IPods are being used as more than a music device. Educators are bringing the devices into the classroom to help instruc students on course material. People ate Duke University developed a new program using IPods. The students and instructors have recieved great use out of the technology. Instructors have been using the ipods to show pictures of science nature, use online collaboration tools, and present digital audio and video. The students have taken advatage of the devices by recording lectures and interviews, capturing images, and storing documents.
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Duke University is not the only school taking advatage of the new technology. Many other school have been using the ipod in various ways. Some schools are using ipods in content areas such as art and literature. Teachers can show vidoe and multimedia lessons dealing with these areas. In grade school the ipod can help boost literacy skills by using the program Playback. In History, the ipod is being used to listen to biographies, watch videos responding to conflict of historiographical interpretation, and show images of maps. In Ethics, it is being used by listening to Philosophies using podcast, listening to discussions, and speeches. There are many more ways a teacher can use an ipod, and it is a great way to intergrate new technology into the classroom.
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