Was the grant from the Apple website? On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:53 AM, <mrsjro...@aol.com> wrote:
> I first asked about the ipod touch use in the classroom a few days ago. > Here is my update. Our school applied for and received a grant that allowed > use to purchase two mobile carts with 35 ipod touches on them as well as a > lap top and a document camera. WE had a day of training yesterday with an > Apple rep and we learned there are amazing things you can do with this > small > device. There are tons of resources available and we spent yesterday am > exploring many of them. > > In the afternoon we did a partner activity. This is what it looked like and > our only tools for the research was our ipod touch. > > 1. Go to the San Diego Zoo website and choose a mammal > 2. Use one ipod to take a picture of it. > 3. Use the other partner's ipod touch to take notes that do the following, > a. name the animal > b. tell where it lives > c. tell about it's natural habitat > d. tell about it's predators > e. find a map of the general area where the animal lives > f. use the ipod to drop a pin on the map to give a specific location of a > home for the animal > g. use the weather channel wo find the temperature in that place at that > very minute > h. get the average high and low temperatures for that area for the next > 10 days > 4. Use additional information to compose at least two questions about your > animal. > 5. As one person is taking notes on the ipod the other person is taking > pictures to accompany all notes > 6. After what seemed to be a very short time, each pair had to present to > the group using a document camera to project the screens of their ipods so > that others could see all the information that was obtained. > 7. While each group was presenting their animal, the audience was required > to use their own ipod touch to take notes and be prepared to answer > questions at the end of each presentation > > It was an amazing experience and I can now see so many uses and so many > possible projects for ipod touches in my own classroom. > > If you have an opportunity to get such a grant - go for it! > > June > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Chris _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
