iPODS


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 * The Education Podcast Network **

This site is designed to bring together a collection of podcasting materials for educators. It includes basic “how-to” information and a directory of podcasts categorized by subject.

[]  This article gives examples of how schools—from elementary through college—are using iPods to enhance learning. It has proven to be particularly successful for aiding English language learners or bilingual students as well as teaching foreign languages.
 * In Some Schools, iPods Are Required Listening **

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 * [|Education World] **

This site has links to case studies, tips, lesson plan ideas, and more. It includes all levels of education. It was disappointing that ome of the “Also Worth a Look” links didn’t work.

[]  This article also boasts the benefits of iPods as educational tools. It gives examples of classroom uses and successes—including developing confidence in students.
 * IPods Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet **

[]  The focus of this article is using audio books for students with reading difficulties. The audio books help to promote interest in and greater success in reading abilities. This translates to improvement in other subjects as well.
 * IPods in School - Turning Toys Into Tools - Teaching With Technology **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Opinion: Are iPod-banning schools cheating our kids? **

This article argues the point of allowing iPods in schools—and even during tests—much like using calculators during math tests. Tests should be more difficult and require more problem-solving skills where the iPod is necessary for data retrieval to solve the problem. This will relate to “real world” skills where technology is available to solve problems on the job. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Study: iPods help students concentrate **

Just a short article reporting results showing how iPods are able to help students improve study habits and grades.

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This article gives a basic definition of a podcast and offers simple information to accessing, subscribing to, and creating podcasts. The best feature is the number of links provided to more advanced information and sources of podcasts for education.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">iPod touch A guided tour **

This website is a nice introduction to the iPod. It has video and tutorials to help learn to use the iPod and related applications.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">iPods @ GCSU **

A very interesting article about Georgia College & State University’s use of iPods and technology. A great deal of their course work has been converted to technology projects. They have also developed an educational iVillage for virtual learning.


 * __ -- Assignment #3: Podcast Subscription __**

I subscribed to Cranky Geeks ([]) hosted by an editor of //PC Magazine//. It's a panel discussion arguing the pros and cons of the latest in technology, including business trends. I thought it would provide an opening for class discussions in technology related classes. It can also give students some insight about technology instead of just running out and buying. The episodes are quite long, but several topics are covered in each and selected shorter portions could be used in class to relate to the current lesson.


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**__ -- Assignment #5: Podcasts __**


 * Teacher Podcast:**

I created the following podcast as a daily review for Accounting class. When the accounting equation and it's elements are first introduced, it's important for students to develop a firm understanding of these concepts. They will use this the rest of the year. If they don't understand the equation or debits and credits, they will have difficulty from this point on. I usually do this review orally each day for several weeks so I decided to make it into a podcast rather than having to repeat it myself each day. Following each question I left a blank for student response before sharing the answer. By doing this as a podcast, it helps me to be sure to cover all key terms which I sometimes forget when I do it "live".

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 * Student Podcast:**

The following podcast is a sample response for the Computer Parts lesson plan.

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