Students Get iPods as Study Aids 230
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.
Can they record? (Score:5, Interesting)
Over all, this is a really cool idea.
High tech tools for education. (Score:1, Interesting)
New...or old.... (Score:1, Interesting)
What I Keep Wondering is.... (Score:5, Interesting)
Download MP3's Sanctioned By the School? (Score:2, Interesting)
Seems like a bit of a stretch (Score:2, Interesting)
Seems like a better marketing plan then educational tool.
Re:Can they record? (Score:2, Interesting)
Granted most lectures I recorded were not of the caliber necessary for digital recording, I could see how it might be needed in a class such as "Gothic Imagination". Plus, with the tape recorder I could play back the whole lecture in 30mins with the speed-dial turned all the way up. Might be nifty to be able to sort and store as files, but I dont think its worth the extra $$ for use strictly in class. Very usefull for lectures like American History that I tended to fall asleep though (until the tape clicked off at 5till end of class).
TM
iPods are a write-off (Score:3, Interesting)
write it off... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Can they record? (Score:5, Interesting)
They way Sony is going, you'll probably have to pay a royalty to play back the lecture; there's always the chance of it being used to acoustically copy CDs.
Go with the old fashioned analog microcassette recorder. The only problem I had with that is getting the mic to actually pick up the lecture, but you'll have the same problem with a digital solution.
Just write a program that interprets the 'next' button on the remote as microphone data.
Yep, I'm sure iPod is capable of picking up pushbutton presses fast enough. Coming from the mic, you'll have PCM data, the lowest that's acceptable for speech will still need 1 megabyte/minute. That's over 100,000 keypresses per second.
Jason
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Re:Can they record? (Score:2, Interesting)
So, where do I apply? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Can they record? (Score:2, Interesting)
This reminds me of an article I read ages ago that said that listening to sped up audio actually helped comprehension and retention of the subejct matter. Can't find a thing about it via google, though.
Re:Most Colleges (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Can they record? (Score:4, Interesting)
Recording feature found on new iPods! [macrumors.com]
Re:Creative uses? (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm not certain if its the same university, but I was reading another article on creative uses in education, and they were doing some very cool things. One class set-it up so that the class lecture, curriculum, research, and notes as well as student projects were available for sync-ing. Students could plug there iPod into any number of iMacs in a pre-configured lab, to get all the new lectures. They could then listen/re-listen to lectures as needed. Additionly any new files designated by the instructor were also sync'd to the iPod, and students could place their projects in public folder, were others could download it and view it, listen to it, etc.
It combined using the iPod for as a MP3 player, as well as the hard drive to exchange and port files, media and documents.
Apparently being able to listen to the lecture and discussions more than once, not only improved retention of knowledge, but increased student participation in future discussions, etc.
It sounded as if it made the class much more exciting. Now of course, part of this excitement was probably just from the fact that the instructors had to rethink their entire syllabus, and revise it to actually be used with the iPod, which probably freed them from a lot of the boring standby material. But the fact that students for additional semesters were willing to purchases their own iPods, if they could just take the class, proves the value of the new format.
At Berklee it's Required.... or at least recommend (Score:3, Interesting)