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15. iTunes U FOR EDUCATORS take the tutorial:
1. Open iTunes
2. Click on the iTunes Store icon in the Library/Source Window
3. In the iTunes Store window (top left) area click on iTunes U
4. Click on ‘teaching and education’ - explore
5. Click on universities and college - explore
16. AUDIOBOOKS – an audio book and ‘podcast’ are generally the same – one is a talk radio
broadcast, and the other is a talking book
Why audio books: write a story - read a story - record it for later - kids on trips – ESL students,
kids read to themselves then hear themselves - great way to reinforce what they're reading -
multitask - read while running - auditory learners - choice in learning styles - right now it's new
so they’re enthused
You can either download one episode, or subscribe to all episodes (almost always free) of an
audio book. This mean that your MP3 player software (if your have a higher end player) will
automatically find the most updated episodes of a podcast or audio book, and upload it for you
every time you connect your mp3 player to your computer.
17. FILE FORMATS – Go to music file folder on the desktop, change view to details, expand
window to see file formats - audio books and music files are different formats
Files purchased from the iTunes Store end in ".m4b."
Files purchased from outside sources such as the Audible website end in ".aa."
18. AUDIO BOOK SITES (audio books and podcasts are basically the same – more below)
free downloadable audio MP3 books http://www.free-books.org/download.php
hobby podcast http://www.digitalpodcast.com/browse-hobbies-13-1.html
called digital podcasts at this site http://www.digitalpodcast.com/index.php
http://kayray.org/category/audiobooks/
http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/2_Reading/1_Introduction/index.html audio stories for kids
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/mp3_downloads.htm audio books by alphabet
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/ audio books in mp3 file formats for kids
http://www.chicopee.mec.edu/Curriculum/History/sites_for_kids.htm Educational for kids
DOWNLOADING AUDIO BOOKS
iTunes has audio books but they cost, we’re going to download free audio books. Keep in mind,
that these are free classics, not current popular audio books, but they ARE free. You can of
course locate audio books through iTunes, or through any search engine.
1. Go to http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
2. Choose a book, usually two choices - ‘listen’ or ‘download’ – in this case, click on the
MP3 button because we’re going to download one section - if you choose ‘listen’ you will
hear the story immediately over your computer speakers or headphones