IPOD+Class

 IPOD Class

__Podcast Subscription__ [|Ellen DeGeneres podcast]-This Podcast is a short clip of Ellen DeGeneres. She is interviewing celebrities. The Podcast is like a short clip of the Ellen DeGeneres show. I would use this Podcast as entertainment. I enjoy watching the Ellen show and I will enjoy the Podcast.

__Ten Website Articles on iPods in the Classroom__ [|1. Apple Website] This website is from Apple. It discusses different ways schools are using iPods in the classroom. Some of the ways the article discusses is in colleges. Many colleges are using the UTunes application, which the students are able to download educational podcasts to their iPods. This website also discusses how useful the iPod can be for learning. Students can use it to look up information, use thesauruses, dictionaries, make slide shows, record lectures, and find almost any information from almost any location. 2. [|Apple Learning Interchange] This is an amazing website that gives an assortment of tools that a teacher can use with iPods in education. Some of the applications that I found very interesting were the planetarium applications where students can look at stars and find different constellations and planets in the sky, and using the iPod to create flashcards for students to work on different skills. I think this would be useful for some of the children in my class who are struggling with skills that we have moved past at this point, but they still need some extra help with them. One of my students is still working on identifying colors. I could use the iPod to create flash cards that tell her what color it is using a voice recording. I liked the idea of the planetarium mostly because we are working on a space unit right now, and it would be great to show the children some of the things we are learning about. 3. [|New York Times Article] This is a nice article from the New York Times that talks about the growing use of iPods in the classroom and the benefits. It talks about how the iPods are being used for teaching foreign language to students, as well as using them for English Language Learners. Teachers are also using iPods to create games that focus on different concepts they are teaching. The iPods allow the teachers to reach students using technology that the students are accustom to using outside of school. 4. [|Learning in Hand] This website is designed to give ideas on ways to use iPods and Podcasts in the classroom. It discusses how you can use many of the applications with students and download free Podcasts with educational content to the students using the iPod. It also has links to video tutorials to show teachers how to use Podcasts and iPods in the classroom. 5. [|Early Childhood iPods in the Classroom] This is a great website that I found very useful. It shares ideas for how to use iPods in an early childhood classroom, which is what I teach. It shares ideas for using the iPod to record different meetings that they might have missed, like a back to school presentation. It also shares ideas on how to use an iPod to record stories for a listening center. The students can go to the center and use the iPod to listen to pre-recorded stories created by the teacher or downloaded. The article also advises that they are great to put all the teacher music on and organize it into categories for easy retrieval. 6. [|Dallas News] This is a great article from the Dallas News which talks about how iPods are being used in kindergarten classrooms. The iPods are being used for a variety of reasons like teaching phonemic awareness. The iPods are also being used to teach English Language Learners. Songs are put on the iPods for the kids to sing along with and stories that manipulate words to help with reading skills are put on the iPods. I thought this was a great article to give some ideas on how to use iPods in the classroom for young children like the ones I teach. 7. [|Askville] This website is more of a blog where teachers share different ways to use iPods in the classroom. There are some great ideas like using them to sort images like shapes, colors, letters, and numbers. One teacher shares ideas to use it to show educational videos and songs to students. One teacher also shares that you can use your iPod and a cheap cable to display your iPod material to a TV or projector to show students different things. 8. [|Teaching Heart]This is a great website that shares a variety of teachers’ ideas for how they are using their iPods in the classroom. One idea that I found interesting was to record the students during group work time, and listen for if the students get off topic. You can then review it with the children to try to find ways to fix the disruptions. I think if the kids knew they were being recorded for being on task, it would probably make them more on task, just by the idea alone. It also gave ideas to have the children read for reading assessments with the microphone. One of the ideas also was to make digital portfolios for each student using the iPod. That would be a great idea to video and add some photos of what the student is doing at school to share with families and students. Overall, this website had an abundance of ideas used by real teachers on ways to use the iPod in the classroom.

