For students with limited means, I suggest using the iPod shuffle, or other
inexpensive MP3 player. I use the iPod shuffle as my main language learning
tool, since I only need to load up the content I am working on. The full
range of language content resides on iTunes in my computer. The shuffle
costs about $50, (there are probably less expensive MP3 players out there)
and could be distributed or lent out to the students if funding were
available. This is a very powerful tool and the investment is well worth it.


 Obviously these students would have to work from computers at school or in
libraries if they do not have computers at home, which is likely the case if
they cannot afford MP3 players.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Lisa Clayton <claytonlisa3 at gmail.com>wrote:


> Again, I wonder if others (or I ??) might have misunderstood your original

> dilemma:  that the teachers in your program (but perhaps not the students)

> were given iPods to use as teaching tools in the classroom.  I don't know

> about your particular ELL population, but I find that in many ELL

> populations, the students don't have/can't afford iPods.  I'm assuming that

> you and your fellow teachers were given iPods in order to facilitate

> presentations, lessons,etc.  Have I misunderstood?

>

> I completely appreciate students using iPods as well, as I too have used my

> own iPod for downloading podcasts to learn foreign languages.  Maybe I'm off

> the mark on your original request for help, but nevertheless, I would also

> still like to know how other teachers out there use iPods in the classroom

> with the supposition that some students or no students in the class have

> iPods.

>

> Thanks again,

>

> Lisa Clayton

> ESL Instructor

> English Language Institute

> Westchester Community College

> Valhalla, NY

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Norma Joyce Juarez <

> jjuarez at sbcsc.k12.in.us> wrote:

>

>>  Our teachers have just been given Ipods to use in their classrooms.

>> Those of us who do not have the advantage of a teenager in the house are

>> learning to master how to download items onto the Ipods.

>>

>> Our question is:  From anyone who has used them in the adult ESL

>> classroom, how are they best utilized? What other equipment would you add to

>> make them a viable tool for classroom use?

>>

>> We're beginners, but eager to learn more. Please no geek speak.

>>

>> Joyce Juarez

>> ESL Lead teacher

>> Adult Education - South Bend Community School Corp.

>>

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