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Students Get iPods as Study Aids

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-gothic-imagination dept.

WIAKywbfatw writes "Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia has given iPod digital music players to its students to help them with their coursework, as reported by BBC News. Apple donated about 50 iPods as part of an experimental project to illustrate creative uses for the machine, and University professors say the gadgets have helped the students think more critically about their Gothic Imagination course." I wonder if I can write off my new iPod as an education expense.

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  1. Gothic Imagination course? by rnb · · Score: 5, Funny

    University professors say the gadgets have helped the students think more critically about their Gothic Imagination course.

    That's a lot of Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy songs.

    1. Re:Gothic Imagination course? by Elequin · · Score: 5, Funny

      My car is so goth it goes "Ankh! Ankh!"

  2. At my school... by strateego · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I get is an education. I don't want that crap. I want my free iPOD. Damn you WCC

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  3. Quote the article.. by Rudy+Rodarte · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I not only use it for class assignments but for personal use as well." I wonder what kind of personal use this dude was talking about? Surely not the 17,000 over the next 3 years kind?

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  4. There's a Gothic Imaginiation course??? by JonKatzIsAnIdiot · · Score: 5, Funny
    The universities are in sadder shape than I thought. What does the syllabus look like?
    • It's not your parent's basement - it's a medieval dungeon
    • Appropriate curses to use when your father won't let you drive his Volvo
    • How to prove your individuality by dressing alike

  5. Whoops.... by ewhenn · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Apple donated about 50 iPods as part of an experimental project...

    There goes profitability for the next 2 quarters.