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What’s APPropriate:Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store
Greg O’ConnorTeacherEducational Services Manager
Jane FarrallSpeech Language PathologistAAC Support Services Manager
What is iTunes?
What is the iTunes Store?
What’s an App?
What’s a Podcast?
What’s iTunes U?
Let’s have a look at iTunes.....
Music• Some example music has been loaded
into iTunes• Plug in your headphones and check it out!
Movies• A few movie segments have been loaded
into iTunes
TV Shows• A couple of promos have been added into
iTunes.
Podcasts, iTunes U, Books• A couple of each have been added.• Have a look/listen
Apps• You can only see a list of Apps in iTunes• You can decide which Apps go on an iPod
Touch/iPhone/iPad
iPod touch, iPhone, iPad
iPod Touch
iPod Touch• Currently in the 4th generation• Available in 8GB, 32GB & 64GB• Lighter weight, slimmer, faster processor
and longer battery life than iPhone• Has WiFi capabilities• No camera or 3G capability• 3.5” screen
iPhone
iPhone• Currently in the 3rd generation, called 3GS• Available in 16GB and 32GB• Has camera for stills and videos• Can use 3G as well as WiFi• Shorter battery life• 3.5” screen
iPad
iPad• Just released!• Available in 16/32/64GB WiFi and
16/32/64GB WiFi + 3G• Faster processor, longer battery life• 9.7” screen
Let’s go hands-on with the iPods
iPod Touch• On/Off button on the top• Volume buttons on left• Home button centre front
iPod Touch• A number of home screens – scroll
between them• Open the Photos – scroll between them
and turn the device on its side. Make photos larger and smaller.
• Press the Home button to get back to your Home pages
Open the App Dictionary.com.au
Open the App Sebs Tail
Sebs Tail• Read the book• Watch as the words highlight• Colour your own pictures• Play the memory game• What else can you find?
Open TimesTables
Just explore
Rearrange Icons on your Home Screen(s)• Press and one App icon until they all
“jiggle”• You can now drag Apps around one
screen or to a different screen.• You can press on the cross in the corner
to delete an App (please don’t do this!)
Find an App• Go back to iTunes• Make sure you have iTunes Store selected• Search for an App e.g. maths (math),
spelling, ebooks, geography, astronomy….• Select a free App and download it
Sync, sync, sync• Plug in your iPod touch• iTunes should automatically recognise and
backup and sync it• You can remove items from the sync list
through iTunes• Check that your new App has gone across
once the sync is finished
Find another App and sync it
Which App is best for me?
App Sites• AppShopper http://appshopper.com/• AppStoreHQ http://www.appstorehq.com/• Apptism http://www.apptism.com/• Best App Ever Awards http://bestappever.com• IEducation Apps Review http://www.iear.org/
App Sites• Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs
iPhone App Round Up http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2009/06/ipod-touchiphone-app-round-up-for-users.html
• Online Education Database http://oedb.org/library/features/top_50_iphones_for_educators
Handouts• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for
(Special) Education (Sailers, 2010)• Apps Matrix from NSW Ed Dept (on USB)• iPod Touch and Itunes for Education
(Apple 2009 – on USB)