What’s APPropriate:Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store

Greg O’ConnorTeacherEducational Services Manager

Jane FarrallSpeech Language PathologistAAC Support Services Manager

What is iTunes?

What is the iTunes Store?

What’s an App?

What’s a Podcast?

What’s iTunes U?

Let’s have a look at iTunes.....

Music• Some example music has been loaded

into iTunes• Plug in your headphones and check it out!

Movies• A few movie segments have been loaded

into iTunes

TV Shows• A couple of promos have been added into

iTunes.

Podcasts, iTunes U, Books• A couple of each have been added.• Have a look/listen

Apps• You can only see a list of Apps in iTunes• You can decide which Apps go on an iPod

Touch/iPhone/iPad

iPod touch, iPhone, iPad

iPod Touch

iPod Touch• Currently in the 4th generation• Available in 8GB, 32GB & 64GB• Lighter weight, slimmer, faster processor

and longer battery life than iPhone• Has WiFi capabilities• No camera or 3G capability• 3.5” screen

iPhone

iPhone• Currently in the 3rd generation, called 3GS• Available in 16GB and 32GB• Has camera for stills and videos• Can use 3G as well as WiFi• Shorter battery life• 3.5” screen

iPad

iPad• Just released!• Available in 16/32/64GB WiFi and

16/32/64GB WiFi + 3G• Faster processor, longer battery life• 9.7” screen

Let’s go hands-on with the iPods

iPod Touch• On/Off button on the top• Volume buttons on left• Home button centre front

iPod Touch• A number of home screens – scroll

between them• Open the Photos – scroll between them

and turn the device on its side. Make photos larger and smaller.

• Press the Home button to get back to your Home pages

Open the App Dictionary.com.au

Open the App Sebs Tail

Sebs Tail• Read the book• Watch as the words highlight• Colour your own pictures• Play the memory game• What else can you find?

Open TimesTables

Just explore

Rearrange Icons on your Home Screen(s)• Press and one App icon until they all

“jiggle”• You can now drag Apps around one

screen or to a different screen.• You can press on the cross in the corner

to delete an App (please don’t do this!)

Find an App• Go back to iTunes• Make sure you have iTunes Store selected• Search for an App e.g. maths (math),

spelling, ebooks, geography, astronomy….• Select a free App and download it

Sync, sync, sync• Plug in your iPod touch• iTunes should automatically recognise and

backup and sync it• You can remove items from the sync list

through iTunes• Check that your new App has gone across

once the sync is finished

Find another App and sync it

Which App is best for me?

App Sites• AppShopper http://appshopper.com/• AppStoreHQ http://www.appstorehq.com/• Apptism http://www.apptism.com/• Best App Ever Awards http://bestappever.com• IEducation Apps Review http://www.iear.org/

App Sites• Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs

iPhone App Round Up http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2009/06/ipod-touchiphone-app-round-up-for-users.html

• Online Education Database http://oedb.org/library/features/top_50_iphones_for_educators

Handouts• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for

(Special) Education (Sailers, 2010)• Apps Matrix from NSW Ed Dept (on USB)• iPod Touch and Itunes for Education

(Apple 2009 – on USB)