Thursday, October 26, 2006
Maroon 5 Makes Room on the IPod for Schoolwork
"The 20-gigabyte iPod required by the school sells for $299 at stores but was made available to students for $269 through Brearley with Apple's education discount. Nonetheless, only 117 students purchased the device through the school, and 95 rented it from the school at a cost of $50 per year. The rest owned them already".
The new phenomenom when it comes to electronical music devices is definetly the Ipod. There are different types that can fit any family member no matter the age. Now they are putting them in schools to help people learn. Some schools like University of Duke,Georgia College & State University and now Brearley private school for girls is using this.
"In Jian Gu's Mandarin course that afternoon, one student played snippets of her Chinese diary entry, while another student translated it aloud. Three advanced students transcribed the recording in Chinese characters. As the class ended, they all listened to Chinese rhythm and blues.
Ms. Gu said she asked students to record diaries in Mandarin because there was educational value in stumbling through awkward moments when speaking. "To learn a language," she said, "you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes." Jacques Houis, a French teacher at Brearley, said the iPod kept his students engaged. "The ability to vary what you're doing is important for maintaining interest," Mr. Houis said".
These are two examples from Brearley that say this new form of teaching is working. It keeps people interested because this is something that everybody loves music. By trying te relate to these kids they will definetly stay interested because this is something they find as being fun. It's not the same old teaching method. The students are learning different languages alot easier because they are hearing the way there suppose to be speaking.
One of the main things these educators wanted to try to do was
"Ms. Ayala said that sort of real-world content could encourage students to use their iPods more often. "The hope is that if students are interested in this, they'll download and explore on their own without being told to," she said".
One concern was is all of this legal, with people not being able to download songs as much as they use too.
"The school developed internal rules to comply with usage laws. Students are asked not to share their school materials with people outside the classroom, and must delete audio files when they are done with them".
The Ipod is a great invention. I got one a couple of weeks ago and i don't leave my room without it. I own about 50 CD's, before when i wanted to hear a different artist i would have to change the cd now i just change the artist on my ipod. It saves so much time and room, because now everywhere you go you have your whole music library with you. Everywhere i go i have my headphones on listening to music. Im happy i got an Ipod if you don't have one i recomend you buy one.
The new phenomenom when it comes to electronical music devices is definetly the Ipod. There are different types that can fit any family member no matter the age. Now they are putting them in schools to help people learn. Some schools like University of Duke,Georgia College & State University and now Brearley private school for girls is using this.
"In Jian Gu's Mandarin course that afternoon, one student played snippets of her Chinese diary entry, while another student translated it aloud. Three advanced students transcribed the recording in Chinese characters. As the class ended, they all listened to Chinese rhythm and blues.
Ms. Gu said she asked students to record diaries in Mandarin because there was educational value in stumbling through awkward moments when speaking. "To learn a language," she said, "you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes." Jacques Houis, a French teacher at Brearley, said the iPod kept his students engaged. "The ability to vary what you're doing is important for maintaining interest," Mr. Houis said".
These are two examples from Brearley that say this new form of teaching is working. It keeps people interested because this is something that everybody loves music. By trying te relate to these kids they will definetly stay interested because this is something they find as being fun. It's not the same old teaching method. The students are learning different languages alot easier because they are hearing the way there suppose to be speaking.
One of the main things these educators wanted to try to do was
"Ms. Ayala said that sort of real-world content could encourage students to use their iPods more often. "The hope is that if students are interested in this, they'll download and explore on their own without being told to," she said".
One concern was is all of this legal, with people not being able to download songs as much as they use too.
"The school developed internal rules to comply with usage laws. Students are asked not to share their school materials with people outside the classroom, and must delete audio files when they are done with them".
The Ipod is a great invention. I got one a couple of weeks ago and i don't leave my room without it. I own about 50 CD's, before when i wanted to hear a different artist i would have to change the cd now i just change the artist on my ipod. It saves so much time and room, because now everywhere you go you have your whole music library with you. Everywhere i go i have my headphones on listening to music. Im happy i got an Ipod if you don't have one i recomend you buy one.
