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Web Watch: The revolution in your pocket

By Bill Law, Belfast Telegraph  | 
There was a bit of a fuss last week when South Kent College in Dover announced that it was to hand out MP3 players to its students in a pioneering podcasting experiment. Read full article.

College Lectures Coming To Video iPods

-Raleigh, N.C.
Technology being rolled out at North Carolina State University will soon allow students to watch classroom lectures on video from their dorm rooms. Read full article.

Apple isn't just for teachers anymore

-Roanoke Times, VA
Radford University officials are brimming with excitement about a new service coming to campus in the fall: iTunes U. Read full article.

AU Washington College of Law Podcasting Success

-Washington College of Law at American University

To accommodate WCL students’ busy schedules, the school makes virtually every event available via podcast.

WCL is also sensitive to the needs of those students for whom English is not their first language. Podcast software allows the listener to slow down playback of the audio, making it easier for the speaker to be understood. Also, classes will be podcast for students who are unable to attend due to illness, family emergency or other excusable absence. Class podcasts are available only to WCL students.  Read full article.

Podcast lectures for uni students

A lecturer at a West Yorkshire university has abolished traditional lectures in favour of podcasts. Read full article.

Unplugged: Sherman College Goes Wireless

From my recent article in Straight From Sherman, I talk about the implications of wireless networking on the campus of Sherman College.

Podcasting for Teachers

-PRWEB via YAHOO! news
'Podcast For Teachers' Presents Live Interactive Seminar on "Podcasting, Education and Lifelong Learning" at the International Pod. Read full article.

In a related event, have you listened to Dr. Wise's latest ethics podcast? Find it here.

Professors Getting Wise to the Power of Podcasting

-MacNewsWorld
Most years in Dr. Kevin M. Gaugler's Spanish civilization class, the students were so focused on note-taking that they rarely uttered a word. Then, last fall, he decided to do something a little bit different. He started podcasting his lectures, which are in Spanish, hoping to take pressure off his students. Read full article.

In iPod We Trust

- Mikael Blaisdell, THE Journal
Beloved by students worldwide, the ubiquitous little MP3 player is becoming a presence in the classroom as teachers discover its many educational uses. Read full article.

Get smart

-The Age
The digital age means students need to be more tech savvy than ever. Mary Riekert and Lia Timson report. Victorian students making the daily trip to and from school have more than books and pencil cases in their backpacks. Laptops, PDAs and flash drives jostle with mobile phones and digital music players as technology blurs the divide between home and school. Read full article.