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"Speak It On My iPod® 2.0 Send Multiple Documents to Your iPod While You Sleep WHAT IS IT? It converts documents on your computer into audio files you can listen to on your iPod using the speech features of Mac OS X."

"Welcome to "Using iPods in the Classroom" website. This site is geared toward teaching about how to use an iPod and how to intergrate iPods in the classroom. To get started click here or the click to begin button from the Flash presentation on the left. "

"We welcome you to our work-in-progress wiki for supporting iPod devices in education. Although our focus is K-12, many of the techniques should work for you at any level and with any number of devices. We are posting as many help and how-to articles here as we can and as quickly as we can so you can continue to be successful using iPod devices in your classroom."

This paper explores the pedagogical and social potential of emerging technologies, in particular the iPod, in facilitating the learning of young Australians with severe intellectual and social disabilities. The study, which was carried out in a segregated educational setting in Victoria, Australia, sought to establish whether the intrinsic portable, multi-media capabilities of the iPod particularly lent themselves to a practical application for students with severe disabilities. It was concluded that such new technology has considerable power and potential as an emerging pedagogy with students with severe intellectual and physical disabilities.

"We have been considering the idea that today's students are digital learners and we intend to find out if the iPod Touch can assist children to learn through digital delivery of content . Teaching practices in the upper primary school have been traditional and teacher-centred and we would like to attempt to move to a student-centered learning environment via the use of the iPod Touch."

"Path Input is a quick, smart and fun input solution on iPhone and iPod touch. Its distinctive features are as followed: ★★★★ Path Input Keyboard ★★★★ Input a word by drawing its path on the keyboard. For example, to input the word "book", you can touch down your finger at key 'B', move to key 'O', then to key 'K' and lift up your finger. This input mode can tolerate the error. In the above case, if you lift up your finger at key 'L', you can also get the word "book" since "bol", "bool" or "boll" is not meaningful or common English word."

"During Autism Awareness Month, an exploratory survey on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and iPads, iPod touches and iPhones was distributed as part of research collaboration between AssistiveWare and professors from the University of San Diego and the California State University at San Marcos. In this blog post we provide an overview of the key facts and findings of the survey that among others revealed that in the opinion of respondents, Proloquo2Go and other full-featured AAC Apps together with Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod touch can deliver an AAC solution that supports considerable improvements in key areas such as independence, behavior, interaction with others and learning."

"While originally designed for IPod apps, of course it works with IPad apps as well. In fact any mobile technology apps, including android apps, can be evaluated using this rubric. "

iPod Touch/iPhone App Round Up for Users with Significant Disabilities and Those who Teach Them

iPod Touch/iPhone App Round Up for Users with Significant Disabilities and Those who Teach Them

"This Ning is brought to you by a group of Apple Distinguished Educators who focus on the inclusion of students with disabilities through the use of Apple technologies. We created this Ning network to support our "iPod Touch in the Special Needs" workshop at the CSUN 2010 Conference."

"Created by the parent of a child with special needs, the MyTalk iPhone/iPod touch application is a practical, portable and affordable companion to traditional AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices. With MyTalk, you can easily create personal communication boards for both education and everyday use. From "My name is Michael" to "I would like to order a Big Mac," MyTalk enables those with expressive language challenges to share their likes, dislikes, desires and needs in common social settings via commonly accepted devices. While traditional AAC aids can enhance rather than reduce social stigma, children, teens and adults alike will be eager to engage with others via their iPhone and iPod touch devices. "

"Education Apps Review's is about examining practical, useful, and educationally sound ways to use the ITouch / IPhone / and IPods in the classroom. The IPhone, ITouch, IPod and other similar devices are amazing pieces of technology. We believe that these devices have a place in today's classroom as long as they are utilized properly. This wiki is dedicated to organizing actual use within the classroom."

"iPhone and iPod touch Apps for (Special) Education"

"The power of Mindjet: now available for your iPhone or iPod Touch! Mindjet® for iPhone is a mind-mapping tool that lets you create, view, edit, upload and download mind maps. You'll have access to your mind maps at your fingertips, regardless of where they were first created - on your iPhone ®, iPod Touch ®, or your computer."

Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Blog - "I have the pleasure of working with educators who get to use iPads and iPod touches with students. Wherever I facilitate workshops, I find there are some myths floating around about Apple's iOS devices, and I'd like to clear up some of the misinformation."

"This site has the details on all the flash card apps for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad. Apps you can use for language learning, building vocabulary, or to memorize or study any other list of things. 175 apps in total. But you only need one, right? The one that's the best for you. That's why you can filter the list depending on what you need"

"Several companies have announced new ways for those with physical or multiple disabilities to access the iPod and iPad. Here is the list of what is currently on the market."

The CPSB Technology Training Center is building a collection of Task Cards for teachers to use in their classrooms with iPads &/or iPod Touches.  The cards are PowerPoint files so teachers can easily customize each card to meet the individual needs of their class.  Keep checking back as we will be adding many more task cards as they are completed.

Behavior Tracker Pro is an iPhone/Ipod Touch application that allows BCBAs, behavioral therapists, aides, teachers or parents to track behaviors and graph them. The application was specifically designed to support the behavioral treatment plans for children with Autism however it can be used to track behavior in any field.

"Welcome If you just joined us, we're very excited to have you be part of our conversation and we look forward to your contributions and ideas in the weeks to come. This site is brought to you by a group of Apple Distinguished Educators who focus on the inclusion of students with disabilities through the use of Apple technologies. We created this site to support our "iPod Touch in the Special Needs" workshop at the CSUN 2010 Conference."