iTunes

iTunes is a digital media player application, offered by Apple. iTunes can be used on a mac computer as well as a windows based computer. iTunes is used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on your computer and on your iPod; however, for educators it is so much more. =iTunes and Education= iTunes enables educators to expand their curriculum to meet the mobile and media-rich learning styles of today’s students. It extends teaching and learning beyond the normal classroom hours, allowing students to easily and continuously learn. iTunes let them access, create, share, and communicate knowledge, and iPods and other media players provide students the ability to learn as they live — on the go.
 * We can easily integrating audio and video content including speeches, interviews, artwork, music, and photos to bring our lessons to life.** [|]

(All Edgewood school computers, Mac and PC's, now have iTunes installed.)**
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Directions

 * 1) Open iTunes.
 * 2) In the "Search iTunes store" bar type in the subject that you teach
 * 3) Scroll down and click on "Podcasts"
 * 4) Click on a podcast that interests you, highlight an episode and press play. (If you see a TV by it that means it is a video podcast and you should be able to see the video)
 * 5) Most podcasts on iTunes have a website listed. If you like this podcast, click on the website and post to your delicious account.
 * 6) The beauty of using iTunes is that you can subscribe to a podcast that interests you. If you subscribe, iTunes will automatically download the latest issue directly into your iTunes account.