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=Rural School 2010 - Cedar City, Utah= Jim Henderson, Director of Instructional Technology Granite School District Rachel Murphy, Library Media Instructional Technology Specialist, Kearns High School, Granite School District Shauna Jensen, Instructional Technology Specialist, Granite School District Misty Butterfield, School Technology Specialist, Kearns High School, Granite School District

Welcome and Opener

 * Jim Henderson, Director of Instructional Technology Granite School District
 * What is iSchool?
 * [|"Does Technology belong in our schools?"]
 * Join iSchool, follow iSchool, learn about other iSchool implementations!
 * [|Newsletter]
 * [|Register Your School]
 * [|Facebook Page]
 * [|Follow on Twitter]
 * Granite School District has continually looked for ways to create 21st century learning environments, [|http://www.21stcenturyskills.org], in our schools. Using mobile devices, which have such an enormous influence on the students we teach, was of particular interest. This program fit perfectly with the type of new ideas looking to be implemented. The iSchool Initiative is a demonstration program that will be implemented during the 2009-2010 school year in 2 high schools, 2 junior highs, and 3 elementary schools in Granite School District.
 * Learning to Change: []

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 * Featured Apps for Communication: Dropbox, DocstoGo, i-clicker, Doodle Buddy, Quick Office, Skype, Facebook, Email, TextFree.
 * Featured Apps for Project Creation: Music Creation, AudioBoo, Animoto, Storykit, Art Applications (Drawing Pad), Mind Maps Flashcards, eClickr.
 * Featured Apps for Engagement: Spanish, SAT Vocabulary cartoons, Art, Lemonade Stand, Cropped, Sums Stacker, Dice Shaker, iChoose, Teachers Pick.
 * Feaured Apps for Assessment & Professional Development: High School: Google Survey, Lynda.com, Pop Math, Feeedler RSS, Brain Quest, Mover, Bump, iTunesU.
 * Featured Apps for Textbooks and eReaders: Great Books, Classics, eTextbook reader, etc., Quick Reader, How to train your dragon, iBooks, Tales2G, Real Tips for iPhone and iPod Touch, Wiki How, Local Books.
 * 3 Apps You Couldn't live without? Bento, Shazam, Kindle, USA Today, Dragon Search, Weather, Milebug Lite, Yelp
 * 3 Just for fun Apps! Angry Birds, Couch to 5K, TED, Word Warp, Box of Socks, WordWeaver, Screen Cleaner, Words with Friends, Lineup

How Does the iPod Touch Function?

 * General Overview from Apple: []
 * [|Complete Manual]
 * Power/Sleep Buttons
 * iPod Touch Interface-Navigating the iPod Touch (Tap, Drag, Flick, Slide, Zooming, Enlarging)
 * Orientation-Portrait/Landscape Mode
 * Safari, Pictures from Internet to create presentations on the fly.
 * Pictures, Capture Picture of the Screen
 * Notes, Clock, Calculator
 * Downloading Apps & the iTunes Store