Are Apple Inc. devices distractions or learning tools?


Officials from the universities said that the devices from Apple Inc. may enhance the student’s learning experience. It lets the students conduct their research while they were in class. They may also easily respond to the polls given by their professors. Moreover, students may get their homework wirelessly and electronically.

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On the other hand, the devices from Apple Inc. also allow the students to send each other text messages while they are on class. This is something that the professors were worried about.

According to Naomi Pugh, a first-year student studying at the Freed-Hardeman University located in Henderson, Tennessee, when things get a little




boring inside the classroom, it can be very tempting to pull the device out sometime. The student referred to her iPod Touch. Naomi Pugh said that the she hope that the professors might try even harder to make their class more interesting if they know that while they teach, they are competing with Apple Inc. devices and other devices as well.

Kyle Dixon, the co-director at the Abilene Christian University, offered 300 iPods and 600 iPhones to the incoming students this autumn. He said that the students were no longer interested with laptops. They now want something that they can carry around just like a mobile phone.

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    2 Comments to “Are Apple Inc. devices distractions or learning tools?”

    1. on 25 Aug 2008 at 11:53 am1Graham Brown-Martin

      An interesting, timely article.
      After a period in the doldrums as well the appearance of cut down laptops it appeared that the handheld computing sector was in rapid decline. Indeed, numerous manufacturers ditched their PDA lines living the sector to smart phones which, frankly, weren’t too smart.

      Apple via their iPhone & iPod Touch have re-invented handheld computing at a stroke and this will have a huge impact on the education sector as many projects in the UK and US can testify.

      In October the world’s largest Conference on handheld computing and learning takes place in London where companies including Apple and practitioners including Kyle from ACU will be presenting their work. The fact that nearly 1000 delegates attend from all over the world demonstrates the interest in creating transformational improvements in learning and teaching practice with the use of mobile and ubiquitous technologies such as the iPhone, Nintendo DS, media players, etc.

      A shameless but hopefully useful plug…

      Handheld Learning 2008 (www.handheldlearning2008.com) takes place in London from Oct 13th - 15th
      Handheld Learning 2008 takes place from Oct 13th - 15th

    2. on 25 Aug 2008 at 7:32 pm2Tony Vincent

      I hope that giving out iPods or allowing their use in classrooms really does make learning more exciting. I don’t want professors and teachers doing the exact same things they’ve always done…only now electronically instead of paper-based.

      By the way, I’ve gathered lots of resources for educators who want to use iPods in the classroom on my site: http://learninginhand.com/ipod

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