Our school has a policy that prohibits the use of iPods in class. In the United States, some universities will be giving students iPods when they come to school this fall. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
What are some ways that you could imagine using these mobile technology devices if you were attending a university? If you were a professor, how would you react to the introduction of iPhones and iPods at your school? What could professors do to make their classes more interesting? How could we use these devices at our school?
iPods for Freshmen link
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i think that having an ipod at school would be cool and students can listen to music and some student can consentrate better if they listen to music. if the school gives you an ipod the student will use it in a good way and if they dont they will have it taken away from them since the school bought it for them. schools now dont often allow ipods in school then it makes students want to use it even more. there is a dissadvantage because people can steal them and tease each other for what music they listen to.
I think that giving iPods out to students is a win-win situation to everyone expect for the professors. The students can research stuff while walking to class, poll could take less that two minutes instead of standing in line and waiting in a line plus you can store your music on your your iPod as well. The school gains reputation and boosts it's popularity,but for the professors it's a whole new distraction. they have problems explaining when students take out there iPod and check their facebook. they can't take them away when since the school gave it to them.
I think that having an itouch or iphone is a great way to communicate with school so you can see if you have an assembly or if a class has been cancelled. The ipod also allows students to have something to do during lunch time. The great part is that you are able to see where the students are in the campus. The ipod could also prevent the school from using paper because on the iphone and itouch you can access the internet, which will allow you to easily send attachments or emails.
If I were a student at a university and I had access to a mobile device I could take notes during the lecture or record a video. Later on I could use this to study for any exams or tests. This could end up being a great help if I was a slow writer or couldn’t type fast on a computer. Then I wouldn’t need to carry a computer to every class and instead carry a light- weight iPhone. If I was a professor I would have mixed feelings about this. I would let my students take notes on their mobile devices but I wouldn’t let them take videos or record any sound clips. I think we should use the technology we have to make life easier. Professors might want to make class more fun by having students access the web to research during class work. I think it would be a great idea to use these technologies at our school because it would be a great help. I think teachers should allow students to bring laptops or some kind of device to take notes during class. I believe it would be fair for the teachers to be strict and make sure the student is only using the device to take notes.
I believe that students should not use any I phones or Ipods in college. Because of more attetion requirements and faster procedures. When you use an Ipod or Iphone in class you kind of get distracted, to hold an Ipod it takes two hands one for holding and one for touching the screen and this takes away your attention from the professor. Otherwise using laptops is much better because you can place it on your table and it would be almost aligned with the board so you can just look up and see the board.
Typing on a laptop is much faster when on an Ipod you can barely even type a message. But an Ipod is helpful for fast announcements or bulletins it can surf the Internet very quickly, but everything has its downside and this is a laptops downside. If you have a small and easy to use laptop you can still manage fast announcements or bulletins, and in class you can still debate and share information using laptops.
In the end I think laptops are better, faster, and more helpful. A summary would be that anyone can type anything very quickly on a laptop faster than you can type a word on an Ipod, while laptops don’t need a lot of concentration when using it and if a college had a quick announcement they can just say it on the schools intercom system or spread the news.
If I were attending a university I could imagine my self using the mobile technology devices for many different things. I would use it for leisure and class work. I would use the ipods as a quick way to receive information about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises and any information any one would need to tell me about. I could also use it, for online research in class and instant polling. I would go on the internet and use the ipods to make audio recordings of myself.
If I were a professor I would have a mixed reaction to the introduction of iphones and ipods at my school. I would be happy about its usefulness such as online research in class and being able to send information to my students any time I wanted. I would be unhappy that students are less likely to participate in class if they are multitasking. I would fear that technology would take over teaching.
For the professors to make their classes more interesting they would be forced to try to compete with a device. I believe they can't compete with a device. Thus I think they should use the device as a system to teach with.
We could use these devices in our school to receive information from the school such as the lunch menu. Instead of going to advisory they could send us the information we need to know. It would be a new system to help us learn.
I agree with the idea that iPod Touches and iPhones should be given out to students in universities. I would help to inform students of events that are going to be happening on campus or if there is going to be an unscheduled cancelation of school or other such happenings that may be coming up. The instant internet access could also prove beneficial so that people can find information within seconds. I can also see the downside of it though. The distractions in class could affect peoples’ learning. It could also prove a costly venture for the universities and if a student becomes dependent on the device to function at school and then loses or has it stolen or if it breaks from falling off something then the student may be left helpless and completely out of touch with what was happening at school. If this happened I wonder if the universities would be willing to supply a second one so that the student could keep up or weather the student wold be left out in the cold to fend for him/herself.
I personally think that having an ipod in class would be good because people could surf the internet wherever they are on campus and they wouldn't have to carry around a laptop. Also students can listen to their music as they walk around campus. A disadvantage might be that students might lose focus in class but if a student is a good student they shouldn't have problems in their classes.
Outside of the class itself, I could see a mobile communication device being very useful; for scheduling classes, checking homework and due dates, etc. In the class itself I can't think of much of a use for them. If anything they might be distracting in class.
I kind of feel sorry for the professors who might have to deal with the distraction of iPhones in class. Many experienced professors also might think that having mobiles in class is slightly unorthodox. It might be annoying to keep telling kids to put them away. Also, since the phones would be supplied by the school, a teacher could not just simply confiscate it.
My take is that in the hallways and anywhere out of class they'd be great, but in class they'd be unnecessary.
I think that having iphoe in school is great idea. They can send messages to anybody they want to. Also they can access to internet easily with iphone. However for some people they wouldn't like that, because when they just bought an iphone and school is giving out new and better iphone that person will feel sad somehow. If I were professor at collage I wouldn't like that, because they would always be fooling around with their phone and not pay attention.
There is one problem about this. When somebody's i phone gets stolen it would be almost impossible to find because they all have same i phone
Lucky,They get free ipods,we should get free ipods we can listen to music and while we listen to music it lets us concentrate,I agree with alex about the rules on if we use it in a bad way its taken away from us, i think its cool to let students get ipod from there school but the bad part is they might sell it or steal others and sell them
I think that if we were issued iPods or iPhone that we could record or download lessons that our teachers gave us. After downloading or recording we could take down notes while we listen to the lesson instead of reading or writing for a very long time. This could help a lot of people who have a hard time reading or if you have hand problems. If I was a professor I would be glad that my students could probably have a better way of studying than I had to.
If I were given an iPhone I would record every class I had that day. It’s hard to remember so much in one day; it would really come in handy. I wouldn’t have restrictions against iPods or iPhones, because it’s not my grade its theirs, if they wanted to take advantage of it they can, but it wouldn’t bother me. At our school we could record the class for students who are out sick so they know exactly what went on, as if they were actually there.
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