iTunes and iPod Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for Teachers

  

TESOL 2010 - Boston

March 25, 2010

 

Joseph Pettigrew

CELOP/Boston University

<jpettigr@bu.edu>  

 

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Conference Handout

 

• iTunes & iPods Tips, Tricks, & Hacks - TESOL 2010 _J Pettigrew_.pdf

   

  

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General Info

 

 

• A how-to guide on Apple's website (downloading I-tunes, using the player, copying CD's etc.) 

   

   

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Videos

 

An easy-to-follow demonstration of how to hook up your iPod to your television. (from VideoJug)

 

iPods: Photo and Video:

How To Watch Your iPod Videos On Your TV

 

 

• Link to:  How to use a website called SaveTube to download YouTube videos (on VideoJug)

 

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CNET free software links 

 

Programs that allow you to put YouTube and other web videos on your own computer (and into iTunes if you want)

 

• YouTube Downloader - also converts flash videos (*.flv) so they will play in iTunes and on iPods
• Video Download Toolbar - downloads video from virtually any site, not just YouTube (works with Internet Explorer)

 

Video Players   

 

• FLV Player - plays flash & mp4 videos; very basic, but requires almost no time to learn how to use; good for playing downloaded YouTube videos on your laptop. (Use YouTube Downloader - see above - to convert flash files for iTunes & iPods)
•  VLC Media Player - a program that plays virtually any media type (mp4, mov, wma, mv4, flv, etc.)

 

 

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