we have time for questions.
Ask questions throughout
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4. Why iPods/iPhone in
the classroom?
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5. Why iPods/iPhone in
the classroom?
• Kids love them - Motivational and relevant
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6. Why iPods/iPhone in
the classroom?
• Kids love them - Motivational and relevant
• Extended school day
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7. Why iPods/iPhone in
the classroom?
• Kids love them - Motivational and relevant
• Extended school day
• Multiple intelligence/ Multi-modal learning
styles
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8. Why iPods/iPhone in
the classroom?
• Kids love them - Motivational and relevant
• Extended school day
• Multiple intelligence/ Multi-modal learning
styles
• asyncronous learning
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9. iTunes
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/what-is/
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10. Navigate your iPod
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/gallery/#360
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features/
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11. iPod uses in the
classroom
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12. Weather
Let’s not talk about
the weather
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13. Weather
Let’s not talk about
the weather
How can we involve
higher order thinking?
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14. Wolfram Alpha
to compute whatever can be computed about anything
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15. Shake the Built
in Calculator
Math Apps:
coin toss
converter
ichoose
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16. National Film
Board
Short Films and Documentaries
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17. Storing Files Create a Slide show
on your iPod
1. Create a presentation
(photos, screenshots, etc)
2. Export images
3. Add to album of photos
4. Sync
Can only play photo
slideshow or videos on
your projector.
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18. History
Photo walk
✤ Use primary source documents and
have students take their own photos to
compare/contrast climate change or an
event in history
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19. Historical
Documents
Students search for historical
photos and save them to their
iPod to serve as a reference
point for taking their own photo
Geotag photos (add GPS info)
so that students can return to
the same spot over time I stood here
My Dad took a photo here
1917 glacier was here
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20. Olympics
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21. Olympics
Search on Google Earth
Whistler, BC
Students can go out on location
to serve as reporters on events.
They can link the photos taken
to the location taken on google
maps.
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22. Olympics
Search on Google Earth
Whistler, BC
Students can go out on location
to serve as reporters on events.
They can link the photos taken
to the location taken on google
maps.
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23. Zoom in on a location. Press the round button
& top power key to take a screen shot
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24. Zoom in on a location. Press the round button
& top power key to take a screen shot
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25. Zoom in on a location. Press the round button
& top power key to take a screen shot
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26. Google Maps
http://maps.google.com
Search for location
click on “My Maps”
“Create new map” link.
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27. Link photo to
Google maps
explore a location
virtually
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28. Urbanspoon
Find a place to dine
Filter by price, type,
area, read reviews
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29. Voice memos
AudioBoo
Record an event/interview
Post / Share
our recording link
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30. What’s your favorite
app for education?
go to http://bit.ly/cYn96q
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31. Thanks for coming
Julia.leong@me.com
Sunday, February 14, 2010