iTouch+Journey+Activity

This activity is based around using several apps and going on a journey of learning. It could be adapted for any subject or curriculum area.

=**Brief:**= Complete the activities and then write up your answers- see Part 7. We will then share our findings with the group.

**iPod Touch Apps Needed:**

 * Google Earth (free) Download from App Store
 * Geopedia (web) []
 * Google Maps (already on iPod)
 * Google Latitude (web app) **[|google.com/latitude]**
 * Wikipanion (free) Download from App Store
 * Stopwatch
 * Blanks (free) Download from App Store
 * Stanza (free) Download from App Store
 * http://translate.google.com/
 * (Translator)
 * Phrasebooks- Japanese, German or French (Research on App Store and choose one to Download).
 * Step Trak Lite (free) Download from App Store
 * Evernote (free) Download from App Store
 * Tumblr (free) Download from App Store

//Activity 1: Using a combination of Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Latitude to find your answers.//
 * 1) [[image:iTunes-28-1.jpg width="40" height="50"]]//U////sing Google Earth (download free from App Store)//
 * 2) Locate 3 landmarks from your home town (where you were born).
 * 3) Take 3 separate screenshots of these landmarks (will be saved in your photo browser)
 * 4) //Using Google Latitude or Search Safari//
 * 5) Ask 3 different people where they were born.
 * 6) Find out the latitude, longitude of each of these three places.
 * 7) Write the information in your notes app (already exists on Touch)
 * 8) [[image:Apple_-_iPod_touch_-_Get_directions_and_locate_yourself_with_Maps..jpg caption="google maps"]]//Using Google Maps//
 * 9) Locate the closest bus station to Thebarton Senior College
 * 10) Find this location on //Google Maps.//
 * 11) Use the directions tool to find out how to get from the train station to the school by walking.
 * 12) Email these to yourself and then use them later in your notes.

//Activity 2: Finding out information relevant to the area around Adelaide and the school.//
 * 1) Using //wikipanion// (free app) or search in //safari// find out this information. (record your notes in Evernote or Notes App, take screenshots where necessary).
 * 2) Relevant timetable to the bus station near Thebarton Senior College.
 * 3) Closest medical services: Dentist, Doctor, Hospital, Pathology.
 * 4) Closest Library-State and Local
 * 5) Centrelink office closest to school
 * 6) Community Groups for New Migrants

//Activity 3: Measurement Time (related to Activity 1 and Activity 5)//
 * 1) Using the stopwatch app, record how long it takes to get from (As in PHYSICALLY, go and walk using the STOPWATCH app)
 * 2) Closest Bus/Train Station to the school's front gates. (Compare this information to Google Maps).
 * 3) Write the answer in your notes tool.

//Ac////tivit////y 4:// //Gam////es Time-Review and a look at e-books.//
 * 1) Look at free educational games- Free Grammar, Blanks
 * 2) Rate it from
 * 3) Awful
 * 4) Would use a little/not at all
 * 5) Good for practical aspects
 * 6) Great for learning a subject area
 * 7) Excellent source of ---
 * 8) Have a look at Stanza (e-reader) app[[image:iTunes-15-1.jpg width="28" height="36"]]
 * 9) What is the first line of Pride and predjudice?
 * 10) Name four other books that you can find in Stanza?

//Activity 5: Translation and Learning Another Language!//
 * 1) Your first task is the find out the translation for these 5 words in 3 OTHER LANGUAGES! (Write down your answers in the Notes Tool/Evernote)
 * 2) Use a translation app, or [|http://translate.google.com/ >]
 * 3) Hello
 * 4) Goodbe
 * 5) Thankyou
 * 6) Please
 * 7) HELP!
 * 8) Travel Destination- Find one phrasebook on the App Store (or Web app) for these following languages. Only choose one language. (Write three common phrases down in your notes).
 * 9) Japanese 101
 * 10) German 101
 * 11) French 101

//Activity 6: Health and Wellbeing//
 * 1) Using the pedometer app (Step Trak Lite) measure how many calories and steps it takes you to walk from the closest train/bus station to the Thebarton's Senior College front gates. (Write down your results in the Notes).
 * 2) Calories
 * 3) __Steps____
 * 4) Time it took (refer back to stopwatch tool).

//Activity 7: Putting it all together!//
 * 1) Recording your journey via
 * 2) Voice recording[[image:Apple_-_iPod_touch_-_Record_any_audio_you_want_with_Voice_Memos..jpg]]
 * 3) Evernote (for pics and notes) You will need open an account with evernote ([|http://www.evernote.com)][[image:iTunes-34-1.jpg width="31" height="32"]]
 * 4) Tumblr (App)-Journal Tool.[[image:iTunes-12-1.jpg width="41" height="45"]]You will need open an account with []
 * 5) There will be time to present your answers to the group. (Deadline!)

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