Everything iPod!

Slide 1: Everything iPod! Jeremy Brueck Curriculum & Technology Integration Specialist Lorain City Schools April 16, 2008

Slide 2: Today We Will… • Cover some iPod basics • Learn how the iTunes software functions with the iPod • Find out what educators can do with iPods • Bridge the gap between the Educators’ Reality and our Kids’ Reality

Slide 3: 21st centRe skiLz • Information and communication skills • Thinking and problem-solving skills • Interpersonal and self-direction skills • Global awareness • Financial, economic, and business skills • Civic literacy http://www.transl8it.com/cgi-win/index.pl

Slide 4: Educators’ Reality No Child Left Behind NCLB Local Report Card LRC Ohio Graduation Test OGT Ohio Achievement Test OAT Adequate Yearly Progress AYP Kindergarten Readiness Assessment – Literacy KRA-L Developmental Reading Assessment DRA Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills DIBELS Limited English Proficient LEP ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS

Slide 5: Kids’ Reality • DVD • mp3 • X-Box • Wii • iPod • TXT

Slide 6: Generational Differences Matures Baby Boomers Gen X iPod Gen Birth Dates 1900-1946 1946-1964 1965-1982 1982-1991 Description •Greatest Generation •Me Generation •Latchkey Generation •Millenials ToAttributes understand today’s students, we must truly •Command and Control •Optimistic •Independent •Hopeful •Self-Sacrifice •Workaholic •Skeptical •Determined understand how deeply and pervasively technology has Likes •Respect for Authority •Responsibility •Freedom •Public Activism permeated their lives… •Work Ethic •Family •Multitasking •Latest Technology •Community Involvement •Can-Do Attitude •Work-Life Balance •Parents Dislikes •Waste •Laziness •Red Tape •Anything Slow •Technology •Turning 50 •Hype •Negativity -Jim Gaston, Associate Director, District IT

Slide 7: Educational Reality Social media's impact on children and • “2007 marked an important stage in their impact on the workplace of 2020 education. It's the first time that 16 year olds entering the job market have been brought up entirely in the era of the internet. Five year olds heading into primary school have been brought up entirely in the age of one click publishing.” - Ewan McIntosh http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2007/03/peter_kellner_y.html

Slide 8: The iPod Generation Student • Digital Natives • Always Connected • Immediate Access • Multitasking • Engagement and Experience • Social – Enjoy teamwork • Visual

Slide 9: The iPod Generation Student • Thought process has evolved around the web – You were raised reading books – they were raised on the web – Books reinforce a linear style of thinking and reasoning – They have developed a “hypertext” style of thinking

Slide 10: Teaching the iPod Generation • High level of interaction, online and in person. • Engaged in the learning process, not just Educatorsreceptors of learning.ability to adapt passive must possess the technology to meetof the iPod Gen definition of • A key component individual needs, rather technology is customization. than vice versa. • Using technology to increase customization, convenience and collaboration is well received by iPod Gen.

Slide 11: iPod Basics iPod Anatomy • Music School • Other tips & tricks •

Slide 12: iPod Principle

Slide 13: iPod Anatomy

Slide 14: iPod at a Glance

Slide 15: Using iPod Controls Turn On: Press any button Main menu • Navigate Menus: click • wheel Select item: center button • Go back  one menu: • press Menu on the Click Wheel Turn Off: Hold the • play/pause button

Slide 16: Playing a Song To play a song, click • the center button OR the play/pause button. Volume is adjusted by • using the click wheel while the song is playing. Forward/Backward • buttons

Slide 17: Hands-On Practice Go into Settings and check… • Make sure the date and time • are correctly set Adjust your Backlight timer • Turn the Clicker sound off •

Slide 18: Disabling iPod Controls To prevent • accidentally turning iPod on, use the Hold switch Orange means • HOLD or Off

Slide 19: What’s On the Menu? Menu title - title of the Lock Icon when Hold current menu switch on Play Status if a song is playing. Arrow - means The Pause icon more to follow if a song is paused Menu items - Click Wheel to Battery status - the approximate scroll through menu. Press remaining battery charge. the Center button to select If charging, the icon is animated.

