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Monday, January 22, 2007
- I think that using an ipod, as a learning strategy is a great new way of learning. Some of us may not understand things right away so by using the ipod, we can easily go back and replay a seminar. The ipod learning system is great because we can be learning on the go. Whether we are taking a vacation or just on a transit, we have our ipod's and we can listen and learn whenever and wherever. We're taking the learning system to a whole new level. Now we have no excuse to say that we didn't go to the seminar cause we can easily take it from the Internet and into our ipod's. This is a great idea for people who are very eager to learn and willing to work at a fast pace. In other hands, those who don't grasp things very well can repeat the seminar over and over until they understand. In my opinion I could only learn well to an extent. I will probably do well on and off. The reason being is although the ipod has a different learning strategy, it will not make a difference if you're not willing to learn. I can admit that I'll probably doze off and daydream while listening to a seminar. Like any other people you can't force someone to learn and be excited. Sure it's a new way of learning but if you're not interested in the topic, what makes it so sure that you're going to learn? I think that it is a matter of being determined in learning.
I think that Mary Ward's system of self-directed learning is already somewhat like the ipod system. By this I mean that Mary Ward already gives us the freedom to go to any class we want. Our seminars are repeated through the week so to embrace such technology, to me, would be kind of pointless. I'm not so sure if all high school students are willing enough to put a seminar or lecture into their ipod's. The ipod's at school today are used to listen to music. Some people tend to work better when listening to music. In my experience I do like listening to music while working. The disadvantage of this technology in Mary Ward would be that fewer students would be coming in class. Now that the seminars can be held anywhere they want then there's no point in coming to class. All teachers would be seeing their students fewer times. On the other hand having this technology at our school would mean that we wouldn't ever have to miss a seminar again. Some of us tend to miss seminars and we get confused while doing the unit. This technology would make that problem disappear. No one at Ward would ever miss another seminar again.
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