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Getting Started with iPod touch:
A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning
If you are checking out iPod touch devices from your classroom, you might want to use
a sign-in/sign-out sheet to help keep track of them. Along with asset tags, you might
want to consider numbering the iPod touch devices to help you keep track of which
iPodtouchisbeingusedbywhichstudent.WhenyourstsetupeachiPodtouch,you
are prompted to name it. You can use these same names when you set up your system
for checking out the student iPod touch devices.
Another management idea is to purchase inexpensive small plastic containers and put
together an iPod touch “kit” containing an iPod touch, headphones, and a USB cable for
checkout. You can take a photograph of what should be included in the kit and tape
that photo to the plastic container.
Sharing iPod touch Devices
Along with checking out iPod touch devices to students to take to and from school,
there are other ways they can be shared. If you do not have a class set of iPod touch
devices, you can assign one iPod touch to a group of students, using a project-based
learningapproach.Youcanalsouseanaudiosplitter,liketheGrinSmartShare,to
allow two students to share one iPod touch.
EvenoneiPodtouchcanbeeectivelyusedforrecordingaudiowithagroupof
students—simply pass the iPod touch from student to student, having them record a
reading passage for assessment or narration for a story. It’s a good idea to have each
studentsayhisorhernameatthebeginningofeachrecordingforeasyidentication
later. (For more information, see “Accessories for iPod touch” later in this guide.)
Mobile Learning with the Apple iPod Learning Lab
AppleoersaconvenientwaytomanagemultipleiPoddevicesintheclassroom
with the Apple iPod Learning Lab. This portable lab comes with a classroom set of
iPod devices and a fully assembled Bretford cart, which has been built for Apple to
specicallymeettheneedsofschools.Thecartallowsyoutoreadilymanagemultiple
iPod devices at one time and is easily moved from classroom to classroom. You can
charge, store, and transport up to 40 iPod devices at one time and sync 20 at a time to
the same computer. The cart is compatible with all iPod models with dock connectors
and ships completely assembled. The top of the cart features two drawers, each with
thecapacityfor20iPoddevices.Thecartalsohasexiblestoragespaceforuptofour
MacBook computers and a variety of iPod accessories such as earphones. You can
purchaseapre-conguredAppleiPodLearningLaborbuildyourownlabtomeetyour
school’sspecicneeds.IfyoualreadyhaveiPoddevices,theBretfordPowerSyncCart
for iPod can be purchased separately.
For more information on the Apple iPod Learning Lab, visit: www.apple.com/education/
mobilelabs.