iuniversity teacher video

On the PBS section of iuniversity there were a couple of movies that a teacher could use in their classroom. There were only a couple available and mostly science was the subject that you had to pick from. I watch the video on the sun. I never knew the sun was a dwarf star so yeah, now I do.
As for me using this in my class I would say no. The reason is because of the load time. I had to wait an unusual amount of time to get it to play and it would play for about 2 seconds before it stopped. I guess it was buffering but I really don't know because it never continued on without me doing something.
If it was more user friendly I would totally use this if it worked properly. The video about the sun was very helpful and informative. It told specifics about the sun such as the temp and the distance from the earth. Good stuff bad stuff.

i Tunes University

i Tunes University is available from Apples itune store. It features free audio and video from universities across the United States. It appears that you can download lectures from classes. You can also subscribe to programs and podcast made available by the universities. Some of the links provided information for college level but also K-12.

I stumbled across what appeared to be course offerings. Really it seems to be another useful way for a student or teacher to receive information. A student can subscribe to a class podcast and a teacher can also subscribe to another teachers podcast. It's really cool and I will definitely be subscribing to quite a few of the college links.

http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/07/best_of_itunes.html

i-pod use in classroom instruction

I researched the Duke University digital initiative. It appears that Duke University give or loans their students an i-pod with voice recorders installed. The school is using i-pods to add to class instruction. The i-pods are used in many different helpful way one of which is the distribution of class learning materials. They also used systems such as blackboard, podcast, and i-tunes to provide information to the students.

In the class room the i-pods could be used to record lectures and class participation for future reference. Students were able to use the i-pod outside of the class room by tailoring it to their own needs for projects and what have you. I think this is a great idea. I would much rather participate in classroom lectures than spend all of my time writing it down. Most people seem to be intimidated by technology and this is a great way to integrate it into everyday situations.

http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf