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Educational uses of iPods in colleges

f you want to know how to learn English verbs with an iPod, you are in the right place. Rory Ryder has published a book called "101 English Verbs for your iPod", and it is FANTASTIC!

A very handy app for adding titles/captions directly on a photo, either plain text or in color, rotated, fancy font, etc. Thi is iPhone and iPad, but check out what might be available for other smart mobile devices. Use for vocabulary self-quizzes shared on social media or among classmates, and for project-based learning.

This transfer software will help you get your older Mac (up to 10.6) in touch with your iPhone, iPod, and/or iPad. Download the app to your desktop computer, install, and plug in your mobile device.

A blog, My Languages, describing apps for the iPod/iPhone specifically for language teaching and learning.

Play lectures anywhere. Download courses, faculty lectures, interviews, music, and sports. Play on your iPod, Mac, or PC, or burn to a CD.

"With the growing popularity of internet access to mobile devices like the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, monitoring internet activity isn't so easy as plopping the computer in the living room and keeping a watchful constant eye over young shoulders. Now, the internet is mobile. It's small enough to fit in a pocket and that makes parental monitoring an even bigger challenge. "Fortunately, the tech world has heard the rally cries of concerned parents and a number of kid-safe browsers are available to allow your child internet access in a safe manner. By no means is everything on the internet dirty, filthy, vulgar or dangerous. Much of the content on the web is educational, informative, fun and smart. With these kid safe browsers, you'll be able to help keep your kids on the right side of the cyber tracks."

Convert Online FLV Youtube Videos direct to PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, mp3, mp4 and mobile. Enter the video link from the provider, then click the >Catch! button, which displays the links to different types of video.

This is such a cool tool that I have to include it, even though it is not free -- just .99 cents U.S. Create your screencast directly on an iPod and upload it as MP4 directly to YouTube. You can draw on the website with a marker, draw tool, or laser point in different colors and two different styles. Annotations scroll with the page. Will not record video content, however. Purchase in iTunes or Apple Store.

This one page has more ideas than you can use in a school year, and includes all kinds of technologies, e.g., iPod and Wii, as well as computers and the Internet. Genius.

A whole bunch of educational links that speak to reasons why students should use blogs, tips for using iPods in the classroom, PowerPoint for collaborations, etc. Many sites worth exploring.

"We are a mobile & web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and upload audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear." Can record from computer or iPhone/iPod. Great mobile recording for podcasting. Very easy to use. You can log in with your Twitter account, record or upload a file, send to friends and post to Facebook at the same time. Your file shows up with your profile next to it. Use is fully described by Russell Stannard at http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/audioboo/index.html.

"Students and teachers from all over the world are learning from audio and video programs on desktop computers, laptops, iPods, netbooks, and other devices." What is podcasting and how to use it for education. Nice and succinct.

Learning Made Mobile issue focuses on iPod and apps 4 learning.

One of an extensive series of ipod shows to learn English. Be sure to pull down the menu from >More From: podEnglish to see the full selection. These are unique in being situationally based, rather than simply grammar based.

Conversation English is an iPhone/iTunes app where people can view a short video of a dialogue and do exercises. If your students are crazy about their smart phones, this would be a good way to get them to practice.

Shelly Terrell's page with resources, lesson plans, and apps for using mobile technology for education. Worth exploring.

Reviews by teachers of educational apps that you might want to use with your own students. Lots of good links to explore.