IPOD

===The IPOD is the music player of choice to most people and is seen as a status symbol. As such, most students and teachers know how to download music, videos, and games from ITunes to a video based IPOD. The gen 5 Ipod to the left is what I placed all my curriculum related YouTube videos for my instruction. I have since moved on to an Ipad at this time.===

The primary benefits of an IPOD are to play music, videos, and podcasts. It can do so much more in education.
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An IPOD can be a great tool to the teacher and student for a number of ADDITIONAL reasons:
=To benefit from the IPOD, you need to produce/acquire the content, format it to use on an IPOD, and share with your students.=
 * 1) ===Already purchased===
 * 2) ===Small and compact===
 * 3) ===Long battery life===
 * 4) ===Operational understanding by the user.===
 * 5) ===Additional accessories such as to connect to television/LCD projector and sound recording.===

**__Format__:** There are many different formats that pictures, photographs, and videos are stored on a computer, camcorder, or digital camera. The format may need to be changed to work on a IPOD.
=[|www.zamzar.com]= ===The site [|www.zamzar.com] is a FREE online file conversion program. It will convert any video or graphic (photograph/picture) into any other form of video or graphic that meets your needs including IPOD.===

__S____hare__: The finished products can be shared by emailing as attachments, CDs, through online storage areas (uploaded to Google Doc storage)
= NOTICE As of 10-9-2012, YouTube.com has forbidden Zamzar from downloading videos from YouTube. I am now using Wondershare as my YouTube video down-loader application. It is unfortunately not free, but it meets my video needs as a teacher. Do not bother paying for a hard copy CD of their application. YouTube has a habit of changing protocols that makes a CD copy of Wondershare a poor investment. Use the online updates provided by Wondershare instead. =