Prompt 5

No, I do not own an iPod or a mp3 player. Therefore, I do not have any experience with either one of those two contraptions. However, I did read some interesting facts regarding several features of the iPod. The time stamp counter feature allows the user to go back in the audio file and listen again to a segment. This is probably much quicker than rewinding the cassette or backing up the CD when listening to an audio book. The other feature of interest is the rate of speech input. This feature allows the user to increase or slow down the rate of speech of the input. That feature allows the user to slow down the speech during a language lesson. Another interesting feature is the audio recording capacity with an add-on microphone. The Stansbury article gave the example of students recording answers to questions on their iPods as they viewed exhibits in the museum during a field trip, thus, eliminating the need for paper and pencil. I had no idea!

At some point in the future, I would be willing to try the audio books or audio recording feature with students. I am less interested in the video and Podcast features.