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So many apps so little time.

The potential for the ipod touch in the classroom and in the hands of so many students is exciting. In a classroom recently a teacher asked how many students owned an ipod touch, at least half of the hands went up. How many of them use it for school work? Less hands.

While educators eyes light up at the potential, students see them as mostly music and games.  The connection to learning has to be made for them, unless of course the learning is in the form of a game. (Future post on educational apps) 

To start to find out more about the ipod touch in the classroom I keep going back to the  following resources that have useful examples and ideas.

From the Apple Learning Exchange .
The iPod touch Touching student lives in the classroom.
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=16472

Tony Vincent (twitterid)
http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch.html

Chris Webb (twitterid)
ipods in the classroom

Jane Hart
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/iTouchLearning/topapps.html

My delicious ipod links

Photo: ipod touch screenshot of animoto movie
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