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"iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. Creative Uses for iPod touch in Education iPod touch for Meeting the Needs of Special Learners"

Another superb post from Tony Vincent this time a comprehensive listing with discussion of how to maximise the setup of ipod touches in the classroom. A definite recommendation for anyone looking to use iPod Touches in the classroom.

Huge number of educational apps available at iTunes, mostly free.

The Acalanes Union High School District has published this list of iPod Touch/iPhone apps that are installed on the iPod Touches that the district schools have. It lists the apps under curriculum area along with a short description, the cost if any and the iTunes link.

"With support from the Governor 's Productivity Investment Fund and the Virginia Department of Education, Radford University and participating schools in southwestern Virginia are exploring how the iPod Touch can be used to enhance effective teaching and learning. As school systems struggle with how best to deal with this cultural and technological shift, it is highly likely that the technology will continue to progress towards more powerful, wireless handheld computers that can deliver high quality, multimedia, computer processing power. " This site has links to games that have been developed as well as videos of iPods in use in schools.

some really great uses and ideas for using iPod Touch in the classroom. Have to wonder what's more powerful in learning - this or a laptop

A great resource about how an Auckland school has trialled the introduction of iPod Touches in the classroom.

These pages include links to a range of free or almost free iphon/ipod touch apps that may be of interest to K-12 teachers and students. The list is ordered under a range of headings including Language Arts, Science as well as Utilities for Teaching/Learning.

"Top 10 Free Apple iPod Touch Apps for English and Language Arts"

Here's a sneak preview of the soon to be released iPod Touch / iPhone / iPad client for Student Response Network. This new client option provides schools with another way to get student effective and responses and polling in the classroom. More information about SRN at http://studentresponsenetwork.com Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCadKc3TGg

Written by one of the people involved with the NSW DET. Appears to be free to NSW DET schools and commercially available to other school sectors.

"iPod Touches in the Elementary Classroom"

"This wiki is designed as a collaborative space for educators who are using the iPod Touch in the classroom. It specifically focuses on the use of game-based learning through the iPod Touch. "

A wiki with specific ideas on how to use the iTouch in a secondary school

Though it won't be released until November 2009 and there is no price attached to it, the MiLi video projector may be just the tool to add value to students iPod Touches and iPhones.

Following today's Apple Event, Apple has just released Apple Configurator, an app that "makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution." Apple Configurator is likely of the same variety as what Apple uses in its own stores to reset its showroom devices, but now it's available for organizations and schools to make updating and resetting devices effortless. This should break down a few major barriers that kept organizations from widely adopting the devices before.

Post from Wes Fryer. An overview of StoryKit, StoryRobe (both free), and SonicPics (small cost) on iOS devices (iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads)- Some great apps for creating digital stories

astebud enables round-trip copy and paste on your iPhone or iPod Touch, between the two applications that matter the most: Mail and Safari. And through a clever combination of web services and bookmarklets, it does it without requiring a jailbreak or App Store download. Watch the demo, or hover or tap on each screenshot in the following flow for details: