Apple iPod Touch Getting Started - Page 15

Getting Started with iPod touch: 15 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 films, and digital stories. The videos can include video footage, photos and other images, as well as narration, music, sound effects, and more. To view the finished 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 files 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 files 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 field trip notes, track small group discussions, or conduct interviews to use in a documentary film or podcast. Reading samples can be captured for assessment purposes or for students to use for self-reflection. Students learning a foreign language can record themselves to practice speaking and fluency. 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 staff or parent meetings instead of transcribing them. You can share what was recorded by posting the audio file on a website.