Apply now for our iPod and iPod Touch Initiative!

Apple’s iPod is far and away the most popular portable media device. The iPod can store and display audio, video, still images and text. From an education standpoint the iPod is a portable multimedia center that has the potential to extend learning in many different ways.

Since Spring 2006, the CTLT has helped University of Richmond faculty to incorporate iPods into a number of courses.  Proposals are currently being accepted for Spring 2010.  Accepted proposals will be supported by CTLT liaisons in training in the use of the iPod, technical support for all issued equipment, and will also provide recording, editing and distribution assistance.  If you have questions, please contact your  CTLT liaison.

Proposal Guidelines - Deadline: Tuesday December 01, 2009

Professors who wish to apply are encouraged to discuss the proposal with their CTLT liaison.  Applicants whose proposals are accepted will receive a $50 gift card to the iTunes store.

Download Proposal Forms:
iPod Classic
iPod Touch

Both Classic iPods and iPod Touch models are available for use in courses during Spring term of 2010.  The two models are valuable tools for audio recording and playback, as well as content distribution in classes that have large amounts of multimedia content or data files associated with the course.  The following is an outline of potential uses, as well as a list of websites where ideas can be further explored:

Audio, Video, and Data Distribution (iPod Classic and iPod Touch)
iPods can be used to distribute podcasts of lectures, as well as course-related audio and video that may not be available freely on the web.  With the addition of
available add-on microphones, both models can also be used to record and playback audio in the field.  This audio content can then be used in multimedia projects or posted to the web for distribution.  For courses where students require access to large amounts of data, iPods can also be used to copy and distribute virtually any type of file in addition to the traditional audio and video formats.

Visual (iPod Touch):
The iPod Touch models can run Google Earth, or display custom Google Mobile maps in the classroom or out in the field.  In the sciences, they can also be used to visualize molecules or display constellation maps for study or field reference.  Additionally, iPod Touches can be utilized for flash card-based projects through the use of a commercial app, or by having students construct their own through the creation of photos and albums that can be synced via iTunes.

Scientific Instrumentation and Data Collection (iPod Touch):
Numerous applications exist for collecting scientific data.  iPod Touches can be used as a level/clinometer, graphing calculator, random number generator (or roll the dice), or even for portable data editing/entry using Google Mobile Docs.

Music/Sound Production (iPod Touch):
Numerous free apps exist for reproducing the sound of almost any instrument from hand-held shakers to guitars.

These are just a few of the many options.  Check out the following iPod Touch resources and ideas as well:
http://edcommunity.apple.com/
http://web.me.com/dowd/Touch/Welcome.html
http://web.me.com/planeten.paultje/Toepassingen/iPhone.html
http://www.iear.org/
http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch.html

Where do your favorite sites stack up?

Time’s 50 Best Websites of 2009

1. Create the quiz or survey using Microsoft Excel

2. Save the file as a text document (with a .txt extension)

3. Upload the text file in the same dialog box you use to create test questions within Blackboard.

Here is a site that documents the process extensively.

Click to download a sample excel file to use as a template

Click Here to take survey

Click here to download

How to embed almost anything in your website

• Podcast Alley
• Podscope
• NPR Find-a-Podcast
• Lifehacker: Find Great Podcasts
• How to Make a Podcast (Audacity)

Five Simple Rules for Keeping an Empty Inbox
Treat Your Inbox as a To-Do List
sentenc.es

Delicious

LastPass

Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann’s Google Talk on Inbox Zero

Organizational Schemes and Resources
Getting Things Done
43 Folders
Writing Stuff Down

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Learning@Richmond - October [.pdf]

If you would like to nominate a UR faculty member to be the next star of Learning@Richmond, please contact aczapracki AT richmond DOT edu.

Examples from my website.

Goals
Learn key features of Google Maps and Google Earth
Create Custom Maps and Tours
Explore online tools  to find data and tools
Share custom Maps and Tours with others
Understanding the basic features of KML

Google Maps
“My Maps” (log-in or create an account)
save/send/organize

GPS Visualizer tool http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
-create KML overlay using coordinates from Google

KML factbook  http://www.kmlfactbook.org/
-Good for displaying country-level data
-Adjust “Full Chart Value” to “data max”
example data query
save KML
display in Maps or Earth

Lighthouse Geospatial Data Gateway  http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Landcover dataset

Google Earth
-Controls
-Layers
-Geographic Web
-Roads
-Street Views
-Panoramio
-YouTube
-3D Buildings
-Terrain

Placemarks and lines
Tours
Taking a tour
Grand Canyon Example:  http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/GrandCanyonTour.kmz
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://citytours.googlelabs.com/
http://www.googletouring.com/
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/google-tour/google-tour.html
http://googlesightseeing.com/

Recording a tour

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Links:
http://sites.google.com/a/kimbridges.net/google-earth-workshop/
http://geoday.nl.googlepages.com/index
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/how.html
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
100 tools:  http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/
NOAA Maps:  http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Wifi hotspots near UR:  http://hotspotr.com

USA Photomaps http://www.jdmcox.com/
more data / pictures/options, but is a little hard to use

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

• iGoogle
• Delicious
• LastPass
• Organizational Schemes
  • Getting Things Done
  • 43 Folders
  • Writing Stuff Down
  • Molskine Demo
• Email
  • Inbox Zero
    • Merlin Mann
    • Merlin Mann’s Google Talk on Inbox Zero
  • auto-redirecting messages to folders
  • creating an e-mail DMZ
  • 5 rules to empty your inbox
  • emptying inbox flags and rules
  • treat your inbox as a to-do list
  • the “Trusted Trio” for emptying your inbox
• ToodleDo
• Data Backup and Synchronization
  • get a good, cheap, highly-rated external hard drive (Newegg provides useful data)
  • practice using your drive with some test data (a copy of unimportant files)
  • delete test data from your computer and find out how you are going to get it back, seriously
  • Once you are satisfied that you understand the nuances of the routine and scheduling, back everything up
  • finally, ask yourself what would happen if your computer and the backup were compromised simultaneously
• Useful Websites:
  • http://lifehacker.com/
  • sentence.es

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