Bring California History
Into Your Classroom
with Calisphere Images & an iPod
CTAP IV, Calisphere, UC Irvine History Project Partnership

Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources

Get your images of California! Calisphere is a service of the UC Libraries, powered by the California Digital Library. Copyright © 2007 The Regents of The University of California
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Research and Documentation Online by Dianna Hacker
How to cite images from Calisphere (Click to download the pdf)

UCI History Project

Learn more! The UC Irvine History Project provides an institutional framework for collaboration between the UCI History Department and K-12 history/social science teachers in Orange County.
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/ucihp/

Try this scavenger hunt. Download the word document and customize it for your classroom.
California Cultures Scavenger Hunt (MS word document)

Helpful Library of Congress Materials

Explore these resources from: The Learning Page @ the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

iPod Touch Basics

• Watch it online! iPod touch guided tour
  http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/guidedtour/
• Read or print this article: iPod touch: Using the multi-touch display
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306409
• Read or print this article: iPod touch - Features Guide
  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_touch_Features_Guide.pdf
• Read or print this article: iPod touch Manuals
  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_touch_Product_Info_Guide.pdf

Downloading and Sync with Digital Images

• Read or print this article: Importing your pictures into iPhoto
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61026

Sync Photos to Your iPod Touch and Computer

• Read or print this article: Sync iPod touch with your computer
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305741
• Watch it online! Tips for using your iPod touch
  http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features.html

Organizing Your Photos on Your Desktop (Mac and PC)

• Watch videos, get a pdf manual, or the latest software updates for iPhoto
  http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/
• Get this software for your PC: Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or newer on PCs
  http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html

Projecting Images with Your iPod Touch

• Read or print this article: Apple Component AV Cable
  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Apple_Component_AV_Cable.pdf
• Read or print this article: iPod and iPhone: TV Out support
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233

Getting Fancy!

Click on a collection of links from CTAP 7
http://del.icio.us/ctap7ipod

iPod Phone Tips iPod Touch Tips
http://www.touchtip.com/

Everthing iPod
http://www.dlo.com/

iPhone Drive - File Storage Made Easy
Works with the iPod Touch. Using this software you can use the unused portion of your iPod to store and transfer data. http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iphonedrive/

iPod Touch and iPhone Full Feature Book and Document Reader
Create an account or use the public library
http://readdle.com/

Tips from Hal Davidson
For all sorts of great tips
iPod Touch as a MegaVCR - pdf

Book Talk Projects

Plaxo Online
http://www.plaxo.com/
Sign on to Plaxo Online to retrieve your address book, calendar, tasks and notes from the web, synchronized with all of your other Plaxo Toolbars. Keep one up-to-date address book that you access no matter where you are.

Blank Puzzel Piece
Used during the workshop - Click for a pdf file

Curriculum Ideas

Postcards From The Past Handouts

• Download the Calisphere PowerPoint Template
• Download a script template
• Download the instructions

Postcards From The Past
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=14326
iPod and iTunes in the Classroom - ideas from K-12 educators
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collectionID=714