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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

iPod Outlaws: Educational use of a concealed weapon

Let me follow up my previous "Outlaw iPod" post with just one way that these "disruptive" tools can be used for good and not just the dark side.

My knowledge trail (aka Personal Learning Network) on this started with The Savvy Technologist, curved around to Mark Wagner, bounced over to Theory.Isthereason, which in turn flipped me over to Betterdays and the iQuiz Library finally resting (temporarily) at the Mac Development Center. Clear as mud? Okay, then let's get started.

Everyone by now knows that the video iPod can store video and picture files (hence the "Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater" status). Well, it can also play games. And get this. It can play ... wait for it... educational games. Who would have guessed such a vile instrument of the Future Felons Club could be educational? Interested? And what if I said you could create them on your own for kids to download and utilize? Better?

Well, for 99 cents an iPod user can download iQuiz. iQuiz can run either pre-made quizzes from another source for free, or you can create your own quizzes for your students to download and use as review, pre and post tests, or whatever you can imagine. There is a free tool to create and download quizzes to your students' iPods. You can even store them online for other teachers and students to use (see below). As long as the answers can be multiple choice or true/false, you are good to go. Side note: Wouldn't this be a great way to offer parents the chance to download release tests to see what their kids are facing each year? Why not give it a try?

Download the iQuiz Maker software (Mac or PC) for free here.
Learn about the process to make your own quizzes here.
Follow this online tutorial (beginner and advanced version) to make quizzes here.
Store them or find new ones others have made in these online libraries here or here.

Then leave us some comments and tell us how it went. We can only learn if we share our successes and failures with each other. Better yet, tell us what you are using your iPods (ESL, recorded books, etc.).

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2 Comments:

  • At 5/01/2007 11:17 PM, Blogger jesse perry said…

    w00t! You found my site! :D (http://www.iquizlibrary.com)

    Send me any iQuizzes I don't have that you make/find.. thanks!

    - Jesse

     
  • At 6/07/2007 2:18 AM, Blogger Janelle said…

    Now, this is great. It reminds me of CFBISD's Beyond 4 Walls training.

    We should play with this.

    Thanks soooooo much, Scott!

     

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