Fortunately, I attended an iPod Touch training on June 23 where I touched an iPod Touch for the first time! As luck would have it, a very young middle school teacher sat next to me who helped me maneuver the pad. During the training, we reviewed iTunes U and Lit2go. We checked out some popular literature, such as Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm which students read online. After the reading, students can work on comprehension activities for assessment. We also downloaded some Discovery Education videos which need to be converted to MP3. We were given a list of about 100 SBISD Approved Apps for the iPod Touch including:
Skype
Animoto Videos
Dictionary.com
Google Earth
Ecosystems
Houston Zoo
Today in History
Spell Checker
States and Capitals (flashcards for each of the original 13 states along with its capital and flag, voice pronunciation of each state and capital, and a link to Google Maps for each state)
State Capitals Study Buddy (a fun and effective state capitals study tool designed to help students learn the U.S. states and capitals)
Video Science
Unblock Me is like a puzzle where you use strategies to slide the red block out of the board. It was very entertaining and fun!
Be sure to read Mabel's blog and the article she posted entitled, "ick: NYC iPad demo units . . . As a germophobic, my students and I are going to be using lots of hand sanitizers and/or anitbacterial wipes for handling iPod Touches in the classroom - ICK!
OH, and did I mention that I won 4 headphones for the iPod's in my classroom at the training?
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