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=08. 18 = = College 2.0: Teachers Without Technology Strike Back =

11.20 Final Chapter for Texas Textbooks? - digital online book might eliminate the current text book market.  12.18 Cognitive Scientists Debunk Learning-Style Theories  12.25 Race to Top' Driving Policy Action Across States  12.26 Assessment to Rate Principal Leadership to be Field-Tested  12.26 Charter schools: education's fox in the henhouse  01.15 Debunking the Case for National Standards by alfie Kohn  02.11 School Libraries Seek Relevance Through Virtual Acces 02.28 Class, Take Out Your Cellphones! - **[|www.polleverywhere.com]** 03.03 More Funding for Principal Training Deemed Vital 03.20 educators embrace i-pod

05.22 **Texas OKs school guidelines after ideological debate** http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/03/18/26ipods.h29.html?tkn=QVUFWy2irvXNs1A9vbBsOv9kHwC8DoyoIpaU&cmp=clp-edweek 04.08 Comment of the Day http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
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 * “We’re giving them a great tool not only for them to be successful in high school, but when they get out in the real world.”

Only one problem with that - in the real world, people only use iPod Touches as research tools when they're on-the-go and don't have a real computer around. I'm wondering what these schools think the advantage of having iPod Touches over netbooks is. Is it just the price? It seems to me, the only real advantage is the price.

I don't own an iPod Touch, but doesn't the battery only last a few hours with wifi on? Why not just get a netbook or laptop, since students will be tethered to the wall anyway? Then students would be able to view webpages more easily, watch videos with Flash, use a greater variety of applications, and generally just do the things they would do on the iPod Touch, but faster and more effectively.

iPod Touches are great on-the-go tools because they'll fit in your pocket, but personally, I'd much rather have a class full of netbooks or laptops. Then I can ditch the textbooks, save a lot of money on paper, and over time, the price difference can pay for itself.3/18/2010 6:24 AM EDT on EdWeek || **[|Recommend (9)]** ||> **[|Report Abuse]** ||  ||
 * < [[image:http://sitelife.edweek.org/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif height="32" caption="User Image" link="http://www.edweek.org/persona.html?U=2075781&plckUserId=2075781"]] || **Jennifer Manick** wrote:I started a iPod Touch initiative and love them, also found a great app called Mobl21 (**www.mobl21.com**) that is free and allows my students to participate. ||

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