 9. [|Helium] This website talks about how the iPod can help students with disabilities and different learning styles. It shares how students can use the iPod to take tests and listen to test questions instead of reading them if they are more auditory learners. Teachers can also help auditory learners by downloading a playlist of songs for students who learn better through music. The iPod is also good for visual learners. Teachers can download videos for students to learn a variety of different concepts. The iPod is also useful to create tests and quizzes. It can make them more visually appealing and interesting to take. 10. [|I Learn Technology]This website gives ideas on how to use different downloadable content with the iPod for the classroom. I found one of the applications very interesting. It is called Story Nory. Story Nory has free stories to download and for the children to listen to. I liked this idea because, for one, it is free and I could use it in my classroom. The website also gives another application that is better suited for older children entitled Math Snacks. Math Snacks can be downloaded to an iPod and it has different fun videos that teach different math skills. The last application the website talks about is called Faux Paw, which teaches children about safe downloading. It is a video with a cat that talks about downloading. It sounds like one that children would really enjoy.

**iPod unit ** Lessons: This unit is part of a week long unit on kindness and working together with others. Lesson 1: How Full is Your Bucket? Topic: Kindness/ Working with others Time: 1 hour Subject: Social Development/ Speaking and Communicating Standards: *3.9- Shares verbally information relating to self-made drawings. 3.22- Stays on topic in conversations and class discussions. 3.12- Follows rules of conversation. (Knows when it's appropriate to take turns and does not interrupt) 3.2- Understands how print is organized and read. (Identifies front and back covers, title page, author, and follows words from left to right and top to bottom.) 3.3- Uses picture clues to aid comprehension and to make predictions about content. 3.25- Derives meaning through listening to communications of others and sounds in the environment, including a variety of media. (i.e. books, audio tapes, videos, computer programs, CDs). A.4.1 Use common media and technology terminology and equipment A.4.2 Identify and use common media formats Materials: 4 Books: How Full is Your Bucket? By Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer  Large Bucket made of paper Small cards to put in the large bucket Chart paper for writing responses 4 iPods with head phones for children Objective: 
 * 3.10- Listens and responds to oral directions

Procedure: As a class we will look at the picture and title of the book //How Full is Your Bucket? //and discuss what we think that might mean. We will preview the book and look at the pictures and share what we see in the story. The students will listen to the story that has been narrated on each iPod in small groups of 4. The story will be narrated on the iPod and the students will use the book to listen and follow along with the story. We will discuss the story and brainstorm as a small group different ways we can fill a bucket “be kind and helpful to others.” I will write their responses on chart paper. The students will draw a picture of something they can do to be kind to others in a large bucket on the paper. We will create the story into a class book that the students will record on the iPod describing what their picture is about. The students can read the class book during free choice time and listen to the students responses along with the pictures they drew.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Extension of the lesson: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will create a very large bucket that will be posted on the wall. When I see a child being a bucket filler with a friend, they will write their name on a piece of paper and we will put their name in the bucket on the wall.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Assessment: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I will assess the students understanding of how to be kind to others by assessing them during small group discussions and assessing their bucket picture of being kind. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will assess the students’ ability to describe a self made drawing by assessing their responses when asked to record what their picture is showing on the iPod.

