Hi Peter
On 14 Apr 2005, at 9:19am, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
Why do we not see headlines saying "Creative Zen 'damages ability to
learn'"? Why just the iPod? I can't help feeling that if Microsoft
actually made something like the iPod there would be courses built
around it.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11272
Try this then. I've just posted this info to 2 other mailing lists,
then your query arrived!
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I read this in GLEF's latest Edutopia News
(To subscribe, visit http://www.edutopia.org/products/edutopianews.php.
GLEF = George Lucas Educational Foundation)
It's gives an interesting insight into innovative educational solutions.
Duke Rethinks iPod Project
Apple's distinctive iPod may not be quite so commonplace at Duke
University next year, as the school has decided to scale back its
first-ever study of the use of these portable music players in
classroom settings. All freshmen at Duke this year received a free
iPod. Next year, the distribution will be limited to students in select
classes. (Duke spent $500,000 on this year's pilot.) Preliminary
findings indicate that an audio-recording option was the most useful
capability and that the technology was most useful in music or language
instruction, which feature a high level of audio content. Read more in
the eSchool News article "Duke Pulls Back on iPod Initiative."
Read it at http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=5618
Other interesting links: http://www.duke.edu/ipod/
http://www.duke.edu/ipod/about/showcase.html
http://www.duke.edu/ipod/help/faq.html
http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/ipod/ipodthemovie.mov
Have fun
Reg
