Ipods....Should or Shouldn't I

At Duke University back in 2004 the Center for Instructional Technology department issued 1500 ipods to incoming freshmen. The concept was centered in integration of technology and education. The uses for the ipod included the following: access to course content, a recording toll of lectures, field recording tool, a study report tool, and for file storage and transfer. Some of the courses that students used the ipods in included economics, religion, education, and Spanish just to name a few. Overall the ipod was rated as extremely useful according to the study, and I think that it is an excellent idea. Go to http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf to read more on this study.

For many educators the willingness to embrace technology has led to some creative lesson plans using ipods. Many users of the ipods in classrooms are as young as pre-school age. The increase use by educators and students has encouraged Apple to provide educational content for ipod users. Today so many teachers and students are encouraged to multitask, and the ipod device allows individuals to have a tool to help them do that.