http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/ Switched Comments for Student's iPod Blows Up in Class http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/Mar 3rd 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
Another point - why can something not be done about the blatant advertisements I see every time I go to a comments section? So irritating.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
Let me tell you, i graduated high school around the time mp3 players were introduced, i dont think the ipod had come out yet, but i had a disc man, a mini disc player, and even a cassette walkman - and so did a zillion other kids ... just because an ipod is a more convenient way to carry your music does not make it any more or less acceptable.

Furthermore ... there's an appropriate way to deal with technology, which many adults havent figured out yet too i might add. I've been in conferences where gentlemen and ladies will just answer the phone during a training seminar ... completely in appropriate; the way to do it is quietly excuse your self from the room, and tend to your personal business if you must.

Also, lets not forget the days before ipods. If kids want to cause a distraction in the class room, they will. I've seen people set fire to rubber cement glue on the table in an art room... so blowing up an ipod... that was just a matter or what was convenient.

If you want to teach kids about responsibility, teach them its ok to have a cell phone on you, and in ipod, and another other technological tool they wish - but there's a right way to act, and a wrong way. Locking an ipod in a locker will not teach kids about acting responsibly.

I am a firm believer in that kids act more responsible when they have more responsibilities - once you start taking them away, kids began acting more immature. Just the way it works.

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The problem is not that iPods distract kids. They really don't. If the child wants to learn, then they will pay attention. If they don't want to learn, they'll ignore the teacher. An iPod, for the latter, is just another way to ignore the teacher. If you take it away, they'll sit there and text, or if that's gone too, sleep, or scribble, or simply just not come to class at all.

Myself? I used my iPod all the time in class. In fact, I used portable game systems as well. I also graduated 7th in a class of 350 students with a 5.4 GPA. So.... what does that do to your idea that electronics in schools are bad, hmm?]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
In high school however, there is NO need for it in the classroom. It's a little something called respect for your teacher. Argue against me all you want but you will NOT gain any respect from instructors if you use these devices in their class. So even if it is allowed, you reap what you sow. ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/Mar 3rd 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
The biggest problem is not that the iPod distracts the student-- a student using an iPod in class is doomed to fail anyway-- it's that the iPod distracts OTHER students-- students who actually care about making something of themselves.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/Mar 3rd 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/Mar 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
There have been studies that indicate that lower-level (foundations and special education) students perform more proficiently when external factors are drowned out by music. They can not hear distractions around them, conversations, noise in the hallways, radiators, etc. etc. Because of the world we live in, school administrators have decided that because a certain subset of students benefit from the use of ipods in class, then all students must be permitted to use them (fair is fair after all).

To illustrate my point:
As I am typing this response, I am sitting in an Advanced Placement English classroom with 22 senior English students working silently on an independent assignment; of the 22, there is only ONE who is using an ipod. The rest are working silently, and without music. This indicates (at least to me) that more advanced students are capable of getting through the day without these distractive devices. Be aware...if this where a common level class, there would be 15-20 students using ipods. BIG difference, huh?

BOTTOM LINE: IPODS SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS!]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/02/students-ipod-blows-up-in-class/
It's ridiculous that you think only the "more advanced" students are smart enough not to have to listen to music. Then again you're only a substitute teacher.

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It seems to me you should be “in” the class yourself, learning how to use English correctly, and not teaching it!

Or maybe you should put on some IPod headphones on to drown out your distractions?

Shame on you! No wonder the kids of today are so ignorant. They have ignorant people teaching them.
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