iPods at Chapin

A Pilot Program for Class 8 and Class 9 (Fall 2006)

Click here for the update given to parents on Thursday night, September 28

Click here for one of several new voice recording attachments for the video iPod ... this one is called the MicroMemo Digital Audio Recorder (posted July 2006)
One of two devices that works with the video iPod is called the TuneTalk by Belkin ... click here to see a picture (posted August 2006)
Click here for a note from Miss Spillios about safety!
Click here for a "request form" from Mr. Mamelok re iPod/iTalk loan
Class 8 iPod Information
What kind of iPod to buy... the nano, the shuffle and the mini are not on our approved list since they do not work with iTalk
Update on getting an iTalk ... Tekserve (www.tekserve.com) at 119 West 23rd Street in Manhattan is a place in NYC to get an iTalk ... click here ... people can just call into sales (212 929 3645 option 2) or walk in to the store to get one of these ... they have 34 in stock as of 10/22/05 ... hours include Sunday noon to 5 p.m. ... click here for directions
Click here for an October 19th update regarding the mini and the video iPod
Official Apple iPod Site
Audacity works for both Mac and PC
the iFlash program from www.loopware.com is advertised as "a virtual flash-card program ... you can record audio directly into any flash-card (great for foreign languages), as well as attach images. Other features include iPod support, quick-searching, and a beautiful interface that is strikingly similar to other iApplications (like iTunes and iPhoto)."
iFlash added 3/3/2006
link from www.freeplaymusic.com ... Attribution? If you are using Freeplay Music for: Educational, Non-Commercial use (limited to school grounds and classroom - non broadcast) then Freeplay's musical compositions and recordings may be used (broadcast, synchronized and/or copied) without fee. These reproduction rights, known as master synchronization rights, are absolutely FREE and are granted in perpetuity, provided Freeplay is accorded appropriate screen credit as follows, on a most favored nations basis with all other music providers: "Music Provided By www.freeplaymusic.com."

Important Rules for Students

Your 100-percent cooperation is crucial just as it was in October 2003 when we began the LIP program with Mrs. McCreery
iPods can be used only in the student lounge or under the supervision of your Class 8 teachers in their classrooms
Any iPod at Chapin that is used in violation of the above will be confiscated and given to Mr. Sullivan
Listening to music when sitting at a computer anywhere at Chapin has been against the rules for years ... the only place you can listen to music is the student lounge ... this has nothing to do with iPods but has been a Chapin rule for years
We need to "please be honest" regarding what is put onto our iPods ... we have put that phrase onto the first 20 iPods that arrived at Chapin in September 2005

Click here for direct link to the CP8 Web page

Info About Other Schools

iPods go collegiate news article
CIT at Duke stands for the Center for Instructional Technology
Pods in Education Webcast ... Debrah Suggs is a systems administrator in the Office of Information Technology at Duke University. She will be discussing the iPod First-Year Experience at Duke University and the solutions her department had to implement to support the iPod users on campus. OIT had to provide a solution for iPod users without Macintosh or Windows computers and develop a web application for class audio content exchanges ... Jim Wolfgang is Chief Information Officer at Georgia College & State University. He will present an overview of GCSU's iPod program and future goals. Ashley Holder, an Honors Student and Hank Edmondson, a Professor of Political Science will present on their experiences in learning and teaching with iPods. Robert Ethier, an IT Support Specialist, will talk about deployment and support issues, while Frank Lowney, Director of Electronic Instruction Services will discuss the iPod Photo as a portable learning device
iPods assist with Spanish accents article from Duke
conference at Duke on podcasting ... click here
From the Director of Technology at Episcopal High Schoolin Houston TX: "We started using them this year. We have had a laptop program for 7 years, and just this year switched to Macs from Windows. Each freshman got an iPod with their Macs and we have distributed iPods to each department to experiment with."
From Lucy Gray at University of Chicago Lab School: "I'm learning how to podcast. I run a small listserv on interesting websites for teachers and I've published 3 enhanced podcasts of this list. If you search the podcast directory on iTunes for my name or the Friday 5, you can find the podcast or at homepage.mac.com/lucygray1/Friday5. An enhanced podcast has pictures and links visible in the artwork window if you use iTunes. I recommend checking out David Baugh's iPod in Education site http://www.addysg.org.uk/ipodined/news.php) and the work of Dr. Tim Tyson at Mabry Middle School in Georgia ( http://mabryonline.org/podcasts Also, I keep a running list of iPod related sites in my Furl account which you can find at http://furl.net/members/elemenous then filters by topic of iPods and Podcasting.
Brearley School articles ... one ... two
Moorestown Friend School in Southern NJ one two ... three

