Coverage of the iPod Program wouldn’t be complete without mentioning some of the apps that really make it happen. One of the biggest things we have to consider about apps to sync on the iPods is that not every student has WiFi at home. (A few don’t even have a computer). With this being the case, we were in need of apps that will work both online and off. The second thing we considered is the possibility of replacing heavy/outdated books with relevant/engaging content. This first app does both.
Mercury Browser
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It’s really easy to get caught up in the excitement of purchasing your first set of iPod Touches and forget about some of the necessary hardware that might be necessary to get your program up and running. This was an area that we had to learn as we went along. With that in mind, there are at least three things that you should definitely consider having as a part of your iPod program.
The cart.
Almost regardless of the amount of units you plan on deploying, you are going to want to …

I’ll keep this post to the point and try and capture some of the unique points of our program and how it’s set up. I’ll leave the decisions behind why we’re doing what we’re doing for another post. This should give you a quick frame a reference to better understand some of the other posts.
Our trial run is running from January to May of 2010. Over the course of those months 83 students will be given iPod Touches to use in school and at home. The students weren’t selected so …

Bate Middle School recently received a grant through Striving Readers allowing us to pursue a pilot program using iPod Touches, but we didn’t want to chain them to classroom. We felt that in order to prepare students for a mobile society, they had to go home with them too. Over the course of the next year TeacherTechBlog will exclusively focus on the happenings of this project. The hope is that we will learn through these reflections and equip others to join in this vision. In upcoming posts, you’re going to hear about …

These might deserve to be noted as being more along the lines of higher education, but are still worth noting. Academic Earth and a subsite of Youtube, www.youtube.com/edu are now featuring tons of academic lectures and entire courses. (Wonder if my school is blocking them yet?)
Both of these sites are featuring lectures from the likes of Yale, Harvard, and MIT. But each have their own layouts, organizations, and niches. YouTube for example, features the well known “YouTube” interface that most of us are familiar with by breaking it down into …