Ipods in the classroom

while many people see Ipods as only a device to play music and the occasional music video on, Ipods are becoming the number one instruction tool for use in classrooms. Ipods are an excellent way to use the latest technology to enhance learning. Ipods can be used by almost any age students for any subject the student may have. Not only do many students these days already own an Ipod (making the ever evolving parental argument of " oh my god it's an extra expense on top of everything else?" go away but allows the device to be used for more then it's most obvious function. If for example, a music teacher wants to play snippets of many types of songs from many types of artist's, they can do so using the Ipods. then, if the students need to they can access those snippets (or full-length song) any time they need to.

While I do advocate the use of Ipods as being an excellent tool, I can also understand how they can be an unneeded expense for the parents of students who do not currently own an Ipod. I can't see why the schools can not purchase Ipods for those students to borrow though. They could even have the students pay something like $0.50 a day or a week to "rent" the Ipods. Also, I can see how this would make it very tempting to not only break the Ipods but to pretend to listen to the intended musical choice and instead be listening to something else. However, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

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