Using Your iPod in the Elementary School Classroom

By Joli Boucher and Doreen Hancock

Federal Furnace Elementary School

Ideas for the iPod

There are so many ways you can use your iPod in the classroom. Here are a few ideas: Use music to set the stage as you begin every class! Record oral fluency throughout the year- A great way to show improvement. Create a CD record for parents! Students can listen to their reading at their own pace then retelling the story using the voice recorder. Record a Podcast about classroom weekly/monthly happenings Record a literature circle discussion or book report Create songs about the curriculum- Example: songs about the states or science topics Have students record their presentations. Example: biography projects Jump to any point in an audio book Video, audio, and images can be loaded on the iPod and provide an excellent manner for bringing a student

who missed a day up to speed ELL students struggling with vocabulary can have flash cards on [the iPod video NANO] to see an image,

hear a word used in a sentence, and read the word in text—and do it as many times as they need to understand it.

Interview community members and create oral histories, including images. Record spelling words, or lessons for students that are absent or need extra review Create a CD of student poetry readings Get a pupil to record the first line a story, pass it to the next pupil to listen to and add to, continue with each

pupil adding a part until the story is complete. 

Find more examples at http://fourthgradeisgreat.com/studentpodcasts.cfm

Crazy MachinesMonster ABCWords for KidsWordsearch KidsiWriteWordsWheels on the BusOld MacDonaldWord MagicMath MagicAwesome AdditionSplojitSuduko for KidsKids's PoemsBusy Bee

Learn how to access iTunes on your iPod at http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

Applications for your iPod

Recommended Hardware and Software

Here’s a list of hardware, software, and accessories to get you started. Hardware: iPod- Regular or preferably video. Cindy Greenwood just purchased video Nano’s

for the ARL program. They are available for teachers. Headphones Belkin Voice Recorder: http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?

Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201526&pcount=&Product_Id=158384 iPod docking station with speakers- Available at Walmart starting at $2.00!Software: FTC SoundPak- Over 3,400 Royalty Free sound and Music MP3 Files. This

software is great for podcasting http://www.ftcpublishing.com/index.php?

option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=72 iTunes- Fill out request form at SchoolDude.com. You must be logged in to your

teacher account in order to download applications and audiobooks. Audacity- Free software available for teachers. Fill our request form School Dude

Recording on your iPod

1. Plug your Belkin or other recording device into you iPod. 2. Plug headphones into iPod for reviewing recordings.3. Go to Menu and choice VOICE MEMOS4. Select START RECORDING (Always do a test recording first)5. Wait for TIMER on iPod Press the RECORD button on Belkin6. Speak into the device. You should be no closer than 6 inches from the recorder

to prevent distortion7. When finished click Pause- Then STOP and SAVE, RESUME, or DELETE8. Scroll down to the LAST date in Voice Memos for the most recently recorded

audio sound9. If unsatisfied with the recording you should now delete it and rerecord10. When finished, either play recording in docking station, or import audio file into

Audacity for editing.Helpful Websites:http://www.wikihow.com/Record-on-an-iPod-for-Freehttp://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=725216