The Dallas Morning News reports this week: Grand Prairie schools welcome iPods in classrooms. The news story describes fifth graders who are reinforcing physics lessons by setting them to music on devices their school district paid $73,114 to provide to them:
“This is tech generation. So, when we think of instructing students, we have to think of different ways of teaching,” said Whitt’s principal, Alisha Crumley. “To get their attention in class, we have to keep up.”
Ms. Chavez created her latest hit using GarageBand, Apple’s software that allows users to record, edit and mix their own song.
“My kids are jamming out to science,” she said. “It’s so much more fun than taking notes in a book. Come TAKS time, they’re going to be singing that song.”
Ms. Chavez said her next song might be a takeoff on Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.” She’ll call it “I Love Rocks and Solids.”
This is exactly the opposite of the approach of the Mayor of New York and others who spend money and time taking handheld devices away from students. Go figure . . .
Via learninginhand
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