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iPods in Education with Gloria Wood from the Bolles School.

Bolles Middle School has been podcasting for the last two years.

What do you do with an iPod in Schools?

English:

• Samples of music
• Recordings of authors who wrote the poems
• Examine the lyrics
• Download poem MP3 files from online
• Sentence Diagramming

Social Studies:

• makes information more compact and accessible
• students do interviews, polls
• Record selected comments from a blog.

Foreign Language:

• learn poems/songs/stories by reading the text and hearing the audio at the same time.

Science:

• Definitions
• Science Experiments
• Test Reviews

Art:

• with an Audio Video Cable connect to TV to show art work

Misc.

• Notes, written on the computer in Notepad and then transfered. Created links from notes to notes.
• Lessons
• Podcasting Club
• Vocabulary Words
• Instructions on Sports rules
• Issues that students have and want/need to talk about
• Copy homework assignments for the week.
• Lesson plans for substitutes
• Lessons for absent students to download
• Tutorial on specific topics. Created by students for students. (Peer Tutoring!)
• Flash Drive
• Audio Book
• Spelling Bees practice

School Community Enhancement:

• Open House
• Tips for parents
• College Tips
• Homework Assignments
• Tips for incoming students
• News Casts

Posted: 25. January, 2007 at 3:05 pm. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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