{"id":2135,"date":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?e=2135"},"modified":"2017-02-05T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T11:27:43","slug":"ipod-touch-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/ipod-touch-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod Touch ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last session I was lucky enough to be involved with a small ipod touch pilot; Glencairn iPod<\/a> and blogged about it and various iPod Touch things several times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"10ipodtouchImage Courtesy of Apple <\/div>\n

A few things have made me think about iPod touches in class recently that I though might be worth a blog post.<\/p>\n

I’ve been using some new, to me, bits of software on my iPhone which have either classroom potential or some concepts that could be transferred to the classroom.<\/p>\n

Wifi Photo Transfer (App Store<\/a>) is a simple application that turns your iPhone or ipod touch into a web server which displays the photos on the device on a web browser on any computer (or iPad) on the same WiFi network:<\/p>\n

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The photos can easily be downloaded to the computers. The application show a single screen on the phone with an IP address that can be typed into your browser to see the photos. Even better with Safari<\/strong> you just click Bookmarks and then Bonjour<\/strong> where you will see your phone listed:<\/p>\n

\"Bonjour\"<\/p>\n

A click opens the webpage with out any tricky typing.<\/p>\n

I imagine photos taken with a new camera equipped iPod being distributed to a class full of children without resort to cables or pen drives.<\/p>\n

I mentioned The UK SoundMap<\/a> in the previous post<\/a> this mashup which adds Audioboo audio to a google map could be replicated for all sorts of sound recording in class. A map full of music recorded in classrooms around the world or some language swapping springs to mind.<\/p>\n

I’ve also been using mappiness, the happiness mapping app<\/a> to record how I am feeling when the app on my phone prompts me twice a day. This sort of collaborative data logging could be done through a google form on a touch.<\/p>\n

The other stimlus for this post is the new ipod touch<\/a>, this adds the long awaited still and video camera and in my mind turns the iPod touch into one of the most useful bits of tech you could have in a classroom.<\/p>\n

A few possibilities:<\/p>\n