I finally sent off my inquiry to various listservs calling for educators who use iPods. I’m extremely hopeful that I will get a solid return. Within hours of distribution I gathered fifteen leads and seven schools using iPods currently! I will have to compile this information not only to post a “hit”, but also to present to my committee chair in relation with my design for the study.
I thought it couldn’t hurt to post my email on the blog as well, hoping that I might find additional input from my readers. Below is the informal call for iPods and educators:
Colleagues,
I’m a school librarian and teacher of ten years seeking a doctorate of education at Aurora University. Our grant to use iPods at Beebe Elementary has led me to a formal study investigating iPods in education. Before I actually propose my study, I need to gather an idea of the schools that actually USE iPods in the educational setting. Despite my insistence and literary proof, my professors doubt I will find many schools in the nation (let alone IL) that use iPods. I know you’re out there, but I need to prove it!
In order to do this, I have distributed this email to LM Net (School Librarian/Media Specialist listserv), Ed Tech (Educational Technology listserv), SIG-HC (ISTE’s Handheld Special Interest Group listserv), and a few other online technology colleagues to begin gathering this information. I hope that once I compile this list, I will connect with educators interested in participating in the study, but that’s a step ahead of what I’m working on.
Please consider responding to me off-list:
I DO work with iPods…
…let me tell you a bit about myself, my school, and how we’re using them.
I DON’T work with iPods, but…
…I know someone who is! Let me tell you about him/her.
…I read something about iPods in education and I would love to share the
article.
Thank you for any support or leads,
Josh Mika
Doctoral Candidate
Education: Curriculum & Instruction
Aurora University – Aurora, IL
- Beebe Elementary LRC
- iPodject: a NEF Grant for Beebe Elementary – (under construction)
- iPodject blog
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I expanded my inquiry to Tony Vincent’s Learning in Hand forums, Apple Learning Interchange (ALI), and the Independent School Educators’ List (ISED-L) listserv. Other educators suggested additional opportunities and I’m following three additional leads from the Chicago Lab Schools, Dr. Michael Thomas’s blog (although it is a posting from 2006), and I’m eager to find out the research conducted at Spring Arbor University headed by Randy Meredith . That has the potential to be extremely promising to my current work! What a great way to document my journey for when I actually go to write the dissertation!
Hi there,
I have just embarked on an iPod prject with my Year 5 class (Age 9,10). They are learning French through podcasts, songs and sound bites for pronunciation.
Do you know of anyone else who is using iPods for language learning?
Many thanks
Simone Haughey