crazyforlatin Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 We just received one from the in-laws, and immediately I am thinking on how to use it for educational purposes :tongue_smilie:. Are there any great podcasts (or whatever the term is for downloadable programs and stories) for children? I went to NPR, but didn't find anything geared towards kids. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 LibriVox has lots of audiobook-type recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 The Storynory podcasts are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 The iTunes store has a bunch of podcasts there - oodles, really! There are some video podcasts you can download from National Geographic (there's a dangerous encounters one that looks good) or NASA. Heaps of others too. I have a cable so I can plug my iPod into the TV and we can all watch together. I was surprised at the clarity of the little screen though - it is such a crisp picture that I have actually watched on the iPod (I've got a Nano, so it's a little screen). Also, depending on the ages, check out iTunes U. Stuff there from universities on all sorts of topics. Happy New iPod! Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Ooh, and there's lots of Discovery Channel stuff there too... Must stop subscribing to things... Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skueppers Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 We download a lot of German podcasts. I don't know what level your family's language studies are at, but I've been impressed by the availability of materials suitable for fluent German speakers. I imagine there must be similar Spanish-language materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn E Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Definitely go to iTunes U. Search under "literature" and you'll find a lot of audio books of classics...many for children. You just have to surf through the results. Some will be lectures. I can't attest to the quality of all of the narrators, as I only have listened to Anne of Green Gables. I can say I enjoyed listening to that book. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Dawn, thanks! I hadn't seen them there. I'm busily subscribing to a bunch of them. Haven't found Anne of Green Gables yet. There's also a K-12 (or something) section in iTunes U. Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 Ok, I'm so tech-challenged. It took me a long time this evening to figure out how to sync (duh, have to check the box) and now I'm trying to figure how to categorize it because iTunes seems to do it for you and I disagree with it. It has put Storynory books under Music/Cover Flow and also under Genre. By the way downloading an audio book takes a long time on librivox - is this just me? Thanks everyone for helping me fill up my iPod :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 My blog has a list of educational apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Some nice stuff for kids: old children's records old records for kids homemade homeschool old time radio shows homeschool.com podcasts for mom kids records weekly more old records for kids free kids music more recent kids music internet archive/librovox recording of books and all sorts of fun audio files blog talk radio you have to search but if you type in homeschooling you can find a lot of good, inspirational shows. Hope this helps.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indygirl Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I got an ipod for my birthday in June and I am a little tech challenged too. I can't believe that all of that is out there. I am going to get mine right now and check those sites out. Thanks from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 You can also rip your CD's into iTunes to transfer to your iPod so you can take them with you. I always do that so I can store the original disc (instead of loose it, LOL) and many (like Mystery of History) can be purchased in MP3 form so you can download it to iTunes and not have to rip from a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Researcher Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 We use ours in many different ways. I'll try to list a few as they pop into my head. 1. We have the Kindle app on an ipod for each child. There are quite a few kids chapter books that are now available as a Kindle version. 2. You can also make any document as a PDF and send it to Ibooks for study/review. 3. I put the Audio Companion to FLL on ours. 4. SOTW audio 5. Suzuki piano ear training 6. Movies from Discovery streaming media 7. Podcasts such as storynory These are just a few that are immediately coming to mind. There are so many things out there now and it seems like more every day. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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