A blog entry that each school should read before handing over iPod Touches to students/teachers. has the Do's & Don'ts of iPod touches in the classroom, very comprehensive list...
An interesting post regarding the use of iPod Touch apps for puzzle and problem solving games. Does anyone use their iPod touches in this fashion, and if so, do you have any app recommendations?
A nice example of a rubric for evaluating iPod touch apps. Does anyone have an example of something like this that they are using to evaluate their iPod touch apps?
An online community for schools using iPod Touches in the classroom. Has many schools registered from Australia and around the world and includes videos, photos, forums, groups, events and blogs.
This looks like a pretty cool app for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad which will allow you to record student voices and the app will sync a sock puppet with the recording - you can then upload to youtube. Check it out...
VocabularySpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging learning games using any word list. The most popular activities are Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, and our vocabulary games, available to Premium Members. The most popular word lists are Sound Alikes, Compound Words, Hunger Games and SAT Words. This is a free app!
The kids are really excited by the possibilities - my little girl is at OLHC kinder and came home telling me all about what they learned - check out the blog they have a solid research focus too
Some fantastic tips on what to blog about, also touches on classroom management of student blogs (re: posting, comments etc) in the comments section...some schools starting as early as year 1 with services such as kidblog
An example of what a Year 2 Class in Victoria is doing in their daily literacy block. They're blogging, commenting, listening to reading on their iPod touches and working on the interactive whiteboard!
None yet. We are in the process of planning the spending of a large IT loan we are taking out at the moment. The ipods will be part of the mix which will include laptops, ipods and perhaps ipads as well.