IPODs for classrooms?

Is the classroom a place for an IPOD? That certainly seems to be the topic in several websites that I reviewed. Successful Teaching blogspot has a great article to read about the use of IPODs in classrooms. Teacher, Pat Hensley, lays out in this article the problems that may arise by using IPODs in classrooms. However, she also gives teachers solutions and ways to remedy these problems before they ever get started.

But the question still remains, is the classroom a place for an IPOD? Well here is my professional (yet not professional) opinion:

We, as teachers, are here to meet our students where they are and to insure they are learning. If one strategy is not working, then we are to try another one, RIGHT? We are living in such a technologically advanced society, we must use any tools we can in order to get our students to learn and an IPOD is a perfect example. As a teacher, we spend so much time in a day on full classroom teaching. It would be so beneficial to use an IPOD for that teaching and spend your day on more individualized learning skills. Why not download podcasts for those lessons geared toward your entire class? The students can take these home to review. This even gives parents the ability to review what the students are learning. This in turns enables the teacher a few extra hours of teaching we normally would not have.

I am so impressed by all of the new ways people are coming up with using new technology. The use of these IPODs, the use of GPS devices and so many others gives us future teachers unlimited possibilities. I can't wait to get started!