Summary/Overview:
ITunesU is a part of the iTunes store that is designed for use in education. This "branch" of the iTunes store is set up to be a distribution center for students, teachers and others lifelong learners. At the iTunesU site you will find information that is shared by educational institutions free of charge. You will find everything from entire coursework lectures to individual "how to" lessons that individuals have posted for others to access via a computer or download to their iPad.
Along with audio content, you will often find supporting video and text based materials that correspond with the lesson shared. The Nebraska Department of Education is one of the partnerships with iTunesU.
Click the link along the left to get to the iTunes store
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Once inside the iTunes store, look along the right side for the PowerSearch Button and then select ITUNES from the list and you
will then see the menu on the right for iTunes U.
Select the iTunes U Power Search (see at right)
A search window will open (see below) where you can add a search term for the title, descriptor etc.
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At this point you can:
Simply listen and view the offering in i-Tunes
Click the GET button to download it to your i-Tunes (which synchs with your i-Pad)
Click the TRIANGLE next to the GET button to copy the link, share to Facebook, or share on Twitter
You can also SUBSCRIBE to all of the lessons/RSS feeds
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To do this: simple double click on an offering on the shelf (see at right)
Once the offering opens, simple click on the "SUBSCRIBE" button (see below) and you will begin getting all of the offerings from this provider automatically when you synch your i-pod. You can set up your preferences to determine how may episodes you keep and for how long the episodes remain in your iTunes. (see below)
iTunes U is one of the largest and fastest-growing sources of free educational content, with more than 100,000 lectures, presentations, videos, readings, and podcasts from all over the world. It’s the easiest way to put information into the hands of students. Students go to iTunes — which they do all the time anyway — select iTunes U, find the courses and podcasts they want, and download them to their Mac computers or PCs. Then they can sync to an iPod or iPhone and take the content with them. Students can watch Picasso at work in his studio, tour archaeological sites, or study the sound of heart murmurs. You can even assign audio and video content from museums, universities, cultural institutions, and public television stations that post to iTunes U.
Many colleges and universities create their own iTunes U sites. Some instructors podcast their lectures on iTunes U right after class. That way, students can review them anytime. Institutions can make their sites public to share their knowledge with learners around the world. iTunes U is rapidly becoming an important and valuable way to raise your school’s profile and stay competitive in recruiting the best and brightest students.
Previously reserved just for college and university material, iTunes U is now opening its doors to content suitable for students between kindergarten and grade 12 as well as their parents and teachers.
Like the post-secondary material, the iTunes material for K-12 includes audio and video podcasts as well as text that gives students additional course material and adults more information about school programs.
In this video, Salman Khan talks about why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and other subjects.
He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 180 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
iTunesU - iTunesU contains both Podcasts and Vodcasts (video podcasts) that are free and easily downloaded to a laptop, iPod Touch,or iPhone. There are lectures, language lessons, videos, audiobooks etc.
More than 800 universities have active iTunes U sites. There is also a separate section for K-12 education.
The video above is from Khan Academy. To get to this and other iTunesU materials:
First - Open iTunes and in the upper right click on iTunes U (see below)
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There are thousands of excellent resources. Be sure to browse around before heading to Teaching and Education.
There are tons of great podcasts/vodcasts in the Teaching and Education section. Khan Academy is well-known for its excellent content but be sure to check out some of the other free courseware that is available.
I-TunesU ~ RSS Feeds & Podcast
Summary/Overview:
ITunesU is a part of the iTunes store that is designed for use in education. This "branch" of the iTunes store is set up to be a distribution center for students, teachers and others lifelong learners. At the iTunesU site you will find information that is shared by educational institutions free of charge. You will find everything from entire coursework lectures to individual "how to" lessons that individuals have posted for others to access via a computer or download to their iPad.
Along with audio content, you will often find supporting video and text based materials that correspond with the lesson shared. The Nebraska Department of Education is one of the partnerships with iTunesU.
Links and Resources:
How to Get Started:
PowerSearch Button and then select ITUNES from the list and you
will then see the menu on the right for iTunes U.
term for the title, descriptor etc.
iTunesU and NDE
http://www.apple.com/education/guidedtours/itunesu.htmliTunes U. The new world library.
iTunes U is one of the largest and fastest-growing sources of free educational content, with more than 100,000 lectures, presentations, videos, readings, and podcasts from all over the world. It’s the easiest way to put information into the hands of students. Students go to iTunes — which they do all the time anyway — select iTunes U, find the courses and podcasts they want, and download them to their Mac computers or PCs. Then they can sync to an iPod or iPhone and take the content with them. Students can watch Picasso at work in his studio, tour archaeological sites, or study the sound of heart murmurs. You can even assign audio and video content from museums, universities, cultural institutions, and public television stations that post to iTunes U.
Many colleges and universities create their own iTunes U sites. Some instructors podcast their lectures on iTunes U right after class. That way, students can review them anytime. Institutions can make their sites public to share their knowledge with learners around the world. iTunes U is rapidly becoming an important and valuable way to raise your school’s profile and stay competitive in recruiting the best and brightest students.
To get to Higher ed iTunesU
Visit iTunes U now
http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.html?v0=WWW-AMUS-ITUNESU070521-N48LX
http://21stcenturyskillsfair2009.wikispaces.com/iTunesU+Nebraska
http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/nebraska.k12.edu
From Dan Senstock of Apple Computer
11-11-2008
I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to the Nebraska
Department of Education. They are they first State Dept. of Education
in the United States to become an AATCE (Apple Authorized Training
Center for Education) for Final Cut Pro. This means that they are now
able to train educators all over the state of NE to become Final Cut
Certified, which ultimately means that teachers can then take that End
User Certification back to their own schools, teach the curriculum to
students, get the students certified as well and in the Conceptual
Age, provide students with a rather larger advantage in both moving
into Higher Ed and the workforce.
More information on the certification program for students and
educators can be found at:
http://www.apple.com/education/creative/certification.html
http://www.apple.com/software/pro/training/auth_tcenter_prog_edu.html
Dan
Previously reserved just for college and university material, iTunes U is now opening its doors to content suitable for students between kindergarten and grade 12 as well as their parents and teachers.
Like the post-secondary material, the iTunes material for K-12 includes audio and video podcasts as well as text that gives students additional course material and adults more information about school programs.
iTunesU and NDE
http://21stcenturyskillsfair2009.wikispaces.com/iTunesU+Nebraska
http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/nebraska.k12.eduIn this video, Salman Khan talks about why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and other subjects.
He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
Watch. Practice.
Learn almost anything for free.
With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 180 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
iTunesU - iTunesU contains both Podcasts and Vodcasts (video podcasts) that are free and easily downloaded to a laptop, iPod Touch,or iPhone. There are lectures, language lessons, videos, audiobooks etc.
More than 800 universities have active iTunes U sites. There is also a separate section for K-12 education.
The video above is from Khan Academy. To get to this and other iTunesU materials:
First - Open iTunes and in the upper right click on iTunes U (see below)There are tons of great podcasts/vodcasts in the Teaching and Education section. Khan Academy is well-known for its excellent content but be sure to check out some of the other free courseware that is available.