Got iPods on the mind...for read-aloud tests and more
Nice story (written by the company, but still nice) about using iPods to help kids:
iPod Helps Special-Needs Students Make the Grade: Profiles in Success: Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School
http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/louisamuscatine/
From the story:
When L-M acquired its first pair of iPod players, teacher Andy Crozier admits that creating and formatting the tests took time and energy. But with the help of iLife ‘06, his team has dramatically reduced the time needed to record audio and video files, test them, and download them to an iPod. Now, Crozier says, in minutes anyone with an Apple notebook or desktop computer and GarageBand 3 can add rich digital content to their tests, and make them available to students.“GarageBand 3 makes it simple to capture the audio, as well as the graphics and the test questions,� says Crozier. “We just scan a test in, or type the questions in another program. Then it’s pretty much a drag-and-drop of the text, along with the audio recording, into GarageBand. We’ve gone from three hours to create the first test, to where I can produce a short test in ten minutes that’s scanned and ready to go.