iPod Touch Devices

It is amazing how many of our students have iPod Touch or iPhone devices. It is not unusual for 60 or 70% of the students in a particular class to have access to these devices. I had a conversation with a primary school teacher the other day and she had the same situation in her class. She had already started to get her students to bring these devices to school. I started to look at some of the more basic apps we could be using with handheld devices that our students already owned.
I do not profess this to be an exhaustive list nor will every one of them be appropriate for all situations but if you conduct a survey and many of your students already have access to an iPod why don't you have a go at using some of these apps - even if it is as extension work or homework. One teacher I know is   using them as warm exercises with Maths and English.

Maths	English	Science	Music	Art
Numberline	Notes	LED Banner	Touch chords	Art
Smart Maths	Idioms lite	Touch Physics	Sheet music	Idoodle2
Flash Maths	I Quotations	Molecules	Bebot	Vincent
Pop Maths Lite	Spel it Rite	Pocket Universe	BPM	Colourwheel
Mathemagics	Stanza	Google earth	Pocket Shaker	Lego
Brain Tuner	Englits	Nanosaur 2	Ocarina	Symmetry
Brain Thaw	Dictation	Weather Bug	Stylophone	Artist’s touch
Solve 24	Flipbook Lite	NASA Apps	Synth Pad	Juxaposer
Basic Maths	Stiry Kit	Space Images	Aura	3d Gallery
Flowmaths	Shakespeare	Star Map	Churchorgan	Comic Touch
Diamaths	Lit2Go	Planets	Harmonium	Light painting
Touchplot	ereader	Apollo 11	Rainstick	Jazz Sculptor
4D Spin	Storyboard	Eagle	Tap the Beat	Eyetricks
Geometry	Blanks	Spider Study	Dr Beat	Tanzen
Maths Flash Card	Miss Spell’s Class	Crayon Physic	School of Rock	Musee du Lourve
Maths Drills Lite		Mars Study Guide	Simple Drummer	Sculptmaster 3D
Dot to Dot Number quiz	Talking Books Network	The Chemical Touch	Dubreq Istyophone	Gallery of Painters
Mighty Maths Lite		Charles Darwin writings	Mixmeister Scratch	Artisan Pixpop Art
Maths Cards				SpawnLite

GeoTagging

Geo tagging is my favourite thing about Flickr. We are teaching a unit of work on Graffiti in Visual Arts at the moment. As part of our research we are photographically documenting local graffiti. These will be saved and then uploaded to our Flickr account.

We will geo-tag these images and then create an online exhibition. The students will work collaboratively to decide which images will be included and why and in what order the audience should view the images to see the historical progression of graffiti in Eastwood. Some piece have been in place for 7 to 8 years. People will then be able to access the images on a google map and actually find them if they want to view them in situ.

This is a mock-up only (We have yet to finalise our own)

This feature of Flickr could be adopted for any number of activities in various subjects areas.

Geography - local rivers, creeks, dams or land forms
History - famous battle sites, incidents in history, war memorials
Art - art galleries and museums, public sculptures, buildings of architectural importance
Religion - local Churches of world religions, incidents in the life of Jesus or the saints
Hospitality - cafes, food supplies, wholesalers, growers, organic farmers - Food Equity Unit

Documenting excursions or field trips takes on a new dimension when people back home can see where you went and what you experienced.

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