iPod Classroom

I believe that I, myself, would learn well using this new iPod technology. I learn better and faster when I am figuring things out for myself when I do work. Working at my own pace also helps me improve my work. However, a drawback is the fact that help from my teacher will not be close to hand. If I am struggling with a question, I can’t just easily walk up to my teacher and ask, I would have to wait until the next time I’m in class to do so. Overall, I do feel that I would learn well in an iPod classroom.

In my opinion, I think it would be wise to incorporate this new iPod technology at Mary Ward. Many students often miss seminars due to other commitments or most of the time, they just don’t want to spend a whole period sitting and listening to a teacher lecturing. I personally would rather go to a seminar in the comfort of my own room, which is what this new technology can offer. It would also be easier for students to understand the seminar when they are watching it by themselves and have their whole attention on it. This would also allow them to go back and listen over again to a part of the seminar they did not understand and then ask their teacher about it.

Nevertheless, there are still some disadvantages among all the positive things an “iPod classroom” offers. For the most part, not everyone has or can afford an iPod video; therefore not everyone has access to these virtual seminars. Also, the fact that these seminars are available to those who have iPod videos at anytime, they might put off doing work which will eventually pile up.

Although there are some disadvantages to this iPod technology, it would be a great new addition to Mary Ward’s belief in self-directed learning.