Podcasts and iPods



Bill Pellowe’s Video iPod Handout

Bill Pellowe billp@

ELT Podcast

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Updated June 11, 2008. All prices cited from online sources.

The presenter has no affiliation with Apple, Inc. or other companies cited below.

1. iTunes (Windows, Macintosh)

• English: itunes/download/

• Japanese: jp/itunes/download/

2. iPods with “TV Out” support:

All of the new iPod models with screens are capable of displaying photos and videos on a TV or to a projector. Of the older models, only the “iPod 5th Generation” was able to do this.

| |(old) iPod AV Cable |

| |(old) iPod Universal Dock + iPod AV Cable | |

| |(old) iPod Universal Dock + S-Video Cable | | |

| |(new) Apple Universal Dock + Apple Composite AV Cable | | | |

| |(new) Apple Composite AV Cable | | | | |

| |(new) Apple Component AV Cable (for HD TV) | | | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

|iPod 5th Generation (old “Video iPod”) |- |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |

|(prices were 30GB=29,800 yen; 80GB= 42,800 yen) | | | | | | |

|iPod classic |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |- |

|(80GB=29,800 yen & 160 GB=42,800 yen) | | | | | | |

|iPod nano 3rd generation |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |- |

|(4GB=17,800 yen & 8GB=23,800 yen) | | | | | | |

|iPod touch & iPhone |Y |Y |Y |- |- |- |

|(8GB=36,800 yen, 16GB=48,800 yen, 32GB=59,800 yen) | | | | | | |

|(iPhone reportedly July 11 in Japan for apx 25,000 yen) | | | | | | |

Source and additional information:

• Requirements for all new iPods:

o Mac: OS X v.10.4.8

o Windows: Windows Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

o Mac & Windows: USB 2.0 port, iTunes 7.4

• Cables for video and/or audio to television, etc.

o iPod AV Cable (2,200 yen)

o (new) Apple Composite AV Cable (5800 yen)

o (new) Apple Component AV Cable (5800 yen)

o S-Video: Apple doesn’t make one. You can pick one up at any electronics shop for under 1000 yen.

o non-Apple AV Cable: There’s no issue with using these for sound output, but for video and picture output, they don’t work with new iPod models.

• Docks (benefit: remote control)

o iPod Universal Dock - no longer available?

o (new) Apple Universal Dock, w/ remote control (5800 yen)

3. Pictures to iPod:

Not only for photos, you can include pictures with text as well (see “Create Slideshows” below)

1. Get software to organize your pictures into “albums”, which are to photos what playlists are to music:

• Windows: Adobe Photoshop Album Mini 3.2 (free)

o English: products/photoshopalbum/starter.html

o Japanese: adobe.co.jp/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html

• Macintosh: iPhoto, part of iLife ’08 (free with new Mac; $79 for others)

o ilife/iphoto/

2. iTunes:

a. Open iTunes

b. Attach iPod to the computer; iPod will show up in iTunes sidebar

c. Click iPod, choose “Photos” tab at top of software, click “Sync Photos”

4. Create Slideshows:

Create in PowerPoint, Keynote, ComicLife, etc.; “Export” or “Save as” images.

Drag these images into your photo organization software (see “Photos to iPod”).

5. Photos & Slideshows to a TV or Projector

1. Organize your photos on your iPod (see “Pictures to iPod”, above)

2. Check your iPod Photo settings: iPod menu > “Photos” > “Settings.”

The following are the most important:

• Time Per Slide > manual

• Shuffle Photos: Off

• TV Out: Ask

• TV Signal: NTSC

3. Attach the iPod to the TV or Projector (入 or “input”).

Note: If your access is limited, as in some AV classrooms or language labs, please note that it’s possible to attach the iPod to a VCR. You’ll need to adjust the VCR controls to accept the external video input, the same way you would if you were recording a video from a video camera.

4. Start your slideshow:

1. Click “Photos”

2. On the name of your slideshow, press “play” ▶

3. Choose “On” or “TV On”. If there’s no image on the TV, press the TV’s “select” or “input” button.

6. Image Resources:

• ($14.95/week; $34.95/month; $159.95/year)

• MS Office: Insert > Picture > Clipart (Select “online” for additional choices)

• Search: images. (beware copyright issues)

• Photos:

7. Images from textbooks: Keitai Phone Camera

• If you don’t have a scanner, your best option may be to use the camera on your portable phone. Use the “closeup” setting that you’d use for the barcode reader.

• For phones with removable memory cards (SD, miniSD, etc.), you can buy USB card readers for about 1000 yen. You remove the memory card from the phone and put it in the USB reader. You attach the reader to your computer, and the photos will download to your computer. (See “Photos to iPod” for software.)

• If you don’t have removable memory, then read your phone’s manual to find out how to download your photos to a computer. Don’t rely on e-mailing photos to yourself; this quickly becomes more expensive than just buying a scanner.

