The iPod Revolution: Coming to a Classroom Near You

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iPod was predicted that it would “change the way we listen to music” by Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer when it first release. Well it certainly bring a big impact to the mp3 market which Apple iPod standing strong on their 83% market share mp3 player. This article talks about how iPod become part of studies in the classroom.

Here is how it get started, in the fall of 2004, the iPod made its first big splash as a learning tool in higher education. 1,600 of iPods was distribute out to entering first year student by Duke University. They found out that the iPod not only as a music player, but also as a tool to disseminate course content, a recording device for classroom and field use, a study support tool, and a file storage and transfer medium.

Since then, other University starts to follow Duke University's foot step. Apple developed a product, iTunes U, to allow universities to distribute content for iPods easily. This how the new era started.

Use of the iPod in higher education has now spread to dozens of schools and hundreds of applications (Pascual, 2007). The ability to combine video and audio in the newer iPods has increased the range of instructional uses. A common theme in all the accounts of integrating iPods in the classroom is the ease with which faculty and students can generate and distribute content. This paper has presented the experiences of many different universities and disciplines. It is clear that the iPod can be successfully integrated into any college or university course.