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iTunes has created a resource for users where people can submit quality teaching material to share with others. Go to this overview page and read the overview. At the bottom are some areas for you to explore.You can also see what Texas is doing with iTunes U and click on Texas Education on iTunes U and investigate an area of interest. Watch a podcast. What do you think? Can you see a way that these might be used in the future? Why or why not? Be sure to read what some of your classmates have said about it and make a comment on someones ideas.
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David Lankford
10/8/2012 11:18:36 am
No Surprise that I Tunes has no comments. This technology is fading as a school resource because it is harder to access, in my opinion. Two years ago Apple stopped selling and installing POD Casting servers and software. I bought one of the last for EHS.
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Carla
10/8/2012 12:34:55 pm
I have to agree with you, David. As long as most of the podcasts were, I can't imagine a student listening for that long. I hadn't thought about it, but the commuter idea is perfect.
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Lydia Smith
10/9/2012 02:01:54 pm
David, I liked your comments about the use of it for commuter learning. As I was exploring ITunes U myself, I started subscribing to different "courses" that I thought would be interesting continuing ed type of material with the thought that I could listen to it in the car or during a workout, etc.
Kim Fletcher
10/9/2012 03:22:21 am
I have to agree with David. Most of my students would not listen to a pod cast that is and hour much less 30 minutes. Also, I find iTunes hard to navigate around. Maybe that is me. I would not ask my students to use iTunes.
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Lauren Burgess
10/10/2012 05:22:49 am
I also did not find this useful for my students. Personally, I also find it difficult to navigate as an adult. The idea is great, but needs some tweaking to be successfully functional.
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Lydia Smith
10/9/2012 01:57:27 pm
I actually thought ITunes U was kind of neat. From my students perspective (I teach Kindergarten), I do not know that there was necessarily a podcast that I would have them listen to, however, there were a few that I found interesting personally and professionally. A colleague of mine just paid quite a bit of money to take some online courses to help her work with her ADHD kids more effectively , and I did a quick search and it looked like there might be some resources through ITunes U that she could access that are free. I also found some interesting podcasts from middle school teachers that parents and students can access to possibly help clarify questions about content. As a teacher, I think this potentially could be an interesting and helpful continuing education tool…I would have to spend more time exploring to best figure out how to use them in the classroom directly with students. I think this could be a tool that could be used by educators to further their own professional (and also personal) learning goals.
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Lauren Burgess
10/10/2012 12:58:47 am
I explored the iTunes U App for the IPad. Educators can create an entire course using this App. The educator can add videos, lectures, podcast, articles and even textbooks through iBook all connected to the App. In a world of portable technology I feel it is beneficial for a student to have all materials in one place. A neat feature I saw was that when you take notes during a video the app records where in the video the notes were taken. I do not feel that this is applicable for earlychildhood students, maybe not even K-2, but it was interesting to look into. I was a little confused on how to access material already on the App. How do you listen to a podcast? This could be a very helpful resource to educators.
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Katheryn Redman
10/10/2012 07:19:40 am
For a college student, iTunes U is idealistic for students who need to have thier class lectures easily accesable and in the professors own words.
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