I Tunes what?

I tunes U is what puts the power of I tunes to work for colleges and Universities so people can easily search, download, and play course content the same as music, I tunes U's purpose Is to first make the classroom always in session by allowing twenty four seven access in educational content from hundreds of colleges, second it allows learning on the go, by allowing students to sync I tunes U to any Ipod or I phone so they can learn as they workout, play, or just relax at home. Third is to keep student motivated by using vivid videos and audio that is more interesting than book ever could be. and lastly it will allow schools to open their content to the public for example parents, alumni, or anyone with a love of learning. this could possibly change the way the world learns,

Ipods in classrooms

when i first saw this assignment i thought how in the world could you use an I pod in your classroom but surprisingly I found lots of neat examples where teachers are using them on a daily basis, For example in New Jersey teachers are using I pods to help ELL students with English, the students will listen to the music, hear the words, and began to understand them.
Duke university will give 1650 Ipods to incoming freshman as part of initiative to foster innovative uses of technology. Duke will load orientation information, an academic calender, and even the duke fight song. The purpose of this is to allow students to download course content, record lectures,and, foreign language lectures.I think that this is a very neat idea i wish i had of gotten an Ipod when i enrolled at south.

Formula for sucsess

I chose to read February's blog titled a Formula for Success, this blog was about teachers teaching math in a way that will allow students to relate to the problem in the real world instead of just having students plug in numbers with a formula and solving. basically he was trying to say that if students can relate the math problem to the real world then they will have a greater chance of remembering how and why to do it.
As someone who has always struggled with math this article hit home because I am the student that has no idea why math works no matter how hard i try or practice I memorize it for the test then i walk out of the class and forget it. I think that if I had a teacher that related math to things that were in the real world it might have made a great difference in my life.