Ideas for using the iPod Touch / iPhone / iPad in Learning
Languages Slide 2 Menu du Jour. Practical ideas that you can use in
your classes. Make the most of what the students already have. Get
your students working independently: connected 24/7 learners.
Motivate different learners. Slide 3 Warnings! iPods will not
replace computer access. I am not an expert! Your students may not
be experts either. What do your students use their iPods for? Many
of todays ideas are stolen! (Apologies if they are yours.) Slide 4
What is an iPod Touch? Slide 5 Why use iPods in class? Many
students are carrying a powerful computer in their pockets. Some
students will be more motivated. We have very little time to teach
our students in class. Less drain on our resources less waiting,
for the dictionary, the video camera, etc. Fun and cool! Slide 6
iTunes Music Show music clips on YouTube www.lyricstraining.com
Podcasts Thousands of language learning podcasts you can use on
your PC or any MP3 player iTunesU Many universities now have their
courses on iTunes and you can access them for free Slide 7 Slide 8
Slide 9 Podcasts Thousands of language learning podcasts you can
use on your PC or any MP3 player Search for your language Get
recommendations from your listserve or other teachers Some you can
subscribe to and get weekly updates, others are one offs Slide 10
Slide 11 iTunesU Many universities now have their courses on iTunes
and you can access them for free Slide 12 Slide 13 Wi-Fi Connected
to the Internet! Dictionary Google translate Research Language
websites YouTube Wiki / Moodle / Blog, etc. Slide 14 Dictionaries
Slide 15 Slide 16 Wi-Fi Connected to the Internet! Dictionary
Google translate Research Language websites YouTube Wiki / Moodle /
Blog, etc Class experts Slide 17 Slide 18 Apps 250 000 applications
Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Other Useful Apps Google Earth
Wikipedia (offline, can change language) iBooks 10SecT (Plus:
Facebook, Email, News, Sport, Weather, Earthquakes, Nike +) Slide
23 Audio Recording Record their interactions Upload to myportfolio
/ wiki Improve pronunciation repeat, record and listen Record
things they like in class e.g. songs Make a podcast publish or
share Slide 24 Podcast ideas. Make a podcast about their school to
send to future exchange partners. Record a poem: find an example
for them to follow the structure. Dragons Den: create a product and
record an advert for it. Record a news flash. Interviews with a
celebrity e.g. typical day / plans for the future. Slide 25 Slide
26 Video recording HD video. Extra video cameras in class. Voice
over. Camera. Appoint a reporter / journalist whenever you are
doing an interesting activity in class. Slide 27 Video Ideas Record
a scene from a movie. Puppet shows / animations. Make a TV
programme: talk show / news / game show. Talk show debate. Game
show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Lets Make a List. Slide 28
Video Ideas International Weather Bulletins. Slide 29 Google Earth
Street View giving directions Show students the aerial view of
school and direct them to your house (or anywhere else) Get
students to direct each other Can be written or oral Direct
students around a major city or do a webquest Give students
advanced warning so that they can download the Google Earth App.
Slide 30 Slide 31 Slide 32 Webquest les directions 1.Open Google
maps (www.maps.google.co.uk) 2.type pizza la gourmandise , then
click on the A that now appears on the map, and click on
Streetview. 3.Turn the streetview so that the pizzeria is on your
left. You are ready to start your quest! (Tip: to move in
Streetview, double click you will move to wherever your white
circle was pointing; you can also drag left and right) 4.Continuez
tout droit dans la rue Augereau. 5.Comment sappelle le Caf au coin
de la rue Augereau/Rue St Dominique ? __________________________
6.Au bout de la rue Augereau, tournez gauche. 7.Quel est le numro
de tlphone du Conseil immobilier Daniel Feau ( votre droite)?
______________________ 8.Comment sappelle le Supermarch dans la rue
St Dominique ? ____________________ 9.De quelle couleur est la
boulangerie ? __________________ 10.Au carrefour, tournez gauche
dans lAvenue de La Bourdonnais. 11.Quelle est ladresse du site
internet du spcialiste de tapis ? ( gauche)
___________________________ 12.Prenez la prochaine rue droite (rue
Marinoni) puis, tournez droite dans lavenue Emile Deschanel.
13.Continuez dans lavenue Barbey dAurevilly, puis tournez gauche,
dans lavenue Joseph Bouvard. 14.Comment sappelle le car bleu dans
lavenue Joseph Bouvard, gauche ? __________________________ 15.Quel
est le monument clbre derrire la fontaine de la place Jacques Rueff
? __________________________ 16.Write the instructions below to get
to that famous monument from the fountain onwards, using
streetview: (3 points) /10 Slide 33 FaceTime Video calling like
Skype, but dont need to register. FaceTime with other students in
another school prepare thoroughly, consider communicating with
other learners. Giving instructions one student leaves the room and
directs another student. Slide 34 Voice recognition Under settings
change language and use voice control. Practise stopping and
starting music, etc. Slide 35 Merci beaucoup Learning@Schools Steve
Hale www.french.ac.nz Pascale Hyboud-Peron Slide 36 Useful Links
http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/Find
+out+what+others+are+saying
http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/Find
+out+what+others+are+saying
http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/iPod
s+in+the+Classroom
http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/iPod
s+in+the+Classroom http://www.delicious.com/halenz
www.ouiki.wikispaces.com Slide 37
