Audio is Great, Videos are Cool, iPods Can Do More

This was a terrific workshop...I got lots of good ideas! The presenter began by using handhelds with his students. Gave up teaching and focused fulltime on his websites and presentations. His site is www.learninginhand.com I took one of his classes last year in Atlanta, and have used his site extensively when I have a question or a problem with my iPod. A good tip when ripping cd's, select import and eject when ripping a lot of cd's, this will make the job go much faster! He also suggested voice recorders. There are stand alones, and ones you can attach to your iPod and record directly. Another good site is http://www.spokentext.net/ You can download speeches and such from this site. Make sure on you iPod you select view a file>select lyrics>artwork. You can enter the text of the speech and insert a picture. He showed us this video, below. kinda fun. You can put videos on your ipod from http://www.youtube.com/ using http://www.vixy.net/ as one of the many video converters. You can also sync your calendars and contacts to you ipod. The only catch is you need to us Windows calendar and Windows address book for this to work on a PC. It won't sync with FirstClass, which is a bummer. You can purchase Brainquest for you iPod. You can purchase that and other applications from http://www.portableapps.com/. Remember you can also connect your ipod to you projector in order to share with your entire class. Other good iPod sites are - http://www.ipod-notes.com/ http://www.ipreppress.com/ http://www.manybook.net/ http://www.talkingpanda.com/iwriter ipodsync.com/ . The most exciting part for me was iquiz. It comes with the new ipods, I had to purchase my copy through itunes for 99 cents. You can create quizzes for your ipod, great for ending presentations. I think it might be fun. http://www.iquizmaker.com/ will guide you through this process. You can also go to http://www.iquizshare.com/ download free quizzes. A podcast he really reccommends is called "Our City Podcast". Students from around the country upload self-made podcasts about their city...kinda cool and VERY collaborative! You can download his book "Podcasting for Teachers and Students" from his website for free!