Slide 20: Connecting the iPod Connect iPod to computer to download music, video, • photos, and files, and to charge your battery. 1. Plug cable into a high-power USB port on your • computer, and 2. then connect to iPod. By default, the iPod imports songs automatically • when you connect to your computer. When this auto download is done, you can disconnect iPod. 1 2

Slide 21: iTunes for Mac & PC iTunes is the software you will use on your • computer. If your computer doesn’t have iTunes you will need • to install it. - CD - download at www.apple.com When you connect your • iPod, iTunes opens automatically.

Slide 22: iPod Knows Home! Connecting to another computer? If you connect your iPod to a different • ! computer that is set to update songs automatically... iTunes prompts you before downloading • any music. If you click Yes, your iPod will be erased and replaced with the songs and other audio files on the different computer.

Slide 23: Disconnecting iPod You can see if it’s OK to disconnect iPod by looking at • the iPod screen. IMPORTANT: Do not disconnect iPod if you see • “Do not disconnect” message. You could damage files. If you see this message you must eject iPod in iTunes. • OK to disconnect Not OK to disconnect OK to disconnect

Slide 24: To eject iPod Click the Eject button next to iPod in the iTunes • If Mac, you can also eject iPod by dragging the iPod on • desktop to the Trash. • If Windows PC, you can eject iPod by clicking Safely Remove Hardware To disconnect iPod: Squeeze both sides of • the connector to disconnect the cable

Slide 25: About the Battery The iPod battery is 80-percent charged in about two • hours and fully charged in about 4 hours. TIP: For optimal battery life, use your iPod and be sure to • go through at least one charge cycle a month.

Slide 26: Charging Your iPod To charge: Connect iPod to a high-power USB • port on your computer. The computer must be turned on and not in sleep mode. Battery is Battery charging fully charged

Slide 27: Music School • iTunes Music Store • Subscribing to Podcasts • Downloading to your iPod

Slide 28: What’s At iTunes Store? With an Internet connection, you can purchase and • download songs, albums, audiobooks, games, and videos online using the iTunes Store. • To make purchases at iTunes you need an account or a gift card. • Podcasts are FREE

Slide 29: iTunes Store Overview iTunes Store Home Page Forward & Back Browse entire Store Browse for Music Browse for Podcasts

Slide 30: Hands-On Practice Go iTunes Music Store • 5 minute exploration of iTunes •

Slide 31: Redeeming a Gift Card • In the QUICK LINKS section, click on the Redeem link • Enter the iTunes Code and click the Redeem button

Slide 32: Subscribing to Podcasts 1. Click iTunes Store in the Source list. 2. Click the Podcasts link on the left side of the main page in the iTunes Music Store. 3. Browse for the podcast you want to download.

Slide 33: Subscribing to Podcasts •To subscribe to a podcast, click the “Subscribe” button next to the podcast graphic. To download a single podcast episode, click the “Get Episode” button next to the episode.

Slide 34: Transferring Music & Podcasts to iPod

Slide 35: 3 Ways to Download to iPod, v1 Automatically update all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod, it is automatically updated to match the songs and other items in the iTunes library. *Any other songs on iPod are deleted.

Slide 36: 3 Ways to Download to iPod, v2 Automatically update selected playlists: When you connect iPod, it is automatically updated to match the songs in playlist(s) you select in iTunes. iTunes Preferences

Slide 37: 3 Ways to Download to iPod, v3 Manually update iPod: •When you connect iPod, you drag songs and playlists individually to iPod. •You can transfer songs from more than one computer without erasing songs from iPod. You MUST manually eject iPod from iTunes before you can disconnect it.

Slide 38: Transferring photos to iPod • You can easily import your photo library to your iPod. – Choose your iPod from DEVICES – Click on the Photo tab – Choose your sync location – Click Apply

Slide 39: Video on the iPod • iTunes software allows you to download movies and TV shows then sync them to your iPod.

Slide 40: Transferring video to iPod • You can easily import your own movies to your iPod. – Choose your iPod from DEVICES – Click on the Movies tab – Choose your sync location – Click Apply http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/ipod-video.ars/1

Slide 41: Enabling iPod Disk Mode • You can use your iPod as a drive to store and transfer data files. – Choose your iPod from DEVICES – Click on the Summary tab – Select from Options – Manually manage: • iTunes won't automatically update iPod with the iTunes library. – Enable disk use: • iPod can be used as a portable data storage device for any type of file

Slide 42: Teaching & Learning with iPod You can do it & your kids will thank you!!

