Basic Introduction and Use of Your iPod Touch

Susan Ceppi BussmannSandy Johnson

RETA/NMSU

iPod Touch

Your iPod Touch is a-

Portable Media Player A Wireless Networking Device Email Access Point Audio and video Playback Machine

Buttons and Ports

Back of iTouch contains serial number and capacity

Power switch on top Computer connection port and

headphone on bottom Volume control on right side

Basic Features

Flash memory (32 or 64 GB for the iPod touch)

WiFi capabilities (802.11b/g) Safari Web browser Audio and photo storage and

playback Video Calendar and contacts that synch

with your computer

Basic Features

Clock and calculator applications Access to the iTunes Music Store via WiFi More than 140,000 apps you can install

from the App Store via WiFi or a wired computer connection

Dock and headphone connections Earphones Accelerometer (allows the device to be

viewed sideways or shaken for games)

Basic Operation

Touch home button to turn iTouch on Navigate with the touch sensitive

screen Scroll by sliding finger up, down, or

side to side to move through different views

Home Screen

Arrange the icons on your home screen using iTunes 9

Move an app up, over, or to another home screen

Create up to 11 home screens- You can make a different home screen for games, applications, music or videos

Calculator

Portrait mode-simple calculations Landscape mode-scientific calculator

Wallpaper

Tap “Settings” Tap “Wallpaper” Choosing “Wallpaper” again will

show you the photos for wallpaper that came with you iPod

Choosing “Photo Library” will let you choose a photo that you have added to your library

Choose the photo you want and tap “Set”

Music and Video

Songs and music videos from your iTunes library

Buy and download new music over Wi-Fi

Download movies, TV shows, music videos

Audiobooks

Photos

Storage for 90,000 favorite photos Scroll through photos Play slideshows complete with music

and transitions Email a photo Share photos through MobileMe

Gallery (MobileMe is a purchased “over air” sync for your email, contacts, photos, storage, etc)

Internet and email

Built-in wireless access to the web Wi-Fi access any website iPod touch syncs your bookmarks

from your PC or Mac Google and Yahoo! search built in Access your email by setting up

accounts on the iTouch or through web mail

Notes

Use Notes on iPod touch to write yourself a quick note

Keep important information on hand Built-in email function lets you send

notes to yourself or others

Calendar

Calendar works with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, iCal, MobileMe, and Microsoft Exchange

Add events from you iTouch Set reminder alerts Subscribe to calendars

Weather

Check weather worldwide Add cities to get six-day forecasts Tap the Y! (bottom left corner) to

open a Yahoo! city guide Y! shows weather, local events,

news, and links for your specific city

Stocks

Shows performance information for any stock

Details on chosen stock by tapping the Y!

Show you previous closing, open, day’s range, and 52 week range

Local headlines concerning chosen stock

Educational Uses of iPod TouchMath Apps

  Math Tutor Lite- Practice basic math skills - 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-tutor-lite/id325267195?mt=8 iFormulas - Contains formulas, definitions, laws and

properties for quick reference for a secondary level Math class -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iformulas/id346888659?mt=8

Sudoku –Math game - http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/sudoku_orange.html

Basic Math - Skills drill app to practice basic math facts - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcard-champion-basic-math/id346684971?mt=8

Quick Graph - graphing calculator app - http://itunes.apple.com/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8

Units- Measurement converter - http://www.apple.com/webapps/calculate/iconvert_luaoo.html

Educational Uses of iPod TouchLanguage Apps

Miss Spell - Spelling game - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mispell-or-misspell/id334760675?mt=8

Amazon's Kindle - app turns your iPod Touch into an e-reader and has free ebooks - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_iphone_mkt_lnd?docId=1000301301

Story Kit - International Children's Digital Library App to create stories, add pictures, text, images and sound clips - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storykit/id329374595?mt=8 

Exam Vocabulary Builder Build -  vocabulary skills - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-exam-vocabulary-builder/id319052551?mt=8

Grammar Up - Game to test grammar skills - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-grammar-up/id299024911?mt=8

Educational Uses of iPod TouchScience Apps

Dinosaurs - The American Museum of Natural History Collection - dinosaur fossils as photos and recreations - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/american-museum-of-natural-history-releases-dinosaurs-app/

101 Science - quizzes 8-12 year olds Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science and Earth Science - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/101-science/id334732710?mt=8 

Science Glossary - Glossary of scientific terms and mini biographies  of scientists-in English and Spanish - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science-glossary/id331657060?mt=8

The Chemical Touch - Periodic table including mass, density, boiling points - http://www.notebooks.com/2010/07/19/emd-free-periodic-table-app-for-the-iphoneipod-touchipad-could-be-a-students-best-friend/

NASA - any space related project - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8

Educational Uses of iPod TouchSocial Studies Apps

iPresident -  Presidents of the United States of America - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-presidents/id317835093?mt=8 

Fact of the Day - Educational facts -   http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fact-of-the-day/id292966647?mt=8

Did You Know? - Useful and interesting facts - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Did-You-Know-Educational-App-for-iPhone-Released-94411.shtml

This Day in History - Events in history -http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/today-in-history-lite/id312028719?mt=8

Maps of the World - Historic maps from around the world -  http://www.appshouter.com/iphone-app-review-history-maps-of-the-world/

Factbook-  50 states, get maps, and find facts -  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-factbook-free/id305888083?mt=8

Educational Uses of iPod TouchForeign Language

AccelaStud -  16 different languages with the vocabulary, quizzes, flashcards -  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-exam-vocabulary-builder/id319052551?mt=8

Lexicon -  foreign languages -  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frozen-lexicon/id300077933?mt=8

World Nomads Italian Language Guide - Common words and phrases -   Speak Spanish - Translate between Spanish and English -  http://journals.worldnomads.com/language-guides/post/1273.aspx

Word Power Greek - 2000 Greek words and phrases -  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpower-greek/id297778182?mt=8

iSign – Sign Language -  American Sign Language or review the individual signs for A-Z and 1-9 -  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/isign-lite/id292486900?mt=8

Drawing and Art

Collaborative Whiteboard http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite-collaborative/id301962306?mt=8

Scribblehttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scribble/id312021341?mt=8

Color Tilthttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colortilt/id285024916?mt=8

Videohttp://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=16472&version=7722&pageID=19376