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Mp3 players and iPods in Education

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Haley MacKenzie & Denise Turner

History and DevelopmentTimeline - History of MP3

•1987 - EUREKA project

•January 1988 - Moving Picture Experts Group or MPEG was established

•April 1989 - Fraunhofer received a German patent for MP3.

•1992 - MPEG-1.

•1993 - MPEG-1 standard published.

•1994 - MPEG-2 developed and published a year later.

•November 26, 1996 - United States patent issued for MP3.

•September 1998 - enforce their patent rights.

•February 1999 - A record company called SubPop is the first to distribute

music tracks in the MP3 format.

•1999 - Portable MP3 players appear. 

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q-YYebQtzY iPod FeaturesSome of iPod's more notable features include: •Audio•Video•Photos•External hard drive•Calender/contacts syncing•Games•Car integration

From Apple, accessories include: •Microphone•External digital voice recorders •Universal dock for charging, syncing or connecting to external A/V equipment •Remote control compatible with universal dock •Camera connector•Armbands, cases and skins•Car audio adapters, in-car iPod holders •Portable, desktop and wireless speakers •iPod Hi-Fi speaker system •Car chargers and power adapters •Radio transmitters

iTunes

•use it for organizing, playing, converting and downloading files from an

external source to your computer and from your computer to an iPod

•built-in iTunes Store

•The iTunes Store lets iPod users purchase music, movies, podcasts,

audiobooks and music videos with a click

Videos/Movies

Movie from flashcards

Students movies

Benchmark lessons

You Tube videos

Brainstorm

Movie from IWB

Evidence

Video debates

Virtual tours

Evaluations

Video instructions/how to….

Interviews

Staff development Plays

Games/Quizzes•Quiz makers – Iquiz and Quizzler

•Quizzes are useful for teachers and sudents

•Can download quizzes and create them 

iQuiz

•Has creative graphics

•Background music

•Multiple choice/ true and false

•Timer

•Change settings

•Can download quizzes

Quizzler•Variety of devices

•Limited by free version

•Useful in classroom environment

•Easy to navigate

•Change settings

Putting quiz into Ipod

Disconnect iPod from iTunes

Check whether your iPod is supported: Encyclopodia can be installed on iPods generation one to four, as well as on iPods mini and Photo iPods. Otherwise the setup wizard will refuse to install Encyclopodia on your iPod.

http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Audio - Photos

Flashcards

Audio books

Teacher reading

PowerPoint slides

Students recordingClub 4Cast.

How to record on an ipodEpisode #14

Speaking / listening activities / evaluation

Thinker’s Keys- I Spy

Viewing activities

Science experiments

Students reading

What is a Podcast?

•It’s a free video and audio series

•Download from iTunes to

computer, iPod, iPhone or Apple TV

•One click to subscribe

•Range of Podcasts

•Automatically downloads

Podcasts

Record your own

•Computer, Mic and software

•GarageBand or Audacity

•Can record interviews from Skype or iChat through Audio Hijack,

Wiretap or Audio Grabber.

Audio files include:

•texts that would have been read in the past

•a teacher’s commentary on a text that the

pupils are studying

•foreign language dialogues and vocabulary

•recorded lectures

•Music to be studied

•interviews with experts

•Podcasts from other schools eg

Orange Grove Primary School

•public service broadcasts delivered through the

Podcast medium 

Videos and PDF’s could also be delivered in the same way.

Could also use Podcasts for how to use technology or other resources within the school

Ipods in education

In Summary

PLUS

•Multi functional•Portable•Access to Freeware/Shareware•Individual learning•Quizzes – studying, teacher assessment

MINUS•Cost•Security•Fragility•Sync problem with ipods•Not all generations of ipods have the same software/capabilities•Apple’s hold on the market•DRM protected music

IDEAS

•Class set of mp3/ipods•Create playlists for individual students•Buy an mp3 player instead of an ipod!

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