1. Anderson County School District #5 Board of Trustees Need for Diffusion of Technology to make iPods part of the Classroom Learning Environment Need for Diffusion of Technology to make iPods part of the Classroom Learning Environment Debra L. Hanks

2. Get on board or get behind! Today’s Technology Boom

3. Need for iPods: Music lovers wanted portability. K-12 teachers use for presentations. Ease of use with the Apple computer.

4. Apple Computer development along with the iPod Research: GarageBand (2009) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Retrieved December 31, 2009 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand

5. Dr. Gerhard Lengeling founded GarageBand. GarageBand (2009) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Retrieved December 31, 2009 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand Research:

6. January, 2004 Steve Jobs assisted by musician John Mayer demonstrated the usefulness of the IPod. Research: Learning Exchange (2009) Retrieved December 31, 2009 from : http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?keyword=Podcasting

7. Inventor of iPod hired Apr 2001 1st iPod released Oct 2001 2nd Version iPod July 2002 3rd Generation iPod Apr 2003 The iPod Mini Jan 2004 U2 special iPods Jan 2004 4th Generation iPod July 2004 iPod photo Oct 2004 iPod shuffle Jan 2005 1st iPod nano Sept 2005 5th generation ipod; gains video Sept 2005 New nano Sept 2006 Smaller shuffle Sept 2006 Newest ipod nano Sept 2008 The iPod classic Sept 2008 The iPod touch! Sept 2008

8. The intended audience was any music lover. K-12 and beyond Audience The image at: ali.apple.com/acot2/challenge/ali.apple.com/acot2/challenge/

9. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 History of the iPod Timeline (2009) Retrieved Jan. 14, 2010 from: http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-the-ipod-1

10. North Carolina School District http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/11/ school-district-buys-131-ipod-touches-for- education/ Among the innovators and early adopters: School districts using iPods Iowa School District http://iowaindependent.com/ 1901/iowa-school-district-pioneers -ipods-for-special-ed-testing Michigan Center teacher uses iPods to connect with students http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index ssf/2010/01/michigan_center_teacher_uses_i.html The Florida Center for Instructional Technology http://fcit.usf.edu/laptop/newscurrent.html

11. Grants Forty-four school districts receive $7.3 million in federal grants for technology http://www.aiken.k12.sc.us/site/Good_News/Te chGrants10_09.pdf Grants launch algebra by iPod http://www.ajc.com/news/grants- launch-algebra-by-194615.html Gage Public Schools Provides an iPod Touch for All Students http://www.gage.k12.ok.us/Article1.html Find the image at: http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index ssf/2010/01/michigan_center_teacher_use s_i.html

12. You Can't Ignore Technology Laggards http://www.infopackets.com/news/ humor/2008/20080318_you_cant _ignore_technology_laggards.htm Find the image at: www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009_11_...

13. Why Americans are technology, political, and educational laggards and how it will doom them http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2946 Find the image at: susanlucas.com/it/ael697/facdev.html

14. Attributes of iPods in Education http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/212/37/ Podcasts – Teachers and students can create educational podcasts for learning on the go. Follow Link to Find Success Stories Find the image at: www.educator.com/technology/

15. Attributes of iPods in Education Audiobooks – Teachers can download audiobooks containing many subjects from authors. These include: Anne of Green Gable by L. M. Montgomery, The Invisible Boy by Sally Gardner and Amelia Earhart by Jane Moore Howe. Free children’s audiobooks can be found at: http://storynory.com/ Another site for audiobooks: http://www.audiobooktitles.com/ title.aspx?titleId=8892

16. Attributes of iPods in Education Music – Teachers supplement subject area lessons and bring worthwhile literary, historical, and educational value to all content areas. Find the image at: andiepixiestitch.blogspot.com/2008 _06_01_arch... Find free songs and lyrics for children at: http://macidol.com/music/children/

17. Attributes of iPods in Education Photos – Students explore images that supplement science, social studies, art, and writing projects. Find the image at: www.educator.com/technology/

18. Attributes of iPods in Education Videos – Students experience learning opportunities from a wide variety of visual sources, such as podcast from different cultures all over the world. Find the image at: www.educator.com/technology/ iPods have already Met Critical Mass in Society

19. GarageBand is standard on the Apple computer. Commercialization : GarageBand (2009) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Retrieved December 31, 2009 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand

20. Decentralized Approach Individual schools need autonomy over their own IT resources because schools need to meet the needs of their individual population.

21. Key Change Agents at VACT Homeroom teachers Computer lab teacher Videographer Media Specialist

22. Change Agent be used at VACT to effect Positive Social Change Videographer Provide in-service on implementation Make How-to tutorials Technology support

23. The Need for Apple Computers for Developing Vodcasts on the iPod They were offered free to VACT by Clemson University The products show maximum compatibility with the Apple Capability of promoting higher level thinking not only in students, but also in teachers.

24. Matching your innovation to that need. Classes will be made available to help with the innovation Match teacher pairs for less experienced training the more advanced Match student pairs to insure problem-solving; previous innovators are paired with less experienced