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Session 7

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Learning more about iPod touches including apps, content and web
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  1. msradden Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    I was eager to attend this session! I have an iphone 3GS that is only a few weeks old (as in time of purchase!), and we will be getting a set of 5 ipod touches on loan to our school, so I needed a jump start into the world of itunes, apps, and web sites for education. I have been using these tools for entertainment, and only recently began exploring them for use in our classrooms. And I am convinced – this tool is rich with potential!

    The assistive technologies on the SNOW Leopard OS, are also on the latest generation of ipod touches, which means, with 3 taps on the screen, you can choose to turn on the voiceover “Alex” and tap on text on a web page to have it read to you; zoom in and out of the screen; or change the contrast on the screen. Additionally, you can turn your fingers like a dial on the screen and swap between audio options. The PROLOQUO2GO app enables you to create your own voice commands and correlate them with graphical buttons.

    On the Apple computer, you can have Alex read back text on the screen, and simultaneously create an mp3 of the read-back. Sync your ipod, and, if you had Alex read a free e-book off of a web page, your ipod becomes a portable listening center for your students! Teachers can also record themselves reading a book in GarageBand on the laptop or using the voice memo function on the ipod, and create a customized classroom audio library for listening center time.

    Couple apps that were highlighted include:
    1) Pearson mobility MATH
    2) pi83 graphing calculator
    3) NASA
    4) COURSESMART (ebooks)
    5) mobileAP, responsewhere or eclicker for whole class polling
    6) webex
    7) whiteboard
    8)Stanza: a catalog of free e-books (includes the text so it flips like a book when you tap the next page, so kids can hear it read to them while they read the text)

  2. Jayne Hanley Says:
    November 1st, 2009 at 7:31 am

    In this session I learned about a variety of content based, interactive web sites and tools to support Massachusetts Standards and Benchmarks. The web site I thought would be great in a kinder classroom is Brain pop Jr. http://www.brainpopjr.com

  3. msradden Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 am

    I picked up a handout from BrainPop about how use of the tool improves test scores!

  4. Josh McGuire Says:
    November 8th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    This was a rapid fire list of free web tools. I tried to get as many as I could:

    Pixton comic book creation tool
    kideos (videos for kids)
    librivox free audiobooks (public domain) and ebooks
    feedbooks.com (kindle, iphone or blackberry ebooks)
    voicethread
    penzu (takes notes online)
    twiddla (web based meeting ground) smart board kind of thing that you can bring web pages into

    CONCEPT MAPPING AND GRAPHS
    Text2mindmap
    Gliffy
    Bubbl.us
    Creately
    Chartle.net
    Myheritage (family tree)
    Scribble maps (like google maps but you can draw on them)

    INTERACTIVE MEDIA
    Forvo (pronounciation guide with people speaking)
    Voki
    Xtranormal create movies with text to speech
    Edu.glogster.com (embed video and pictures)

    WEB SEARCHING
    Diigo.com
    Insuggest gives similar options to what you are looking for
    Similarweb firefox plugin
    Cuil.com visual search engine
    Kartoo.com (universal design for learning search site )

    VIDEO TOOLS AND FILE CONVERSION
    Snagfilms.com (free documentary site)
    Popscreen.com
    Vyew (online video conferenceing)
    Youconvertit (file converter)
    Cometdocs (another converter)
    Media converter.org

    PROFESSIONAL DEV AND COURSE MNGMT
    Screentoaster (online version of jing)
    Jotnot (cleans jpgs of whiteboard pictures)
    Irubric
    Wiggio

    GRAPHICS AND SOUND
    Splashup (photoshop option)
    Adobe photoshop express online
    Capzels (powerpoint)
    Dipity.com (timeline of videos)
    Ccmixter.org (free creative commons music)
    Freeplaymusic (no vocals)
    Soungle.com

    STUDENT ENRICHMENT
    Noodle tools
    Thesis generator
    Quizlet (create flash cards)

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