Do you approve using iPod in school

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Do you approve using iPod in school?
For Fun
?
?
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iPod in Education

• The Potential for Language Acquisition

By Ju Chi Yang EDUC 6584 Computer as a Teachers
Aide
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Using iPod in classroom

• Using the iPod to Promote Language
  Acquisition
• iPod and Language Education
• Making the Connection
• Materials and Classroom Applications

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Delivering Comprehensible Language with iPod
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Using iPod in classroom

• Features of the iPod
• Audio-Only Input
• Audio Recording
• Audio Plus Pictures and Script
• Video
• Audio/Video Plus Script

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Taking Advantage of the Acquisition-Friendly
Features of the iPod
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Using iPod in classroom

• Audio-Only Input
• iPod can provide hundreds of
• hours of audio-only
• comprehensible language input.

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Using iPod in classroom

• Audio Recording
• Audio recorded with iPod
• can be used for instruction
• and assessment.

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Using iPod in classroom

• Audio Plus Pictures and Script
• iPod can display images for
• extra-linguistic support.

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Using iPod in classroom

• Video
• Video on iPod can provide
• a rich source of motivating
• input.

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Using iPod in classroom

• Audio/Video Plus Script
• iPod can be used to access
• text as well as audio
• and video.

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Materials and Classroom Applications
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Materials and Classroom Applications

• Sources of iPod Language Learning Materials
• Commercial and Community Materials
• The iTunes Store podcast collection
• The Landmark Project http//epnweb.org
• Teacher Materials
• Shaun Elses Podcasting in Education website
• Apple http//www.apple.com/support/garageband
• Student Materials

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Materials and Classroom Applications

• Some Current Applications in
• Language Education

Examples of two podcasts for language learning

• English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcast
• Voice of Americas Special English Podcasts

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• iPod in Education

Language Teaching
Recorded Lessons
Digital Stories
Assessment
Reading Records
Information Delivery
Audio Books
Podcast Course Material
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• Reference
• McQuillan, J.(2006). iPod in Education The
  Potential for Language Acquisition. Retrieved
  September 27, 2002, from http//e2t2.binghamton.ed
  u/pdfs/iPod_Lang_Acquisition_whitepaper.pdf