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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. Re:Can they record? by MNJavaGuy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yeah..I guess I have an iPond or something...where did my brain go?

  2. Nice PR move... by natron+2.0 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Makes sense. Good PR move for the folks at Apple. Kill two birds with one stone. Get rid of the overstock of the discontinued 5GB iPods and look good in the public's eye.

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  3. Re:Creative uses? by tenman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd have to agree with you on this. Think how many of these they will sell to the other students who are just "keeping up with the Joneses."