iPod in 3-5 Reading/LangArts classroom

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Permalink Reply by Joanne Kaminski on January 19, 2011 at 8:12pm

PowerPoint books work great with the ipod touches.  If you have the powerpoint app installed on the touches, then the students can read the books.  Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Rand Raynor on January 19, 2011 at 10:57pm

Can you point me towards a good PowerPoint app for the iphone/ipod? Thanks

Permalink Reply by Heather Robertson Warren on January 19, 2011 at 9:52pm

I was thinking about these for my students as well.  I love the power point book suggestion.  I look forward to seeing that, especially since its visual.  We decided to purchase playaways instead because books are expensive and we did not want to deal with managing the loading of books.  In addition we are hoping they support our ELLs because they will read at different speeds.  Now that we have them their are drawbacks.  BATTERIES mainly. 

Has anyone found a place that recycles old mp3s to use for audio books?

Permalink Reply by Michelle TeGrootenhuis on January 22, 2011 at 4:33pm

Thanks for suggestions, everyone. I appreciate them.

After a LOT of searching and weeding through stuff, I hit the JACKPOT with Tony Vincent's "Learning in Hand" site. This link has a video where Tony explains the possibilities of using handhelds for project based learning. WOW, am I excited!
http://learninginhand.com/blog/learning-in-hand-24-project-based-le...

Also, just his blog has TONS of iPod ideas:
http://learninginhand.com/blog/tag/ipodtouch

Permalink Reply by Joanne Kaminski on January 22, 2011 at 5:26pm

I can't wait to check that out.  I was thinking of you today as I hit upon this page.  http://www.learningpage.com/  You sign up for free and there are 38 books that you can download for free.

Permalink Reply by Susan Marks on March 23, 2011 at 4:37am

Love to hear some idea's too, going to try and write a grant for ipods.  How many would be a good amount in a classroom?