8. DVD to iPod:

iPods require videos to be in a specific format, with specific resolutions and sizes. The easiest option is to use software that is specifically designed to put video into iPod format.

• Windows: PQDVD ($39.95)

o dvd-to-ipod-video-converter.html

o converts DVD, Tivo, DivX, Xvid, MPEG, WMV, AVI, RealMedia, etc

• Macintosh: iSquint (free)

o

o converts DVD and most video formats (both PC and Mac)

9. Other Video Resources:

• Google Video: video. (Select “video iPod”, click “Download”)

This used to be a great resource, but it never attained the success of YouTube and other flash-based video sites. Google has bought YouTube, so now, many of your searches may result in YouTube pages, rather than Google Video pages.

• - You’ll need additional software to get the videos onto your computer and into iPod format:

o Macintosh & Windows: Tubesock, ($15)

All you have to do is to copy the video page’s address into this software and click “save”. The video will be downloaded, converted into the proper format, and sent to your iTunes software.

10. CD to iPod: Use iTunes (see #1 above) .

1. Windows: open Edit menu, click Preferences

Macintosh: open iTunes menu, click Preferences

2. Under “Advanced”, choose “Importing”. You’ll find options for what will happen when you put a CD into your computer. For example, if you set it for “Ask to Import CD” then every time you put a new CD into the computer, iTunes will ask you if you want to copy the CD into your iTunes library.

11. Podcasts - What does it mean?

• “pod” - Originally from “iPod,” the “pod” is taken to mean “portable device.”

• “cast” - From “broadcast,” podcast episodes are audio files that are delivered to you over the Internet using “push” technology: You subscribe to the podcast, and any new episodes are automatically downloaded to your computer.

12. Find Podcasts:

• iTunes:

1. Click iTunes Store to go to the online iTunes store.

2. Click Podcasts to go to the iTunes store’s podcast section.

3. On the Podcasts page, click Browse to go to the podcast directory.

4. Click Education for the Education section of podcasts.

5. Click Language Courses

• Internet TESL Journal,

• ESL Podcasts (a list of 20 most recent episodes),

• (audio books, newspapers and magazines)

• podcast.yomiuri.co.jp (daily news in Japanese)

13. Make Podcasts

• Podomatic,

• For other options and further information, see Podcast Solutions, The Complete Guide to Podcasting, by Michael Geoghegan & Dan Klass (2005, ISBN: 1590595548, apx. $17).

14. iTunes to CD or DVD:

1. Create a playlist (use the + button in the bottom-left corner of iTunes)

2. Drag items from your Library onto your new playlist.

3. What kind of format for the CD or DVD?

• Windows: open Edit menu, click Preferences

Macintosh: open iTunes menu, click Preferences

• Click “Advanced”.

• Click “Burning”.

• Choose one Disc Format:

1. Audio CD (playable in a CD player)

2. MP3 CD (playable in some CD players and some DVD players)

3. Data CD or DVD (for moving files between computers)

• Click “OK” after choosing the Disc Format above.

4. Click on your new playlist; you can see the list items in the iTunes window.

5. In iTunes lower-right corner, click the button that says “Burn Disc”.

6. Insert a blank CD (or DVD if you’re making a Data DVD). iTunes will take care of the rest!

15. Troubleshooting

Your video-capable iPod will work with any device that has AV inputs (the yellow, white and red circular sockets). It’s simply a video signal, nothing special, despite the panic you’ll see in the eyes of inexperienced tech support who’ll try to tell you otherwise.

• Make sure your iPod settings allow for video out (see section 5 above for photos; the same applies to videos).

• Make sure that you are pressing the “play” button when selecting photos.

• Ensure you have the right kind of cable (see section 2 above).

• If all else fails, restart the iPod (see below).

If you have some unexplainable problem (frozen screen, or video out is not working as expected, etc.), you should try restarting your iPod. I’ve provided a basic outline below, but the detailed steps for all models can be found here:

• First, turn your “Hold” switch on and off a few times.

• Second, press and hold both the “Menu” button and the “Select” button until the Apple logo appears. This takes between 6 and 10 seconds. (The “Select” button is the round center of the clickwheel.) Your iPod will restart now.

Split Reading Activity – Basic Proceedure:

1. Create several reading passages. For example, three.

2. Split the class up so that each student receives one reading passage. If we have three reading passages, we split the class into three groups (A, B and C). Each student receives one reading passage.

3. As students read, they can help each other with unknown words, etc.

4. Hand out questions that can only be answered fully by someone who has read all three reading passages. Tell students to answer as many questions as they can. (Option: Let them work in pairs or threes.)

5. Rearrange the students. Create new groups with one or two students from each of the groups in step 2. In other words, each new small group with have one or two students from group A, one or two from B, and one or two from C.

6. Let the students ask each other for the answers to the questions from step 5.

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