iPod+Touch



iPods were once considered just a portable music player. Newer generations of the iPod have increased its functionablilty and uses in the educational setting. From foreign language and music lessons to sharing photo slideshows and videos to the many podcasts both audio and video the iPod is becoming a great educational tool.

What makes the iPod touch different is that it could be the first iPod that offers a real benefit to both teachers and students. The iPod touch has all the capabilities of the iPod Nano and classic. However, the touch also has wireless capabilites allowing it to go online with an internet browser, links to YouTube, and email. Another new feature of the 2nd generation Touch is the Apps store. The Apps store is accessible directly with the Touch or through iTunes. There are several thousand apps available for the touch in categories such as books, education, business, health and fitness, photography, reference and weather. Many of these apps are free most are less than $10.

Once purchased, you can install an application by syncing it to as many iPod touches and iPhones as you can connect to the computer. That's because Apple's Digital Rights Management allows for its protected apps, music, and videos to be placed on an unlimited number of iPods. However, protected iTunes content can only be copied to a total of 5 computers.



The books category includes audio and text books as well as graphic novels.

This application contains the full, unabridged audiobook of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell Tale Heart. The short story follows the dark tale of a mand consumed by madness towards his neighbor, who is then haunted by his evil deed.

This application features full audio chapters, increase and decrease font size, table of contents for easy navigation, and auto save position for audio and text. The award winning comic book series "Bone" is now available on your iPod Touch. Follow the adventures of the three Bone cousins in Issue #1 "Out From Boneville" - Fone, Phoney and Smiley strike out from Boneville to find their destiny.

Other Book Apps [|Oz Manga] [|Nancy Drew] [|Twilight] [|Buddy the Bus] [|Bumble Bee Touch Book]

Education Apps range from flashcards and organizers to learning foreign languages, history, science and art.

myHomework is a simple and easy application that allows you to keep track of your homework, classes, projects and tests while interacting with a really cool design. myHomework's design resembles a day to day notebook, the sections are separated by colorful "sticky pads' that marks the page.

Create flashcards and share them with friends using any two column Google Spreadsheet or download cardsets from the gWhiz catalog. Use the cardsets to take a quiz to test your knowledge.

Quick quizzes in basic math.

Other Education Apps [|iHistory] [|Countries] [|USA Factbook and Quiz] [|Star Walk] [|Spanish Class]

There are many other Apps that are useful to students and teachers in the other categories. Look around and have fun.



[|Comic Touch] [|Slideshow Builder] [|Freesaurus]

Websites [|Learning in Hand blog] [|Why an iPod Touch in Education] [|Top 50 iPhone Apps] [|iPod touch online applications for education]