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[|100 Ways to use iPods in the classroom] This site is a great resource that will literally give you 100 ideas and ways to use an iPod in your classroom and even at home. This site will help not only you, but your students as well. This site has ideas for creating lesson plans with iPods, studying with one, help with SAT prep, ESL assisted learning, and much more. This is almost a one stop site for all of your iPod needs! Two thumbs way up!

[|iPods in Education] This site has great resources on how to use iPods in various different ways. It discusses how changes in iPods and their uses are reflected in schools and universities. It also keeps you updated on changes in iPods and their capabilities. This site also discusses emerging trends in iPod use and how we can effectively use them in our classrooms, tailored to our needs. There are also sample podcasts to listen to.

[|Learning in Hand] This website discusses what a podcast is and how to create one. Along with learning how to create a great podcast, this site dicusses the use of podcatching sites such as iTunes! This site is pretty much a beginners guide to creating and understanding podcasting in and out of your classroom.

[|Mobile Learning with iPods] Do you need tutorials? Do you need to know how to create a podcast? This site will show you how to create them, find them, and get them into your students' hands with great ease. Along with discussing iTunes, this site also discusses the applications that can be used in the classroom with the iPod Touch. If you're a Mac person, there is also some additional information for you and how to effectively use your Mac in creating podcasts.

[|Using Your iPod] So you finally got an iPod, huh!! Well, this site will give you some great ideas on how to actually use your iPod to increase your students' learning and excitement level. This site just scratches the surface on how you could use an iPod effectlvely in your daily teaching. You can use this site to spring board into bigger, better things!

[|Links to iPods in Education] This is a great place to look for podcast lesson plans, using iTunes effectively, Yahoo podcast in education groups, that you can sign up for to share ideas and get new ideas, and much more. This site also provides some great educational podcasting directories so you don't have to reinvent the wheel when looking for a particular subject or to get an idea to make your own in that same area of study.

[|iPods in the Classroom] This school in Springfield, Illinois, has put their resources out on the net for all to see and use. This site shows how students become a part of the learning and teaching in a classroom through the use of iPods. There are resources for teachers, students, and parents alike. This site is a good place to start for implementing iPods in your classroom and transforming the entire idea of education.

[|Audio Books for iPods] Are you looking for audio books to help your students read or excite them about reading? This would be a great site to start looking for downloads to add to your iPod. You can create an account and purchase audio books to download. The only down side is you have to purchase the audio books. It would be great for libraries or teachers that want to spend their personal money to get the books. There is a large selection of books to choose from.

[|Promote Interactive Learning] This is a great website that shows how using iPods in learning can increase test scores and learning overall. Instead of banning devices such as iPods, schools are now allowing students to have them to study in various classes and subjects. The use of such devices such as iPods have shown increases in test scores and learning with retention of information.

[|Additional Resources and ideas for the iPod in the Classroom] This is a great site that goes well with the 100 ways to use your iPod in the classroom. Some of the resources are the same but there are extra ones on there that make using your iPod easier and more fun for all. This site gives ideas for downloading webisodes, various podcasts, applications, tutorials, and other programs. This would be a great site to stop at after visiting the 100 ways to use your iPod in the classroom. This site showcases the top iPod tips and resources. Enjoy!

[|My class website] Yes, this is a plug for my own website. I do have a section on podcasting that I do with my students. If you click on the class podcast link on the left, you will find some podcasts that I have listed. The students write their own scripts and help pick out the music. I do mix the final product with Audacity and use the Podsafe Music Network. New podcasts are added every other month. I also remove older ones throughout the year to free up space so make sure to check back often!!!

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The free podcast that I subscribe to and use in my class every year is the [|Aesop's Fables]. I use these podcasts during our unit on fables in our reading block. Students listen to the various fables while in a reading group and also during their free time. As they listen, they have to answer a series of questions about each fable, and figure out what the moral of that fable is. Students also use the [|bubbl.us] site to create a web based on the elements of the fable. After students have listened to a few fables, created a bubbl.us or two, they must prepare to write and illustrate their own fable to share with the class. This portion is incorporated with our writers' workshop. If time permits, students will record their written fable as a podcast or create a Photo Story to be added to our class website.