NYT on iPods for language learning
Interestingly, the school has an extremely strict ban on student-owned iPods on the premises, confiscating several each week (to prevent distraction and cheating). Clearly the iPods wield a double-edged set of white headphones. Got your own iPods in education story? Let us know below.
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The school district in Union City, NJ doesn't have the resources of more affluent suburban districts, according to an article in Monday's...
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I talk a lot about this on my http://www.mp3languagelearning.com site - basically the way you learn is listen over and over to native speakers. I also talk on my blog about this. http://www.claritaslux.com/blog/ Basically if you use music for language learning or ipods or mp3 it all helps.
October 13 2007 at 3:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust hoping that the kids aren't given Bob Dylan or something, imagine a generation of kids learning English with that long drawl through each word.
Didn't we learn any thing from 'Better Off Dead'?
There has been an ongoing debate about iPod use in schools for some time -some say they are great because they're familiar and so ubiquitous, others say there no good because they are so limited compared to PDA's.
You can read more about this debate by doing a search for ipod at http://www.mlearnxyz.net.
The best resource site for ipods in education is http://www.learninginhand.com/ipod/index.html
iPods for translations is a cool idea. I like this site:
http://www.mp3translations.com/
I love my iPod, but it seems EXTREMELY cost ineffective. Even with an educational discount, spending hundreds of dollars a pop seems like a waste for a school district that doesn't have many resources. It would be a lot cheaper to buy a bunch of CD-Rs and even portable CD players. Since most people probably have a CD player in their homes, these portable CD players wouldn't even be necessary for every student. It just seems like such a waste of money.
October 12 2007 at 12:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJonathan, you may have seen that here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/10/ipod-being-used-by-army-as-arabic-translator-in-iraq/
I believe it was on the oday show that military are using iPods with different language tranlations programmer into them to aid in road side checks in the middle east. Apparently they have sign language pictures on the too to help gesture to civilians.
I use my iphone to play music to put my month old daughter to sleep.
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