Less than 48 hours remaining and a lot to do! Yesterday I focused on getting A TON of school work done so I could focus on stuff for EDU 590 these next few days.
Today our tech. director sent us links to four articles about using iPods in the classroom, in response to an email a teacher had sent out pretty much complaining how our district had spent money on these devices. The teacher had mentioned that she used ipods to have kids to do conversions, but she wondered why calculators just couldn't be used instead. Our director replied that iPods could be used as so much more than just calculators, and then made the point that we need to realize effective uses of technology in the classroom. He provided four links to articles which show how various school districts and teaching professionals have incorporated the use if iPods into their everyday teaching. I will share these as well:
http://www.schoolcio.com/ShowArticle/1014
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites070.shtml
http://eww.kcci.com/technology/11047811/detail.html
http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-use-ipods-in-class
I personally feel that I don't even know enough about how to use an iPod myself right now (I don't even have one for personal use) to set up some for student use in some of the ways that these articles describe, like putting videos of lessons taught on an iPod for students who were absent to get caught up. I feel as though I would need to attend a whole conference on using iPods in the classroom to really understand enough about using them in an effective way.
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It seems like you should have been issued an iPod well in advance of the kids receiving their iPods. If I was an administrator I would encourage teachers to use it as much as possible for music, movies, calculator functions, etcetera. I think the more you used it the more comfortable you would be and the more educational opportunities would present themselves to you.
ReplyDeleteI think using iPods for instruction is a very near possibility. Many colleges are going to it. I own one, but I don't use it. It came with a computer; I tried to use it, but it was more trouble than I needed. I like to listen to music on the radio so that I can hear news, too. Perhaps, though, I should reconsider the iPod's educational possibilities. The kids certainly almost all have them! I wonder where I put mine?
ReplyDeleteI tried to get to one of the sites, but your blog said eww. I didn't notice that until I could not get to the site. Then I looked closely at the address and typed it in. I found the article! Thanks for sharing these timely topics!