NECC2008 Session: iPods Can Do More

Here are my notes from the last of my "Top Four" NECC2008 sessions: Tony Vincent's "Audio is Great! Video is Cool! iPods Can Do More!"

Website - LearningInHand.com has all of this information, a PDF booklet, and downloads of many of these templates. (Tony wrote book, "Handhelds for Teachers and Administrators" available from Tom Snyder Productions)

Audio
load music from CDs for music classroom
voice recorders – iTalk, Belkin
Spokentext.net – convert a document into spoken word
Cover Art and Lyrics – push center button to get time, cover, lyrics (file --> get info --> lyrics)

Video
Drag and drop into itunes to change .mov to .mp3

Extras
Calendars / Contacts
Photos – state capital flashcards (state, state w/ cap and abbreviation) (export PPT out into jpgs)
Matching flashcards (lists, highlight 1, hightlight 1 w/ line, highlight 2, highlight2 w/ line)
Multiplication flashcards with a thumbspot at bottom left corner with answer – student covers until they are ready to check answer
Comic book stories about the moon - $5
BrainQuest sells digital flashcards - $20
TipKalc – tip calculator - $5 download
100 chart (100 pix - each # highlighted in turn)
Squares (one box = 1 large overlay number, then 4, then 9, etc.)
Fractions with drawing (by 16ths – each click another 16th – can add or subtract by 1/16)
Temperature conversion (each pix has thermometer and F on left and C on right – each click goes up or down by one degree)
Stroop Effect game (color word written in different color)
can download all of these from his website

Other
HardDisk Mode – preferences – enable
keychain with iPod to USB connection
notes = text file (1000 at 4k each = limit)
www.ipod-notes.com can convert a document or webpage to “note” format
free downloads – ipreppress.com (dictionary, documents, 100 words every HS freshman should know – it links to audio files so you can hear pronunciation, etc)
manybooks.net – free eBooks
make text doc with word and definition – put all docs in notes folder (makes another flashcard-type project)

Interactive Content
Choose you own adventure story with links to pages – use iWriter $30

RSS Feeds
iFeedPod – free software for Mac
iPodSync for windows $17

Quizzes
iQuiz is on newer ones – can be loaded for 99c from iTunes for older iPods
iQuiz Maker – free (Mac version doesn’t need iPod – it makes a simulation of an iPod on the screen)
Spin to Win 1-5 (pix of numbers in random order – spin back and forth)
iQuizShare.com
iQuizer.com

Podcasts
OurCityPodcast.com (or link from his site)
Podcasting for Teachers and Students (35 page book) by Tony Vincent

Accessories
earbuds = WalMart 97c