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LeonCych
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« on: September 19, 2009, 12:16:35 PM »
Colleagues might be interested in the film I made this week at Burnt Oak Junior School in London of 32 Junior children using their ipod touches :

http://www.l4l.co.uk/?p=835

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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2009, 03:01:32 PM »
Thanks Leon and good stuff!

here's that video:

<a href="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http://blip.tv/file/get/Learn4life-WhatHappensWhenYouGiveAClassOf8YearOldsAnIPodTouch493.flv" target="_blank">http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http://blip.tv/file/get/Learn4life-WhatHappensWhenYouGiveAClassOf8YearOldsAnIPodTouch493.flv</a>

Burnt Oak Junior School are one of the schools competing in this years Learners Y Factor with Jason Bradbury that is shaping up to be an extremely exciting and fun-packed occasion where you'll need to get your seat early as it'll be standing room only Smiley

The Learners Y Factor is part of the FREE to attend Handheld Learning Festival!

Leon Cych will also be chairing the Social Media for Learningsession which is part of the Handheld Learning Conference.
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2009, 05:01:06 PM »
I'm intrigued by this - thanks, Leon - the interface seems to be key. Both the user interface (accessible to 8 yr olds) and the hardware (all 32 online simulataneously). Are iPod Touch's the way forward in schools? Are there any key teaching and learning functions they lack say compared to a PDA or iPhone?
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 08:08:12 PM »
I'd suggest the most obvious thing the iPod touch lack's compared to an iPhone is the camera and video editing software.

Whilst the new iPod nano's have a camera they have neither the built-in editing software nor the wi-fi to immediately share material hence they remain tethered to a larger computer for syncing which rather reminds me of Pocket PC's.

The Nintendo DSi has a built-in camera and a lot of interesting applications. Likewise the Sony PSP has an inexpensive camera so these are also candidates for the classroom.

Most Apple pundits expect a camera based iPod touch to be released during 2010 so that might certainly prove irresistible to many schools.

A big question is when will children simply be able to bring their own tools to school?
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