Apple iPod Touch - iPod touch Apps

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Getting Started with iPod touch:
A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning
Creating Your Own Content
iPodtouchandiTunesoereasyaccesstomanytypesofeducationcontentthatyou
and your students produce in the classroom, and the voice recording capability of
iPod touch means it’s a tool for producing content as well. Education content students
create may include digital media projects created with iLife, class podcasts produced
with GarageBand and iMovie, slideshow presentations, and voice recordings of
interviews or reading samples to evaluate student progress.
Producing Digital Content with iLife
Apple’s iLife suite is unparalleled in allowing you and your students to easily create
media-rich lessons and projects. Producing digital media projects gives students a
compelling way to learn and express their knowledge in any curriculum area. With iPod
touch, students have an exciting tool with which they can share those projects. The
iLifesuite,whichisincludedwitheverynewMac,includesveapplications:
• iMoviecanbeusedforcreatingdigitalmoviesandvideopodcaststhatcanthenbe
exported to iPod touch for viewing.
• iPhotocanbeusedforimporting,organizing,editing,andsharingphotos.Thesephotos
can be used in iMovie projects and Keynote slide presentations and added to podcasts
created in GarageBand. The movies, presentations, and podcasts can be synced to iPod
touch as well as photo albums in iPhoto.
• GarageBandcanbeusedtocreateandrecordmusicandpodcasts,whichcanthenbe
exported to iTunes and synced to iPod touch.
• iWebcanbeusedforcreatingwebpages,blogs,andpodcastfeeds.Oncepublishedon
the Internet, others can subscribe to student podcasts and access other student work.
• iDVDisusedforproducingDVDstostoreandsharedigitalmediaprojects.
All of these applications are simple to use and work seamlessly with one another with
the included Media Browser. For example, a podcast created in GarageBand can be
usedonawebpagecreatediniWeb.PhotosiniPhotoandmusiclesiniTunesare
easily imported into iMovie. Movies, music, and podcasts can be sent to iTunes with just
one click and then easily synced to iPod.
To view tutorials for the iLife applications, visit www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials.