Ideas for using the iPod Touch /
iPhone / iPad in Learning
Languages
Menu du Jour.
 Practical ideas that you can use in your classes.
 Make the most of what the students already have.
 Get your students working independently: connected
24/7 learners.
 Motivate different learners.
Warnings!
 iPods will not replace computer access.
 I am not an expert!
 Your students may not be experts either.
 What do your students use their iPods for?
 Many of today’s ideas are stolen! (Apologies if they are
yours.)
What is an iPod Touch?
Why use iPods in class?
 Many students are carrying a powerful computer in
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their pockets.
Some students will be more motivated.
We have very little time to teach our students in class.
Less drain on our resources – less waiting, for the
dictionary, the video camera, etc.
Fun and cool!
iTunes
 Music
 Show music clips on YouTube
 www.lyricstraining.com
 Podcasts
 Thousands of language learning podcasts you can use on
your PC or any MP3 player
 iTunesU
 Many universities now have their courses on iTunes and
you can access them for free
 Podcasts
 Thousands of language learning podcasts you can
use on your PC or any MP3 player
 Search for your language
 Get recommendations from your listserve or other
teachers
 Some you can subscribe to and get weekly updates,
others are one offs
 iTunesU
 Many universities now have their courses on
iTunes and you can access them for free
Wi-Fi
 Connected to the Internet!
 Dictionary
 Google translate
 Research
 Language websites
 YouTube
 Wiki / Moodle / Blog, etc.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries
Wi-Fi
 Connected to the Internet!
 Dictionary
 Google translate
 Research
 Language websites
 YouTube
 Wiki / Moodle / Blog, etc
 Class experts
Apps – 250 000 applications
Other Useful Apps
 Google Earth
 Wikipedia (offline, can change language)
 iBooks
 10SecT
 (Plus: Facebook, Email, News, Sport, Weather,
Earthquakes, Nike +)
Audio Recording
 Record their interactions
 Upload to myportfolio / wiki
 Improve pronunciation – repeat, record and listen
 Record things they like in class e.g. songs
 Make a podcast – publish or share
Podcast ideas.
 Make a podcast about their school to send to future
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exchange partners.
Record a poem: find an example for them to follow the
structure.
Dragon’s Den: create a product and record an advert
for it.
Record a news flash.
Interviews with a celebrity e.g. typical day / plans for
the future.
Video recording
 HD video.
 Extra video cameras in class.
 Voice over.
 Camera.
 Appoint a reporter / journalist whenever you are doing
an interesting activity in class.
Video Ideas
 Record a scene from a movie.
 Puppet shows / animations.
 Make a TV programme: talk show / news / game show.
 Talk show – debate.
 Game show – Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Let’s
Make a List.
Video Ideas
International Weather Bulletins.
Google Earth
 Street View – giving directions
 Show students the aerial view of school and direct them to
your house (or anywhere else)
 Get students to direct each other
 Can be written or oral
 Direct students around a major city or do a webquest
 Give students advanced warning so that they can
download the Google Earth App.
Webquest – les directions
1.Open Google maps (www.maps.google.co.uk)
2.type « pizza la gourmandise », then click on the “A” that now appears on the map, and click on Streetview.
3.Turn the streetview so that the pizzeria is on your left. You are ready to start your quest! (Tip: to move in Streetview, double
click – you will move to wherever your white circle was pointing; you can also drag left and right)
4.Continuez tout droit dans la rue Augereau.
5.Comment s’appelle le Café au coin de la rue Augereau/Rue St Dominique ? __________________________
6.Au bout de la rue Augereau, tournez à gauche.
7.Quel est le numéro de téléphone du Conseil immobilier Daniel Feau (à votre droite)? ______________________
8.Comment s’appelle le Supermarché dans la rue St Dominique ? ____________________
9.De quelle couleur est la boulangerie ? __________________
10.Au carrefour, tournez à gauche dans l’Avenue de La Bourdonnais.
11.Quelle est l’adresse du site internet du spécialiste de tapis ? (à gauche) ___________________________
12.Prenez la prochaine rue à droite (rue Marinoni) puis, tournez à droite dans l’avenue Emile Deschanel.
13.Continuez dans l’avenue Barbey d’Aurevilly, puis tournez à gauche, dans l’avenue Joseph Bouvard.
14.Comment s’appelle le car bleu dans l’avenue Joseph Bouvard, à gauche ? __________________________
15.Quel est le monument célèbre derrière la fontaine de la place Jacques Rueff ? __________________________
16.Write the instructions below to get to that famous monument from the fountain onwards, using streetview: (3 points)
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FaceTime
 Video calling like Skype, but don’t need to register.
 FaceTime with other students in another school –
prepare thoroughly, consider communicating with
other learners.
 Giving instructions – one student leaves the room and
directs another student.
Voice recognition
 Under “settings” change language and use voice
control.
 Practise stopping and starting music, etc.
Merci beaucoup
 Learning@Schools
 Steve Hale
 www.french.ac.nz
 Pascale Hyboud-Peron
Useful Links
 http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/Find
+out+what+others+are+saying
 http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/iPod
s+in+the+Classroom
 http://www.delicious.com/halenz
 www.ouiki.wikispaces.com