Lesson 2: Working as a team <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Topic: Being kind Subject: Social development Duration of the lesson: 1 hour <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Standards: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">*2.2- Works effectively in small and large groups <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">*2.15- Participates in cooperative group play. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2.10- Plays group games with simple rules. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2.9- Joins willingly in play with others and/or allows to join in play.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.25- Derives meaning through listening to communications of others and sounds in the environment, including a variety of media. (i.e. books, audio tapes, videos, computer programs, CDs). <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A.4.1 Use common media and technology terminology and equipment A.4.2 Identify and use common media formats <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Objective: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The students will recognize how to work as a team to create a task The students will participate in cooperative group play <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Materials: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">iPods for each child in a small group (5) Paper 4 puzzles Play-dough Beads Markers String [|Elmo and Zoe] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Procedure: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will talk to the students about being kind in a large group. We will discuss ways things work better when we work together and how we can help each other when needed. During center time (small group) the students will listen to a video of Sesame Street. Zoe and Elmo are friends and are trying to make a number 10, but one can only make lines and the other only circles on our iPods. They work together and make a number 10 using a variety of materials like play-dough, beads, string, and markers. After the students have listened to the video, we will discuss what kinds of things we can do together to help each other. The students will make a number 10 and have to decide who does what. We will discuss other things that are better when we do them together. The students will, with a partner, create a blank puzzle and put it together as a team. I will observe and comment on good team work and/or how we can make the experience better. The puzzles will be out at free choice time for the students to put together. Working with a friend will be encouraged.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Assessment: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will assess the student’s ability to participate in cooperative group play by observing them during the team work activity. I will assess the students understanding of how to work together to complete a task by observing them and assessing how they work with their partner. Are they taking turns, sharing, and communicating proper team work strategies?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Title of Lesson: Classroom Kindness Book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Topic: Being kind and working with others Subject: Literacy and Social development Duration of the lesson: 30 minutes <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Materials: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Digital Camera iPod Computer Chart Paper <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Standards: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.22- Stays on topic in conversations and class discussions. 3.12- Follows rules of conversation. (Knows when it's appropriate to take turns and does not interrupt) 3.25- Derives meaning through listening to communications of others and sounds in the environment, including a variety of media. (i.e. books, audio tapes, videos, computer programs, CDs). 3.2- Understands how print is organized and read. (Identifies front and back covers, title page, author, and follows words from left to right and top to bottom.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A.4.1 Use common media and technology terminology and equipment A.4.2 Identify and use common media formats <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Objective: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The students will recognize different ways we can be kind to our friends The students will participate in group discussion and participate in acting out different kindness strategies for a classroom kindness book. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"> Procedure of Lesson: (Conclusion to kindness unit) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will explain to the students that I am going to create a classroom kindness book and ask for suggestions as a group of what kinds of things we should put in our book. We will review some of the acts of kindness we have been learning about I will chart the students’ responses As a group, the students will act out some acts of kindness. I will take pictures of the students acting. The students can also use the digital camera to take the pictures of each other. I will create a movie slideshow on Windows Movie Maker, add words to the pictures, and narrate the story. I will then transfer the movie to my iPod. In a large group, I will show the story on the computer. We will share as a group, what we saw and what does being kind and helpful look like. The movie will be available for the students to watch during free choice time on the iPods.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Assessment: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will assess the student’s participation in a group discussion by observing their responses during our discussions. I will assess the student’s participation in a group activity by observing their participation in the “acting out” portion of the lesson. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Other Activities <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Art <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Make friendship bracelets out of beads Draw a picture of a friend Trace a friends hand, cut, and decorate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Literacy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Class book “What is a Friend” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Make a class book of what children like to play with their friends. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Math <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Measure - Measure friends using unifix cubes or wooden blocks. Graph friends; boys and girls; hair color; eye color; etc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"How to Lose All Your Friends" by Nancy Carlson "Little Blue and Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni, "Will I Have A Friend" by Miriam Cohen "Moon Bears Friend" by Frank Asch "Do You Want to be My Friend" by Eric Carle "Who Will Help" by Rozannne Lanczak Williams "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Games: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Voice Recognition Game: All students close eyes and one student is tapped and has to say their name. The other students have to guess who was talking. Heart Puzzle Game: Each student is given a half of a heart and they have to find the other student that has their match. Spider Web Questioning Game: The students sit in a large circle and I throw a ball of string to one student and then ask them a question about themselves. The student then answers and throws the ball of yarn to another student and asks them a question about them. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bounce pass a ball saying name of friend passing it to (also can have students give a compliment to their friend as they pass the ball) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Music: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4 Hugs a Day by Charlotte Diamond Friends, Friends 123 \

Other:

Photo Memory Game (2 pictures of each student). The student has to find the match.

Assignment 5: Podcasts Teacher Created Podcast My teacher created podcast is a video I created from my iPod unit on kindness and sharing. I took pictures of the students being kind and helpful and created a video slideshow, added text, and narrated it. The students can then watch and listen to a class book of themselves being kind.

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Student Created Podcast The student created podcast is a class book that the students narrated. We read a story entitled "How Full Is Your Bucket?." This book is about how everyone has an invisible bucket that can be filled by being kind and helpful to others. If our bucket is full, we are happy, when our bucket is empty, we are sad. The students then created a book by drawing a picture on a bucket of ways they can fill someones bucket. The students then narrated the book on the computer, so they can hear their voices read the story. Here are a few examples of the students work that goes along with the podcast.

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