Baby Steps with iPod Touches

I am so thrilled! I took the plunge and had my 7th period ESL Support students experiment with the iPod Touches. It was nothing fancy --just learning to handle the equipment and the vocabulary that goes with it (i.e., "slide" & "apps.") I had students go to the iFlipr app and they search for the flashcards that I had created previously and they downloaded them onto their individual iTouch. They then each went eagerly through all of the flashcards and tried to guess the word that the picture was representing. It was really exciting to hear them say the words aloud to themselves before checking the answer... and that without any instruction from me to do so. I really think that using the iTouch as a manipulative helped them internalize the 17 words because they were all anxious to scream them out and share when we identified them later on the ActivBoard. A very engaging first iPod Touch lesson, indeed! [efm]