Megamedia in Your Pocket: Nuts and Bolts of iPods, A/V and Education

By Wesley Fryer On June 20, 2007 · · Add Comment

THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM HALL DAVIDSON’S PRESENTATION AT EDUCOMM 2007. MY OWN REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS.

Hall’s PPT for this session is available for download. (19.7 MB)

Hall showed first clip from “Planet Earth” from his iPod
– is included in the “plus package” of UnitedStreaming from DiscoveryEducation

can do an entire PowerPoint presentation on your iPod
– can save PPT or a key
– can put 4000 Powerpoints on an iPod now

Hall’s blog: discoveryeducation.typepad.com/mdia_matters

Book recommendation: iPod Fully Loaded

iPods are cheaper to give to all your kids to take media home, cheaper than laptops if you are in a 1:1 environment

MY THOUGHT: UNLESS YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE, HOWEVER, IPODS ARE READ-ONLY
– BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING STUDENTS A RO DEVICE AND A RO AND RW DEVICE (RO=READ ONLY, RW=READ WRITE)

Cometrika study on

Kids will spend hours watching media at home, even if it is not assigned
– media is the world of kids
– that is how our brains are wired, for motion, for sound
– kids self-select for media, so we need to get more of that in front of them

Anyone remember when some schools payed more than $800, even $1000 for a VCR? That was the early 1980s

iPods are really good devices, iTunes is a really good piece of software
– iTunes is a killer app

Funny internet archive videos:
– Choosing a Classroom Film (1963)

Can’t show video for “entertainment or reward” but can share clips with students for educational purposes (copyright law)

When adding a video to iTunes, choose IMPORT
– only choose ADD if the video is already in mp4v format
– after it is in your iTunes library, you often will need to do ONE MORE THING to get the video ready for your iPod
– iTunes will convert: Right click the file name (Mac users control click) and choose CONVERT SELECTION FOR IPOD

To adjust the iPod settings for an external device, go to Videos – Video Settings – and choose TV OUT ON, set TV SIGNAL – NTSC, and WIDESCREEN on or off.

There are two kinds of PowerPoints
– the good kind
– and the kind that don’t have embedded videos

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