Spring Break
Incoming SoE students to receive free iPods
Jason Gomes
Issue date: 3/11/05 Section: News
Faculty in the School of Education also provided their thoughts on the iPods.
"I am thrilled to learn this new technology, Professor Mary Jo Grdina said. "My head is spinning as I sit with my colleagues and brainstorm how this new device can enhance and enrich teaching. I do not know how I will specifically use it but I am currently learning to use it and am beginning to realize the power in this little device. I am confident that the iPod will become part of education just as it has been with computers, e-mail and the Internet. I have no fears or reservations about this device."
"As an educator in a University famous for and committed to promoting technology, it is important to remain on the cutting edge of making these new technologies available to students and faculty alike," Director of the Drexel Center for Learning and Academic Excellence Sheila Graves said. "I have already started investigating ways in which the iPod will enhance my class and have every intention of using it as a teaching and learning tool. I see it as an important way to engage learners and the very idea of an excited learner, motivates me to think of ways to use it to enrich my course."
Graves also commented that she feels the iPod will serve many different types of audience and provide many great services. This will serve as an instrumental tool for students with learning disabilities since they will have the chance to download lectures and pace themselves with the delivery of information from lectures and notes. Course files can easily be stored and students can browse through the course materials and create their individual course portfolios and can also be used in tutoring and student teaching sessions.
"We have abundant research evidence that every student learns in a unique way, and that every student uses multiple types of intelligence, e.g. visual, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, artistic, etc. in addition to language and mathematical intelligences, to learn," Associate Professor for the School of Education Francis Harvey said, "The iPods will help us reach students through a wider variety of these intelligences."
"Developing effective uses of iPods to promote learning will take considerable time and effort, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. We all have to be very careful to follow all the regulations on intellectual property rights when using other peoples' materials. On the whole, however, Drexel students are so 'tech-savvy' that it will be fun to involve them in exploring how to get the most out of their iPods to integrate entertainment and learning."
"I am thrilled to learn this new technology, Professor Mary Jo Grdina said. "My head is spinning as I sit with my colleagues and brainstorm how this new device can enhance and enrich teaching. I do not know how I will specifically use it but I am currently learning to use it and am beginning to realize the power in this little device. I am confident that the iPod will become part of education just as it has been with computers, e-mail and the Internet. I have no fears or reservations about this device."
"As an educator in a University famous for and committed to promoting technology, it is important to remain on the cutting edge of making these new technologies available to students and faculty alike," Director of the Drexel Center for Learning and Academic Excellence Sheila Graves said. "I have already started investigating ways in which the iPod will enhance my class and have every intention of using it as a teaching and learning tool. I see it as an important way to engage learners and the very idea of an excited learner, motivates me to think of ways to use it to enrich my course."
Graves also commented that she feels the iPod will serve many different types of audience and provide many great services. This will serve as an instrumental tool for students with learning disabilities since they will have the chance to download lectures and pace themselves with the delivery of information from lectures and notes. Course files can easily be stored and students can browse through the course materials and create their individual course portfolios and can also be used in tutoring and student teaching sessions.
"We have abundant research evidence that every student learns in a unique way, and that every student uses multiple types of intelligence, e.g. visual, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, artistic, etc. in addition to language and mathematical intelligences, to learn," Associate Professor for the School of Education Francis Harvey said, "The iPods will help us reach students through a wider variety of these intelligences."
"Developing effective uses of iPods to promote learning will take considerable time and effort, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. We all have to be very careful to follow all the regulations on intellectual property rights when using other peoples' materials. On the whole, however, Drexel students are so 'tech-savvy' that it will be fun to involve them in exploring how to get the most out of their iPods to integrate entertainment and learning."
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DANIEL MOORE
posted 9/26/06 @ 2:50 PM EST
THIS SCHOOL CAN SUCK MY BIG DICK FOR ALL I CARE .
johannabartley
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posted 8/14/08 @ 4:29 PM EST
More schools have adopted this idea but I haven't heard any student bragging about his new iPod.
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