iTunes University

iTunes University can be used in classrooms to look movie clips and other material for teaching tools. Teachers are setting up programs called iLife and iWork which allows them to provide customized lessons for the students. This allows the students to listen to the lesson wherever they may be. You can find iTunes U located in the iTunes store. It includes over 100,000 audio and video clips.

iTunes allows you to set up accounts for schools. You can have an opened or closed site. If it's protected you must have a password. On your own iTunes site, you can have information about the school and what's offered. (audio/video) As far as the classroom, you could have podcasts on how to do something, lessons, and other assignments. Also you can include videos on the site as well.

This site would be beneficiary if as a teacher you posted everything on the site from your class. For example, if someone missed class they could go to the site and listen to the lesson they missed. Also if you showed a video in class you could upload it so students can view it again. If a student is struggling and needs reinforcment on an area they could use this site. I would think this would be neat to use in the classroom. It would be great for visual and audio learners. It would be a great study tool for students to prepare for tests.

Edutopia is a site for teachers to get different ideas to use in their classroom. There are also downloads on iTunes to help teachers. "The Edible Classroom" was so interesting. During 1st period this school uses gardening to teach different subjects. It is used, along with cooking, to teach all ares of learning, math, science, social studies, etc. This is a great hands on experience for children. This would be a wonderful idea for bodily learners. Not only is this a great idea for teaching school material, but they also learn the fundamentals of cooking. The next video, "A Night in a Global Village" was also a really neat idea. I believe it taught students the importance of teamwork and also gave them a great perspective of what it would be like with essentially nothing. I think it is important to stress the idea of community service and having projects to help out around the community.