Instructions for Uploading/Downloading to our Audio File Server

Click here to go to audio.chapin.edu ("no www")
Login in with our generic login ("begins with a C") and password ("begins with a W") ... eventually we will be changing this system but for now, we are all pioneers and just getting started
Download the MP3 file and listen to the instructions
Record your response using Audacity or First Class or your iTalk device. Change the file to an MP3 format using iTunes.
Your file name must be of the form CuentosJaneD.mp3 or ContesJaneD.mp3 ... your French or Spanish or Latin teacher will always give you the key SHORT word like Cuentos or Contes ... please avoid spaces ... please make sure the files are TRULY mp3 files and not just named with the MP3 suffix ... no spaces but in the form of Topic + First Name + Initial of Last Name then .MP3 ... this is very important!
Choose POST REPLY
Make sure your REPLY includes your standard 3 letter initials from CP6 and CP7 not your name. Even though this is a password protected Web site, we are going to be cautious in our first year and avoid names!
Choose MANAGE ATTACHMENTS, then CHOOSE FILE, then UPLOAD
Good luck! Only teachers can create new threads for now! Eventually we will learn to use SEARCHING TOOLS

Honesty Links and Info

From one school ... We use a Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines Web site for teachers at http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html ... We assume the information is up to date. According to this Web site: ... Music for Integration into Multimedia / Video Projects ... Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition may be reproduced, performed and displayed as part of a multimedia program produced by an educator or student for educational purposes. ... Source: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia ... Some authorities site a maximum length of 30 seconds. (www.indiana.edu), some do not mention a maximum (Tina Ivany, UCSD, 12/08/95). See below. [on website] ... Yes, it would be. According to Copyright for Schools, 3rd ed. (Carol Simpson, Linworth Publishing, 2001), using audiovisual materials in a school setting lies in meeting four tests of acceptable use: -Face to face teaching -Presented by teachers or pupils -In a classroom or similar setting of a nonprofit educational institution -With a legal copy of the work "When a sound recording is played publicly, the composer of the music is entitled to a royalty..." Further, "A work may involve three copyrights: one for the music itself, a second for the recording, and a third on the arrangement."
With respect to the copyright question, I think the best answer that I can give you is that this is somewhat uncharted territory; we are working out interpretations of the Millennium Digital Copyright Act [1], the TEACH Act [2], and fair use language [3], [4] ... four links below (from tech person at Brearley)
www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/legislative/teachkit
www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm/a>
www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

e-mail letter that went to parents on June 14, 2005

Dear Parents of the Class of 2010,

I am writing to you in case you missed these announcements several weeks ago at the Class 7 parent meeting.

(1) In the fall of 2005, Class 8 students (Class of 2010) will once again be pioneering the technology trails at Chapin. After an orientation period in September, your daughter and her classmates will be using these IPODs on occasion as part of French, Spanish, Latin, Music, Public Speaking and CP8 ("Computer Proficiency 8"). Class 8 girls will learn to use the full range of capabilities of their IPODs and ITALK devices as part of CP8 in the fall. As part of this initiative, there will be a partnership between teachers and students in Class 8 in moving Chapin forward and using these tools in the curriculum. The Technology Department will have loaners of IPODs and ITALKs to cover various situations.

(2) Because we are contemplating an even bigger initiative for Fall 2006 for your daughters, please do not purchase any new computer for your daughter this summer!

Have a great summer everyone.

Last updated 09.06.07

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