iPods in the Classroom

I really enjoyed reading the interview given by Susie Meserve to Robert Craven from Orange County Department of Education in California. Robert Craven's school district uses iPods in the classroom, in this interview, Robert Craven, stated many benefits in using iPods in the classroom. Some of those benefits is that it's easier to integrate audio like music or famous speeches into the curriculum. Other benefits stated by Robert Craven was being able to load images, audio and videos onto the iPod to catch a student up to speed if they may have missed a day or if they are struggling with the content. Students can also practice vocabulary and listen to stories on an iPod at their own pace and then record themselves reading the story using the voice recorder. Craven tells Susie Meserve that iPods in the classroom are not distracting to students if they use the set of iPods that belong to the school because the student’s music or games are not downloaded onto the school’s iPod set. Craven also states that he is impressed with how excited the students are to be using the iPods and that they are talking to their parents more about what they're learning because they are more interested in the way that they are learning information.


Below is a link to the interview between Susie Meserve and Robert Craven
http://www.schoolcio.com/ShowArticle/1014

iPod image from flickr.com