iPod Project February 2010 Lehman High School

Lehman High iPod Project Thank You Education Foundation! This semester we will provide an iPod Touch to each student in the New Arrival Program to use both at home and school. This will give the student a tool that will help increase fluency and language acquisition.

Goals Increase English language acquisition and reading fluency Promote anytime/anywhere learning Improve standardized test scores Observe a positive influence on students self confidence Increase class participation and attendance

iPod Materials Students can access the following both at home and school: Audio versions of the textbooks Podcasts of ESL lessons Audio books of required novels Educational Applications Videos selected by the teacher

Filtered content Monitored accounts Internet Resources

Assessments Survey Test Scores Best Practice Report

Student Responsibility The student will be responsible for taking care of the iPod. –Treat the iPod like a piece of glass. It will break if mistreated. –Do not expose the iPod to extreme temperatures. –Keep the iPod away from food and liquids. The student will bring the iPod to school every day. The student will not attempt to alter the material of the iPod and will not be allowed to sync it to a computer at home. Permission Slip

Responsibility (continued) The student can only use the iPod in approved classrooms at school (not in the cafeteria or hallway). The student is not allowed to share or loan his or her iPod with others. The student will follow the Technology Acceptable Use Agreement found in the Student Handbook. Hays CISD reserves the right to look at the contents of a student’s iPod at any time. They remain the property of CISD and are on loan to the student. Permission Slip

A Tour of the iPod Touch The 3 Buttons Open Content – Music, videos, Podcasts Open Applications Use Voice Recorder Send Use Filtered Internet

Discussion Questions & Answers Thank you!