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Article on the use of iPods in education

If you are interested in what different universities are doing with ipods, check out the article in this month's issue of Multimedia & Internet @ Schools entitled "The Proof is in the Podding" by Stephen Abram. His email is stephen.abram@sirsidynix.com

The article discusses Duke Universities purchase of an Ipod for every student and the applications they used for them. What a great boost to education!

There is also a great list of resources at the end of the article including:

Chris Harris's blog Infomancy http://www.schoolof.info/infomancy

Duke University iPod First-Year Experience: Final Evaluation Report
http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf

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