Students Get iPods as Study Aids

WIAKywbfatw writes "Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia has given iPod digital music players to its students to help them with their coursework, as reported by BBC News. Apple donated about 50 iPods as part of an experimental project to illustrate creative uses for the machine, and University professors say the gadgets have helped the students think more critically about their Gothic Imagination course." I wonder if I can write off my new iPod as an education expense.

Time to go back to school

[Jingle]

If I can get a 30gb iPod for free it might be worth the effort for about a week. :)

Gothic Imagination

[CptChipJew]

= "I wonder what is the most creative way to slit my wrists"

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Gothic Imagination course?

[rnb]

University professors say the gadgets have helped the students think more critically about their Gothic Imagination course.

That's a lot of Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy songs.

At my school...

[strateego]

All I get is an education. I don't want that crap. I want my free iPOD. Damn you WCC [ctc.edu]

Quote the article..

[Rudy Rodarte]

"I not only use it for class assignments but for personal use as well." I wonder what kind of personal use this dude was talking about? Surely not the 17,000 over the next 3 years kind?

Gothic Imagination?

[DraconicFae]

Does this mean that as part of their coursework they listen to Marilyn Manson in infinite-repeat mode?

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[Anonymous Coward]

last year, the course was expanded.

now, you also have to be able to regurgetate the full history of both Christian Death's, in order to pass the class.

this happened after a student finally ended the perpetual debate of whether bela lugosi was dead or undead by producing his skeleton.

Let's see

[Faust7]

Georgia has given iPod digital music players to its students to help them with their coursework,

MP3s, OS X/Office X, Linux...

...and now, homework answers in advance!

Re:High tech tools for education.

[Anonymous Coward]

... and call it a laptop?

Where do you study, the University of DURRRRRR?

For Todays Field Trip...

[wo1verin3]

Attention Class, For Todays Field Trip we will be visiting CompUSA and seeing who can steal the most software [wired.com].

Re:Already in use at BGSU...

[The Bungi]

Hi. This is the RIAA. Please gives us a call at your earliest convenience. We have flexible payment plans [slashdot.org]. Thanks.

How nice of Apple

[fobbman]

That's just like my crack dealer buying me a new pipe.

Wait until the RIAA hears about this. Talk about a revenue stream!

Especially if you think you can deduct this.

[MickLinux]

Let's see... Congress has a huge new debt cieling that it's about to approve, and the dollar has fallen to new lows, and invester confidence is in the toilet tank, and somebody thinks that they'll be able to deduct something from their taxes?

Definitely time to go back to school.

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[thenewnoise]

my dog is so goth it says bauhaus

Re:Most Colleges

[Rolo Tomasi]

So the deaf person can still learn the stuff from the lecture by playing it back and listening really really hard?

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[Elequin]

My car is so goth it goes "Ankh! Ankh!"

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[Caoch93]

I see, so successfully deciphering the meaning behind The Sisters of Mercy's "This Corrosion" is left for a graduate level course?

Gothic iPod

[magarity]

"their Gothic Imagination course"

I didn't know iPods came in black.

There's a Gothic Imaginiation course???

[JonKatzIsAnIdiot]

The universities are in sadder shape than I thought. What does the syllabus look like?

• It's not your parent's basement - it's a medieval dungeon
• Appropriate curses to use when your father won't let you drive his Volvo
• How to prove your individuality by dressing alike

Whoops....

[ewhenn]

...Apple donated about 50 iPods as part of an experimental project...

There goes profitability for the next 2 quarters.

uhhhh....

[thatguywhoiam]

Now add a high-rez screen at least one half-page in size and the ability to play shockwave, flash, small programs and scripts, and up-to-date eBooks/pdfs, and you have a do-all textbook. Add input and networking and you can take tests and do homework on it too.

That's called an iBook.

You're right, good idea though. [k12.va.us]

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[theonetruekeebler]

Hey, I've been in Milledgeville. You have any idea how hard it is to be goth in South Georgia? It's like being goth at a Hank Williams, Jr. concert.

On the other hand [wisc.edu]...

The ideal money-making scheme for the RIAA

[broken]

1 - Give free iPods to college students.
2 - Wait a few months and sue them for all the "illegal" music they have stored there.
3 - Profit! (receive tens of thousands of dollars in settlements)

Re:Most Colleges

[Anixamander]

for people who have physical disabilities (such as deafness) that would prevent them from learning the material by hearing it a single time

This would also work for people who don't speak the language in which the course is taught. They could just play it back louder.

Re:Gothic Imagination course?

[Caoch93]

Graduate level course - explain why anyone listens to Diamanda Galas...

Oh, that's easy- people listen to Diamanda Galas so they can be pretentious. It's the same reason people claim to listen to Swans before, say, This Burning World.

Heh...I once saw a concert poster from Swans' early days. It said..."Tonight! Live! The Smiths with special guest: Swans!" I tried to picture a venue full of Swans fans and Smiths fans. I laughed so hard that I hurt myself.

Re:What I Keep Wondering is....

[Gogo Dodo]

That and "dual processors" and "cd burning capabilities" why shouldnt we the owners be let in at some point.

I think you've been reading too many rumor sites. The "dual processors" in an iPod is a myth. Dunno where you got the "cd burning capabilities" idea from.

I know a creative use for the iPod.

[RoadWarriorX]

I can definitely find a use for the iPod:

1. Take good notes on your class.
2. Record MP3's of your notes, upload it to the iPod.
3. Take the iPod to a test.
4. Get an easy A!

Disclaimer: I do not like to promote academic dishonesty, I just like to point out the obvious!

In other news...

[iamhassi]

"Sony has donated 500 Playstation 2's, Force Feedback Steering Wheels and Gran Turismo 3 games to students of a California high school so that they may practice their Driver Education class.

'I think this Playstation is great!' said one sophmore, 'I'm doing so much better in my Driver Ed class, but I think it's hurt the rest of my studies because I spend all my time playing.'

School officials hope to use the game systems for other classes as well. 'Soon we plan on purchasing 500 copies of Grand Theft Auto 3 as part as our Criminal Law class to demonstrate that crime doesn't pay.' said superintendent Seymour Butts."

Re:Especially if you think you can deduct this.

[Apaturia]

The dollar is not falling to new lows, it's soaring to new highs!

Oh wait... *that* dollar. :P