Ipods

As I was searching the internet about ways to bring the use of Ipod's into the classroom, I came across Judy Brown's blog. Judy has been involved with technology for learning for over 25 years. One of her entries was bringing the use of Ipod's into the classroom.
In her entry, you are able to click on the picture and it brings up what Ipod is best for your classroom and the way that you can use each Ipod for different things. Some Ipods are used for songs, or podcasts, videos, and even actual books. Although not all students may have an Ipod that they could bring to class many students would. The schools may face a problem of being able to buy extra Ipods, but if they were able to afford it, they would be able to use them quite a bit. If students had trouble reading, they would be able to listen to the book being read to them on the Ipod. Students would also be able to download the podcast from that days lesson to listen to on their Ipod.

Many colleges in Iowa are starting to use Ipod's in their classes. Teachers are recording their lectures for the day and students are able to listen to it if they missed the class. Two colleges that are doing this in Iowa right now are Ellsworth Community College and Marshalltown Community College. They are using this in hopes that students will take advantage of it and use the podcasts to help them study for tests. This is a great link to read more about it! ---> iLearn with the Ipod in Iowa







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