iPods+in+the+World+Language+Class

=iPods in World Language Class= Mary Kirchner, Lower Merion School District kirchnm@lmsd.org

65 - 60G video iPods 65 Belkin tune talk microphones 30 USB headsets with microphones 30 laptop cart posted on ACTFL website

All students assigned iPod and microphone for the year - permission slip accepting responsiblity for iPod and microphone Gave usage and content survey before and after iPod use. Excellent chance for them to listen to heritage speakers and different dialects.

Examples of iPod use...
> http://www.mogopop.com/mogos/4129
 * Audio poem with visuals - use heritage speaker and add pictures to create vodcast
 * Teacher created video to go along with text - summary of chapter
 * Assessment - student created vodcast to show understanding of reading
 * Memorization of forms (in song or rhythm) - audio only - each one does a separate verb and audio is shared
 * iFlash - flashcards of vocabulary - create own or use database
 * Mogopop - puts text and audio from computer to iPod - can hyperlink audio for underlined words
 * Create instructional dance video with commands - roll play vocabulary as dance moves
 * Student created music videos
 * Student created video tours
 * Accent/dialect imitation - record 1 min selection from native speaker - students must record themselves reading the same selection (audio only)
 * Grammar video
 * Virtual museum tour - each student given painting to research and record vodcast - put file on shared folder - use files at museum exhibit during tour
 * iQuiz - teacher created content - vocabulary, verbs, multiple choice, true/false
 * ABC News Exclusiva - Latin American news in Spanish/English
 * Notes in Spanish - iTunes
 * Pod2go - puts Internet text on iPods
 * Textbook audio resources - check with publisher
 * Daily oral journal - short time frames
 * Simultaneous oral testing - each student has time to record their oral test

Using the iPod in class

 * Students record their audio - on screen controls
 * Sync to computer - Prompt: new voice recordings do you want to sync them to your library
 * Once in library students rename it and dump file into shared network folder or Moodle - click and drag file out of iTunes
 * Student computers - iTunes library cleans out every time iTunes is quit. Files are posted to shared network file for them to download
 * Flat Stanley Project