iPod ideas
July 6th, 2006 | by Tim Wilson |I gave a half-day workshop this morning on iPods, iTunes, and podcasting. We generated a pretty good list of ideas for uses of this technology in classrooms and schools:
- Collect field notes during a science field trip
- Living museum, researching characters
- “Radio shows”
- Creating audio guides for local museums
- Teacher powerpoints
- Early language learners, (rhyming, etc.)
- Staff development
- Screencasts
- Language learners recording assessments
- Discovery Education videos
- Science reports
- Art projects
- Digital portfolios
- Weekly classroom news
- Serial storytelling
- Reflective journals
- Summaries of school events
- Broadcast school sporting events
- Roving reporters
- Capturing oral histories (family history)
- Podcast vocab words and spelling lists
- Flashcard practice with iFlash
- Musical compositions
- Soundseeing tours
A lot of these ideas could be applied in different subject areas around the school.
Tags: ipod, necc, Podcasting and iPod

5 Responses to “iPod ideas”
By Isiah on Nov 17, 2006 | Reply
Hello,
What do I have to do, to make an audiobook file appear on the audiobook folder on my iPod?
I didn't get it how does it work.
Is there a special extension for audiobooks, because I've tried to convert to ACC (tutorial on this forum) but it didn't work.
Please, help me.
Thanks
By Xander on Nov 18, 2006 | Reply
Hi everyone.
What's a good alternative to the IPOD?
I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good MP3 player that is comparable to the IPod but WITHOUT they hype and price tabe to go with it.
I was at the apple store a few days ago, and really liked the new 40GB or 80GB IPods that also show video, but was wondering if I could get the same kind of funcationality without that heftly price tag.
By Tim Wilson on Nov 18, 2006 | Reply
Isiah, I’ve never listened to an actual audiobook on my iPod. If you can get it into iTunes then it will get synced to your iPod.