iTunes University

I found iTunes Iniversity to be a very neat idea. I can use it to stay updated in my classes as well as give it to the students for further learning. I could assign to the students certain clips to watch per class for their benefit because maybe they are not able to learn from my teaching. There could be a link between my teaching and a student's learning that a could be found by the students on iTunes University.

I am actually going to watch some of the movies about mathematics throughout the rest of the semester because I am not doing as well as I need to be calculus. Not only will I benefit from it when I am a teacher, but I am benefiting from it now as a student. To learn more about iTunes University, CLICK HERE

Duke University's use of iPods

Duke University distributed about 1600 iPods to first year students in August 2004 as an initiative to create the use of more technology in the education department. The iPods' music database and hard drive storage were widely used for academic progress. The students were able to use them to record class lectures, field studies, study support, and file storage and transfer.

Although they are very helpful, like all things, they had downfalls. Some were unable to share and transfer with one another. The recordings were not of significant quality. There was also a lack of bulk purchases.

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Dr. Alice Christie

I viewed Dr. Christie's website. I found it to be pretty useful for teachers. She has made everything on the site easily accessible. There were several links available.

The part of the site that I got the most use out of is the Educational Technology link. She goes into Instant Messaging, giving the viewer different IM lingo. She shows how podcasting can be used for teaching and learning. I also found the multimedia link neat. She goes into detail on how multimedia can be used as well.

Wikipedia

I can't believe Wikipedia is still out there. It would seem like if it is so unreliable, it would be deleted. I will never trust Wikipedia as a source for anything I am working on.

I can understand the FBI or CIA wanting to change things, but Wal-Mart??? Give me a break. I think they should be focusing on lowering prices rather than Wikipedia.

May: Customer Service

I listened to the video posted in regards to a customer service call made to HP. The majority of the call was spent with the customer service representative asking about the model and serial number instead of the actual problem. The post was about how maybe we should take more time and concern when it comes to customer service.

I think he made a very valid point. If we do not teach one another things, we will never learn. If someone asks you for help, help them. Help them understand the problem and let them try to work it out on their own. Do not just jump in and do it for them.

Last Semesters podcasts

I listened to two podcasts from last semester. The first one was by Joel Graham, Noelle Shipman and Kimberly Kelly on the topic of YouTube for educational purposes. I did not find anything that I would change. They spoke very clearly and took turns. Nobody spoke over the other. I could tell it was very organized.

The second podcast that I listened to was by Susan Smith, Bridget Thompson-Hall and Angela Minish. There was two reasons that I chose this one: I know Bridget and I will be doing my podcast on the same subject. I also thought that their podcast was very organized as well. I really could not critique anything negatively.