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Getting Started: A guide for using iPod and iTunes for teaching and learning Resources Apple Websites Third-Party Resources and Solutions Appendix: iPod 101 © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, FireWire, iDVD, iLife, iMovie, iPhoto, iPod, iTunes, Keynote, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. GarageBand, iWeb, and iWork are trademarks of Apple Inc. iTunes Store and .Mac are service marks of Apple Inc. May 2007 Part # L337788A-US Getting Started: A guide for using iPod and iTunes for teaching and learning Foreword Educators at nearly every grade level are examining the tools required to produce the 21st century skills today’s students need to succeed in their schools, workplaces, and civic lives. One device that many educators are already using in their curricula with great results is the iPod. Teachers are using iPod to support second language learners, address the needs of diverse learners, motivate struggling readers, as well as to support their own professional development. And, because the iPod is portable, teachers and students can learn where and when they want. iPod makes it possible to deliver large quantities of content—such as comprehensible language—to students in an efficient and convenient manner. Today, one out of every five K-12 students in the United States comes from a home in which a language other than English is spoken. This situation presents additional challenges for educators. With iPod and iTunes, teachers can now enhance audio with pictures and video, making important visual connections to the second language being learned. Teachers and students can use the iLife suite of digital authoring applications included on every new Mac, such as iMovie HD and GarageBand, to create their own iPod content. iPod and iLife are a great way for educators to create, organize, and distribute content, all of which adds new and exciting dimensions to learning. And iTunes provides an easy way to store, organize, and purchase content for the iPod. The seamless integration of iPod and iTunes makes it easy for teachers to provide textual, auditory, and visual resources to reach all types of learners, particularly those students who need extra assistance. Using iPod in the classroom can also assist in helping students master content standards. For example, iPod can help students achieve oral reading fluency—an important bridge between word decoding and reading comprehension. Capturing the attention of today’s students can be challenging, and using iPod with audiobooks is yet another way to get students engaged in learning. Audiobooks motivate and create interest in the physical texts themselves. Audiobooks can be readily used with iPod—using them in this way is like having a reader with the student at all times. And what about the many administrative functions you must perform and keep track of as a teacher? iPod is also a wonderful device to help you to organize and manage routine tasks in your classroom. You can keep your calendar, contacts, and files on an iPod, as well as record voice memos to yourself or audio assessments of your students using an optional voice recorder.

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