iPod Now Ready for the Education Market
It did not take long, but the iPod Touch now has sufficient apps too make it a valuable tool for education. When the iPod first came out there were very limited apps in the area of education but that is rapidly changing. Although apple is critisized for being a clozed development format, the explosion of apps makes it clear that it is open enough to make it easy for just about any developer to get there app distibuted on the iPod and iPhone platform.
There are now many applications in the Education field, from apps that teach times tables, to colors. I use “Preschool Adventure” with my 3 year old son and he loves it. For teaching my daughter Multiplication I use miTables. There are now many more apps for that are equally helpfull. As of this writing there is a noticable gap in Grading software, as well as student managment, but we are only a few months into the development of apps. I suspect that it won’t be long before the gaps are filled.
It is obvious that even with the recient price drop it is impractical to order a class set, but in my case I have three computers and groups of four students for centers. I now use my iPod Touch as an additional computer and the students switch which computer activity they use. I also use the calculator on my document projector because it is easier to see than the student calculators. My uses are quickly expanding, and I will likely purchase a seperate one with teacher funds to get even more use out of it.
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