Slide 43: How can educators use iPod? • Podcasting – GarageBand • Digital Media Projects – iPhoto – iMovie

Slide 44: Podcasting • What is a Podcast? – A media file (mp3) that is distributed by subscription over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. – Real Simple Syndication • Why use Podcasts? – Provides students with an authentic audience – Increase student motivation to write – Improve fluency and listening skills

Slide 45: Finding Podcasts • iTunes Store • Podcasts • Browse • Search by: – Title – Author – Description – Category – Language

Slide 46: Other Podcast Resources Podcast Alley • Pick a Genre • Search by Keyword EPN • Educational Podcasts

Slide 47: Creating a Podcast • Getting Started: http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/podcasting – Hardware • Microphone • Computer – Software • Audio editing program  Audacity is a powerful, cross-platform and open-source audio editing software program ideally suited for classroom podcasting. • Podcast publishing tools  Podifer is a free podcast publishing tool to help podcast creators publish their audio files to an Internet server and create an RSS feed

Slide 48: Classroom Podcasts • 1st Grade On Air – Our group read the book No Puppies Today for literature circles. We changed the story to No Hamsters Today and recorded it using GarageBand. We also added some music to our story. We hope you enjoy it! • Room 208 • Radio WillowWeb

Slide 49: Digital Media Projects • Why use Digital Media Projects? – Engage students • Remember, they’re digital natives – Enhance learning in all subject areas – Provides an effective tool for group collaboration – Facilitate project-based learning for students with all learning styles and skills.

Slide 50: iPhoto • Easy tool for: – Importing digital photos – Organizing digital photos – Editing digital photos – Sharing digital photos • You can also use iPhoto with: – Scanned artwork or photos – Images from resource CDs or the Internet – Artwork created in other applications

Slide 51: iPhoto Slideshows • Pictures from iPhoto can be exported to the iPod for viewing. • You can also create slideshows in iPhoto and export to the iPod. – Add transitions – Enhance with audio

Slide 52: Picasa: iPhoto for PC • Picasa – Locate and organize photos on your PC. – Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks. – Share your photos with others through email, prints, web & iPod http://picasa.google.com/

Slide 53: How can students use iPhoto? 1. To present science experiment data in a slideshow 2. To create class poetry books 3. To produce a storybook in a foreign language 4. To develop a slideshow of patterns and shapes around the school 5. To document class field trips 6. To organize photos for a class movie project

Slide 54: iPod Teaching Resources • Apple has collected lesson plans from educators who are using iPods & published online • iPod Audio Tours: Students use an iPod and voice recorder to create an audio tour from a trip to the zoo. They add original music created in GarageBand, and save their project onto iPods for use by zoo visitors. http://www.apple.com/au/education/ipod/lessons/

Slide 55: Mogopop • Create and download multimedia content for iPod. • Mogopop rolls your video, audio, pictures and text into a single piece of iPod content that anyone can download. • Download free content on Mogopop or start creating and publishing your own free content. http://www.mogopop.com/portal

Slide 56: Design Editing Basics Tools Pages Media

Slide 57: Page Editing Basics Insert Text Hyperlink •Audio •Video Preview

Slide 58: Mogopop Pros • Features allow users to interact with text, audio and visual materials • Users make decisions – where they want to go next – what material interests them. • Interactive presentations can be used for any kind of learning and exploration. – hands-on labs – interactive "brochure" for parents – multimedia reference guides

Slide 59: Mogopop Cons • No bulk upload feature for media • No way to preview the downloads • Must use Mogopop Manager to transfer media to your iPod. • Runs on Firefox and Internet Explorer, but not Safari

Slide 60: If you don’t teach them… …they’ll teach themselves

Slide 61: iPod Mods • Modding is a slang expression used for describing the act of modifying a piece of hardware or software to perform a function not intended by someone with legal rights concerning that modification.

Slide 62: iPod Hacks •Enhance iPod's capabilities or get rid of functions that users find annoying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnjoG_C6Sw

Slide 63: Questions? Thank You! jbrueck@uakron.edu http://raiseddigital.blogspot.com/