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Getting Started with iPod touch:
A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning
Before students begin creating podcasts themselves, you may want to review or share
with the class some examples of podcasts other students have created. A few of these
are listed below.
• Radio WillowWeb: Willowdale Elementary School students in Omaha, Nebraska have a
lot to share about what they learn.
www.itunes.com/podcast?id=73800253
• ASchoolintheCoulee:Longfellow Middle School students in La Crosse, Wisconsin
produce this podcast on topics from literary adaptations to the continent of Africa.
www.itunes.com/podcast?id=79169064
• PodcastCentral:This comprehensive collection of podcasts is produced by the students,
teachers, and administration of Mabry Middle School in Marietta, Georgia.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73888013
Creating Video Podcast Content with iMovie
In addition to creating podcasts that combine sound and images with GarageBand, you
and your students can readily produce video content for iPod touch with iMovie. With
iMovie,youcancreatedocumentaries,videopodcasts,creativelms,anddigitalstories.
The videos can include video footage, photos and other images, as well as narration,
music,soundeects,andmore.ToviewthenishedmovieoniPodtouch,yousendit
to iTunes directly from iMovie and then sync it to your iPod touch.
Using iPod touch for Voice Recording
You and your students can record memos, lectures, interviews, and conversations
infullstereoonaniPodtouch.AudiolescanbereviewedlateroniPodtouchby
using headphones or the built-in speaker. When you connect your iPod touch to your
Mac,theaudiorecordingsarecopiedtoiTunes.Therecordedaudiolescanthen
be reviewed in iTunes, edited in GarageBand, and used in other projects, such as for
narration in a podcast created in GarageBand or an iMovie movie project.
How you produce a voice recording varies somewhat depending on the model of
iPod touch and the software version that is installed on the device. To record, you use
a voice recording application and Apple earphones with a built-in microphone or a
third-party microphone. A voice recording application, called Voice Memos, is included
with each second generation iPod touch that has version 3.0 software installed (sold
separately). Otherwise, you can download an inexpensive third-party voice recording
application from the App Store. With each iPod touch model and software version,
you connect the Apple earphones with a built-in microphone or the third-party
microphone to iPod touch, open the voice recording app, and start recording. (For
more information, see “Accessorizing iPod touch” later in this guide.)
Thepossibilitiesareendless—studentscansharepersonalnotes,captureeldtrip
notes, track small group discussions, or conduct interviews to use in a documentary
lmorpodcast.Readingsamplescanbecapturedforassessmentpurposesorfor
studentstouseforself-reection.Studentslearningaforeignlanguagecanrecord
themselvestopracticespeakinganduency.YoucanuseiPodtouchtodictate
instructions for science labs, lesson plans, and research notes, or to record “to-do” lists
asyouthinkofthem.VoicerecordingoniPodtouchcanalsobeusedforrecordingsta
or parent meetings instead of transcribing them. You can share what was recorded by
postingtheaudioleonawebsite.