iTunes+Connections

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iTunes University - AWESOME!
Go to the iTunes Store and select iTunes U. Below that you'll see several more categories. Choose a category you are interested in. Or search for a topic in the search bar. If you choose to Get Track, you'll just get one track or one lesson for the course. Once you find a really good course that you want to follow, you'll want to choose Subscribe. By subscribing, each time you open your iTunes, if another class has been added to that course, it will come into your iTunes for you!

Podcasts - WooHoo
Go the iTunes Store. Choose Podcasts. Search for student-created podcasts or look for podcasts to enhance your teaching

Audiobooks - YES!
Go to the iTunes Store. Choose Audiobooks. Then choose the specific category you are interested in.

Playlists
Create playlists for: __Inspirational Songs:__ Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin); Theme from Happy Days; Oh! What a Beautiful Morning (from Oklahoma); Fun, Fun, Fun (Beach Boys); Everything is Beautiful (Ray Stevens); You are the Sunshines of My Life (Stevie Wonder); __Rockin' Ways to Introduce Something Cool:__ Theme song from The Flintstones; Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky); We Will Rock You (Queen); Theme from Star Wars __Intermission or Break Music:__ upbeat, familiar tunes __Background Selections:__ instrumental, predictable music __Movement Jams:__ for physical games or mixers, high energy tunes __Relaxation Selections:__ to calm a group (Yanni, Enya) __Special Effects:__ game show sounds, theme songs, animal songs (The Pink Panther theme song, Theme from Mission Impossible, The Twilight Zone, Dragnet, Jeopardy) __Closings:__ Adios, Amigo (Jim Reeves); Tomorrow from Annie; Hit the Road, Jack (Ray Charles); Bye, Bye, Bye (N'Sync); Auld Lang Syne (Patti LaBelle); What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong); Happy Trails (Dale Evans); Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter, Paul & Mary)

Many more ideas can be found in __Top Tunes for Teaching__ by Eric Jensen, Corwin Press. (977 Song Titles & Practical Tools for Choosing the Right Music Every Time.