Each year teachers create lesson plans, exams and numerous supplemental materials to reinforce lessons with students. Discover how the iPod can be used as a powerful teaching tool. You will be dazzled by the possibilities of this portable pocket device as a method of educational content delivery.

1. IPODS IN THE CLASSROOM:
NOT JUST MUSIC
Anthony Dragona, RSBA
School Business Administrator / Interim Board Secretary
Grace Poli
Supervisor of Technology
Union City Board of Education
Union City, New Jersey

2. 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
Technology Trends
Union City Board of Education

3. TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
The goal is for teachers to understand that through
emerging technology trends, such as Blogs, Wikis, Podcast,
iPods and Digital Storytelling, students become active
participants in real life learning
Schools that use emerging technologies help drive the
restructuring of education that result in student-centered
learning

4. WHAT?
Technology needs assessment:
What should work?
What really works?
What is essential?
What is important?
What are the resources needed?

5. WHERE?
Union City High School ~ Opened September 2009
Grades 10 - 12
2,000 Students
160 Staff
Union City Academy for Educational Advancement (AEA) ~
Opened September 2009 - Project Lead the Way
Grades 9 - 12
400 Students
25 Staff
Union City Freshman Academy - Opened September 2009
Grade 9
600 Students
60 Staff

6. WHAT SHOULD WORK?
Internet Server
Network
infrastructure
Printing
Computers

7. WHAT REALLY WORKS?
Network
Speed
Reliability
Wireless
Hardware
Operating Systems
Programs

8. WHAT IS ESSENTIAL?
Technology infused lessons
Technology that is dependable
Professional Development
Ability for students to store
their work
Place for teachers to share best
practices

9. WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES NEEDED?
Laptops for Staff
Days of Professional Development
Laptops for Students - 54 carts
Desktop Computers - Specialized area
iPod Touch and iPod Carts
Ceiling mounted wireless projectors
SmartBoards

10. THE REQUIRED RESOURCES
Administrative Support
Technology Supervisor
Technology Coaches
Apple Badged Support Specialist
Technology Support Specialist
Adequate fund allocation

12. HOW DOES THE IPOD
IMPACT LEARNING?

13. TRANSFORMING LEARNING
Stimulates and engages students in the learning process
Enhances instruction by making it personal
Increases achievement and motivation
Differentiates instruction for diverse learners
Accommodates multiple learning styles of students
Take it anywhere? Learn on the go!

14. iPods are one of the most
popular forms of technology

15. IPODS IN EDUCATION
MSNBC Nightly News

16. MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM
Grammar exercises
Select music with repeated
phrases and patterns
Dialogue and conversation
Summarize
Comprehension
Respond (reflections)

17. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Fill in the blanks Spelling (rearrange
(grammatical patterns) letters)
Word bank Figurative Language
Matching
Lyrics in strips
Theme related activities
Open-ended questions

18. STUDENT ASSESSMENT
Grammar
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension

19. MUSIC BY THEME
Find songs by any topic / theme
The Green Book of Songs and Subjects
http://greenbookofsongs.com
Annual Subscription $19.95
Type the code - grace
(coupon box for $10.00 discount)
Final cost $9.95

20. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources
Math
Science
Language Arts
Social Studies

21. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources Lyrics
Chorus
Don’t be negative about negative signs
Just use your brain that you’ll train, yeah you’re gonna
Math be fine
So don’t be negative about negative signs
You’ll be dancing with the answers to the questions in
Science time
Verse I
When you’re adding two numbers and the signs are all
the same
Language Arts You add the absolute value and the sign doesn’t change
Let’s say you’re adding (−5) with (−5)
The answer’s (−10) with the negative sign
Social Studies This time we’ll mix it up and we’ll use one negative
We’ll add integers with signs opposite
Subtract the smaller from the larger
Keep the larger number’s sign, so 8 + (−17) is (−9)

22. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources
Math
Science
Language Arts
Social Studies

23. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources Lyrics
Chorus
Photosynthesis, let’s get into this
Math Discussion of sunlight, and transfer of energy.
Photosynthesis, let’s get into this
Process of chemical reactions and synergy.
Science Verse I
Plants take water, sun, and CO2,
to make glucose: the sugar that they use for food
Language Arts They also put oxygen into the air
So we can share, because oxygen is everywhere
The energy transforms from solar to chemical
Social Studies All the time, everywhere, the process is identical
In every plant, and every tree
Enabling all living things to be

24. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources
Math
Science
Language Arts
Social Studies

25. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources Lyrics
Chorus
Sometimes what you mean is not exactly what you say
Math That’s figurative language, using words in different ways
Personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and simile
Science Verse I
When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia, Or
Caleb calls Chris ‘cause he’s coming to California It’s called
Language Arts alliteration: that’s what occurs When you got the same sound
at the start of every word
But when you’ve got a vowel sound that keeps sounding the
Social Studies same That’s a figure called assonance, yeah, that’s its name
It’s what I’m trying to define by providing this example But I
cannot deny that assonance can be a handful

26. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources
Math
Science
Language Arts
Social Studies

27. RHYTHM RHYME RESULTS
http://educationalrap.com
Educational Music
All songs include streaming audio, lyrics, and additional
educational resources Lyrics
Chorus
What does the Constitution do?
What does the Constitution say?
Math Well listen up and I’ll tell you
About the Constitution
Verse I
Article I establishes the Congress
Science It might seem simple but there’s guidelines beyond this
So follow along, y’all, we’re in for the long haul
As we explore the details of Congressional Protocol
Language Arts The House of Representatives, yo, it’s mad large
435 representatives in all
They serve for two years, bigger states get more
Social Studies But you can’t be a congressman if you’re only 24,
Now in the upper house of Congress, the one called the Senate
There’s 100 Senators under the Vice President
Two from every state with a six-year limit,
But you’ve gotta be 30 or else you can’t be in it

28. AUDIOBOOKS

29. PURCHASING AUDIO BOOKS
Purchasing audio books in the iTunes Store
TITLE CD/CASSETTE iTUNES DOWNLOAD
Harry Potter $374.70 $249
The Outsiders $25.95 $15.95
A Wrinkle in Time $25.95 $15.95
The Mixed-Up Files $14.95 $10.95
The Chocolate War $25.95 $15.95
Kira-Kira $27.95 $17.95
Maniac Magee $19.95 $15.95
$515.40 $341.70

30. VOICE
RECORDER
Belkin Tune Talk
Check iPod model for compatibility

31. VOICE RECORDER
Beneficial for ESL students
Record themselves working on oral Belkin Tune Talk
language skills
Practice pronunciation of words
Improve English fluency
The iPod becomes a portable recorder
Once recorded on the iPod, audio can
be used anywhere

32. VOICE RECORDER
Suggested Lesson Ideas
Conversation Questions for ESL
students http://iteslj.org/questions/
2,000 questions on 33 topics
Record reading passages
Record audio tours ➔ field trips
Reports ➔ interviews
Import recorded files to create a
podcast

33. VOICE RECORDER
Teacher Ideas
Record directions
Read a test
Study guides
Dictate oral exams
Archive thematic lesson plans
Student & Teacher conference

34. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Discovery Education http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
- 80,000 concept level video clips, virtual labs, and lesson plans
Visual Learning Co. http://visuallearningco.com - Full Length
Science Videos and Contents
iTunes Store offers over 100,000 free podcast episodes to
search, subscribe and listen
iTunes U explores over 75,000 educational audio and video files
from top universities, museums, PBS station, Liberty Science
Center, Smithsonian, and much more

35. IPOD TOUCH
Educational Apps
318 pages x 20 Apps = 6,360
Wi-Fi Mobile Platform
Multi-Touch
Pocket computer.
Web, email, maps, weather,
calendar, and more

36. EDUCATIONAL APPS
For the iPod Touch

37. MAINTENANCE
Register iPods
Software updates
Sync and Charge - 40 iPods
Bretford iPod Cart

38. PARAT SOLUTIONS
PARASYNC for iPod Charging
and Synchronization Dock
20-unit iPod Dock
Price $869
http://paratsolutions.com/

39. PARAT SOLUTIONS
PARASYNC Language Lab Case
Encloses a Macbook
15 iPod devices
15 headsets and mircophones
iPod audio recorder and diverse
cables
Unit Price: $1,519

40. RESOURCES
Apple Learning Interchange - http://
edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
Apple - http://apple.com/ipodtouch/what-is/ipod.html
Grace Poli - http://teachwithgrace.com
iPod in education: The Potential of Language Acquisition
http://e2t2.binghamton.edu/pdfs/
iPod_Lang_Acquisition_whitepaper.pdf
iRead (iPod & iPhone apps for Education) - http://
podcast.eusd4kids.org/groups/iread/

41. THANKS!

42. THANKS!
Anthony Dragona ~ adragona@union-city.k12.nj.us
Grace Poli ~ gpoli@union-city.k12.nj.us

43. THANKS!
Anthony Dragona ~ adragona@union-city.k12.nj.us
Grace Poli ~ gpoli@union-city.k12.nj.us
To obtain a copy of this presentation visit:
http://slideshare.net/gpoli

44. Union City Board of Education
Jeanette Peña, President
Alicia Morejón,Vice President
Pablo Cabrera, Trustee
Johnny Garces, Trustee
José Mejia, Trustee
Kennedy Ng, Trustee
Carlos Vallejo, Trustee
Stanley M. Sanger, Superintendent of Schools
Silvia Abbato, Asst. Superintendent of Schools
Gerald Caputo, Asst. Superintendent of Schools
Robert Fazio, Asst. Superintendent of Schools
Anthony N. Dragona, School Business Administrator