Ipods in the classroom update #2

Earlier on this week Victoria took our ipod out to circuits on the courts and took photos of the syndicate doing these circuits.
I then showed her the splice app which I had downlodaded for free on the ipod. It's not the easiest app to use for the first time but I can see children getting the hang of it when they use it more often.
Victoria then made a video of the photos she took, added music and then we plugged it into my laptop and I modelled to the class how to add this video straight from the ipod to our class blog.

Now I have a child each day asking to take the ipod out to circuits!!!( I can't say I haven't motivated them!)

So... the purpose and "worthwhileness" of this??
Well, the actions of taking photos, making the short movie and then uploading all on one device is easy and simple.
Also, children can create short movies of their day-to-day "school life" and share them instantly with an audience.
They are also becoming more and more familiar with mobile devices.

I can't wait to get more ipods for our school and start sharing this knowledge with our techsperx club and then watching this filter through into classrooms. ;)

Below is Victoria's post copied from our class blog.

Victoria used the ipod today to take photos of us doing circuits. She then created a video using the splice app on the ipod. This is our first time using the splice app.

Circuits are a fun fitness activity. We are doing circuits to get fit and ready for our cross country.