dad i need ipod for school

Dad I need an iPod for school

Seven months ago, I would have thought the statement "Dad, I need an

iPod for school would have been absurd. Today I would say it is almost

believable. Another few years, an iPod may be as standard as pencil

and paper. I know... you are thinking to yourself how in the world

could a device that plays music be used in my child's education. Stick

with me.

Late October of 2005, I purchased my first iPod. I wanted to learn

about podcasting and thought to understand the concept fully; I needed

to have an iPod. I further justified the expense of the iPod by not

having to purchase a new stereo for my truck. When my iPod arrived, I

quickly downloaded all my music to my shiny new video iPod. Next, I

subscribed to several podcast. Over the next several weeks, I

discovered I was listening to more podcast than music. What a strange

phenomenon. During one of the podcast I learned about Audible.com,

(http://www.audible.com) I thought to myself I would love to read The

World is Flat again but don't have the time to read it, I did however,

have several hours each week driving in my truck so listening to the

book made perfect sense.

Yesterday, I had several errands to run and several podcast to listen

too. In fact on was a four part series by David Warlick. As the final

podcast concluded, I was pulling into my driveway. I thought to myself

that I had just turned an hour of what could have been non-productive

time into an opportunity to learn.

Given the exploding popularity of podcasting in general and the fact

that many early adopting educators are using podcasting in there

classrooms, your student may never load music on their iPod. Okay,

that is a little far fetched, but using an iPod to listen to a class

assignment is on its way to being the norm. Hey, don't take my word