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**John Hoppe**: http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/12/09.9.shtml Wow! A school requiring its students to have iPods? I'm in awe! Granted, it's a private school in New York, but things do have a way of eventually wending their way to the Midwest. However, I'd settle for the administration's open-mindedness. **Tracy Konopp**: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070417-rural-arkansas-school-uses-ipods-to-turn-schoolbuses-into-classrooms.html Another Wow! article. How come I didn't find any of these. A quote in this one--"In many states, basic school needs are ignored in favor of costly technology programs that look good on paper but rarely live up to expectations"--really hit home for me. My district likes to flaunt its aquisition of technology; however, it rarely provides the training for teachers or an environment that welcomes experimentation with technology. **Carol Donovan**: http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/03/06/News/Ipods.Hit.The.Classroom-2758298.shtml and others who had articles about colleges/universities using/supplying iPods. As a former music education and foreign language student, I wonder if, were I 35 years younger, I might have spent more time working on listening and/or language lab materials if I had had something like an iPod when I was studying this stuff. **George Ouimette**: http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/ipod/ The lead says it all: "It's not just about telling. It's about teaching, participating and engaging a team of students." Bottom line, isn't this what education is all about, whether technology is used or not? The use of technology is merely a means to an end, and not an end in itself. **Jody Drake**: http://www.learninginhand.com/ipod/index.html What a great resource! From podcasting how-to to putting quizzes on iPods, this site is a really friendly, authoritative site.
 * Assignment 2: Reactions to Classmates' Finds**