ipods for teaching and learning connect, communicate and create nancy mangum march 2009
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iPods for teaching and learning
Connect, Communicate and Create
Nancy Mangum March 2009
Why Use iPods in the ESL Classroom?
Connectstudents to their learning and
motivate them
Create
higher order thinking skills for our students
Communicate
give students a voice
How are we using iPods in our classrooms?
Students listen and watch lessons that focus on
English language acquisition.
Students listen to and follow along with written
text to reinforce written language.
Students record their voices to work on
oral language skills.
Students review listening activities in a
safe environment.
iPods can help our ESL students with:
•Listening•Speaking•Reading Fluency•Engagement
There are lots of resources on the web for using iPods with our ESL
students.• itunes
• ipods4classrooms.wikispaces.com
When you find resources on the web you must first convert
them to the mp4 format so they can be
converted onto the iPod.
We also created some of our own activities
• Powerpoint – vocabulary activities
• Photostory – vocabulary activities
• Camtasia – English Success Series
Students are also creatingcontent for the ipods
• My School
• Five Senses
Lessons Learned• Make time upfront with the teachers to focus on
curriculum ideas to incorporate the iPods on a daily basis and creating alternative assessments
• Students do not keep any cords, they have to upload and charge at school. This prevents them from recording music on the iPod.
• Need one-to-one computer access for syncing iPods
Lessons Learned
• Engrave iPods
• Better communication needed up-front with parents and students about the ownership responsibility for the iPods
• iPod carrying cases for students
Questions ?
