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1 Basic Introduction and Use of Your iPod Touch
Susan Ceppi Bussmann Sandy Johnson RETA/NMSU

2 iPod Touch Your iPod Touch is a- Portable Media Player
A Wireless Networking Device Access Point Audio and video Playback Machine

3 Buttons and Ports Back of iTouch contains serial number and capacity
Power switch on top Computer connection port and headphone on bottom Volume control on right side

4 Basic Features Flash memory (32 or 64 GB for the iPod touch)
WiFi capabilities (802.11b/g) Safari Web browser Audio and photo storage and playback Video Calendar and contacts that synch with your computer

5 Basic Features Clock and calculator applications
Access to the iTunes Music Store via WiFi More than 140,000 apps you can install from the App Store via WiFi or a wired computer connection Dock and headphone connections Earphones Accelerometer (allows the device to be viewed sideways or shaken for games)

6 Basic Operation Touch home button to turn iTouch on
Navigate with the touch sensitive screen Scroll by sliding finger up, down, or side to side to move through different views

7 Home Screen Arrange the icons on your home screen using iTunes 9
Move an app up, over, or to another home screen Create up to 11 home screens- You can make a different home screen for games, applications, music or videos

8 Calculator Portrait mode-simple calculations
Landscape mode-scientific calculator

9 Wallpaper Tap “Settings” Tap “Wallpaper”
Choosing “Wallpaper” again will show you the photos for wallpaper that came with you iPod Choosing “Photo Library” will let you choose a photo that you have added to your library Choose the photo you want and tap “Set”

10 Music and Video Songs and music videos from your iTunes library
Buy and download new music over Wi-Fi Download movies, TV shows, music videos Audiobooks

11 Photos Storage for 90,000 favorite photos Scroll through photos
Play slideshows complete with music and transitions a photo Share photos through MobileMe Gallery (MobileMe is a purchased “over air” sync for your , contacts, photos, storage, etc)

12 Internet and email Built-in wireless access to the web
Wi-Fi access any website iPod touch syncs your bookmarks from your PC or Mac Google and Yahoo! search built in Access your by setting up accounts on the iTouch or through web mail

13 Notes Use Notes on iPod touch to write yourself a quick note
Keep important information on hand Built-in function lets you send notes to yourself or others

14 Calendar Calendar works with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, iCal, MobileMe, and Microsoft Exchange Add events from you iTouch Set reminder alerts Subscribe to calendars

15 Weather Check weather worldwide Add cities to get six-day forecasts
Tap the Y! (bottom left corner) to open a Yahoo! city guide Y! shows weather, local events, news, and links for your specific city

16 Stocks Shows performance information for any stock
Details on chosen stock by tapping the Y! Show you previous closing, open, day’s range, and 52 week range Local headlines concerning chosen stock

17 Educational Uses of iPod Touch Math Apps
Math Tutor Lite- Practice basic math skills -  iFormulas - Contains formulas, definitions, laws and properties for quick reference for a secondary level Math class - Sudoku –Math game - Basic Math - Skills drill app to practice basic math facts - Quick Graph - graphing calculator app - Units- Measurement converter -

18 Educational Uses of iPod Touch Language Apps
Miss Spell - Spelling game - Amazon's Kindle - app turns your iPod Touch into an e-reader and has free ebooks - Story Kit - International Children's Digital Library App to create stories, add pictures, text, images and sound clips - Exam Vocabulary Builder Build -  vocabulary skills - Grammar Up - Game to test grammar skills -

19 Educational Uses of iPod Touch Science Apps
Dinosaurs - The American Museum of Natural History Collection - dinosaur fossils as photos and recreations - 101 Science - quizzes 8-12 year olds Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science and Earth Science - Science Glossary - Glossary of scientific terms and mini biographies  of scientists-in English and Spanish - The Chemical Touch - Periodic table including mass, density, boiling points - NASA - any space related project -

20 Educational Uses of iPod Touch Social Studies Apps
iPresident -  Presidents of the United States of America - Fact of the Day - Educational facts -    Did You Know? - Useful and interesting facts - This Day in History - Events in history - Maps of the World - Historic maps from around the world -  Factbook-  50 states, get maps, and find facts - 

21 Educational Uses of iPod Touch Foreign Language
AccelaStud -  16 different languages with the vocabulary, quizzes, flashcards -  Lexicon -  foreign languages -  World Nomads Italian Language Guide - Common words and phrases -   Speak Spanish - Translate between Spanish and English -  Word Power Greek Greek words and phrases -  iSign – Sign Language -  American Sign Language or review the individual signs for A-Z and 1-9 - 

22 Drawing and Art Collaborative Whiteboard Scribble Color Tilt Video
Scribble Color Tilt Video


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