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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. Whoopty doo by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another liberal arts cash-wasting waste of time.

    In a way I pity these students when they enter the real world, but moreso I'm glad I don't have to compete with them for jobs.

    All an iPod can teach is the addage of "a fool and his money".

    The next Slashdot story will be ready soon

    What's the hold up? You sure aren't proofreading it.

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  2. Language Education by retostamm · · Score: 1, Troll
    Well, if it would support Ogg Vorbis format, they could take free language classes:

    http://www.lingoteach.org/#tapes

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  3. Re:Gothic Imagination by CptChipJew · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow you really did a number on here then, eh?

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