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New Software Lets iPods Replay Classroom Lectures

by Alon Avdi on December 12, 2007 at 01:41 PM



Young people attempting to convince the parental units to buy them the latest iPod now have a compelling argument in their arsenal. And adults who would rather buy items with educational value for their children may be pleasantly surprised. It turns out that in addition to playing music and video clips, the iPod may be used to recast and display lectures and visuals from the classroom. The New York Times reports that at least two companies now offer software that aligns recorded auditory information with digital images. In practice, a professor's words and her PowerPoint slides are linked and then placed on a server from which students may download the lecture.

One advantage of the new software is the ease with which students may search for particular parts of the lecture to review, rather than having to sit through the whole presentation all over again. Every word that appears on the lecture's accompanying digital images is indexed so that students can search for key words and open the lecture at any juncture. This technology is already in full swing at schools like the University of Central Florida, while others such as Purdue University are testing it out.

We're guessing that the children might be winning a few bouts with the parents after this news gets out...

From The New York Times (via geeksugar)


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