iTunes U

iTunes University is great teaching tool for educators or students. iTunes University is free to anybody and everybody. To get iTunes University, people only have to download the iTunes Store, and then iTunes University will be under or in the iTunes Store. As stated in the introduction video of iTunes University, "'iTunes U' offers the advantage that users can listen or view a piece of content on their computer or download for use with a mobile device" (http://is.gd/2c3RH). iTunes University is open to anyone with a computer or iPod or mobile device. Anybody, including teachers or students, can explore this site and find numerous helpful topics about pretty much anything.

iTunes University can be helpful to teachers or students. As a teacher, resources are very helpful and useful to have access to; iTunes U provides people with other's ideas and works or lectures. A teacher can go to iTunes U and search a specific school or teacher and listen or watch something about the topic of their interest. One example is going to the link under the section 'Categories' and clicking 'Teachers and Education'. Under that link, people can browse any subject and find something about that particular subject. Also, under the section 'Find Education Providers' people can click on 'Colleges or Universities' and search a specific school. USA is not a university under that section, but other colleges in Alabama that are listed are Auburn University and the University of Alabama. Under those colleges' sites, there are specific people related to that university. Some professors put their lectures on iTunes U, so if a student misses class, they could possibly hear the lecture missed. Also, a student doing research for something can find out different ideas or takes on a subject from different universities or colleges around the world. iTunes U provides many outlets for teachers and students.

Another useful tool that iTunes U provides is the 'Top Downloads' link. Number 15 on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 was the link of Yale Science's "Science Saturdays" by the artist Ainissa Ramirez. This particular link provides people with basic foundations of science. Any teacher or student can use this to learn or teach parts of science. Teachers or students need different types of resources for teaching or learning. Both teachers and students have the textbooks and the internet, but iTunes U is another different type of resource tool. iTunes U provides information on almost any subject that can be useful to both teachers and students.

Important links include:
1) Teaching and Education under 'Categories'
2) Colleges and Universities, K-12 under 'Find Education Providers'
3) 'Top Downloads'

Specific Links:
1) Teaching and Education under 'Categories' then select "Games-based Learning"
2) Colleges and Universities under 'Find Education Providers' then select Auburn University