iPods used as a tool?

[enjoilax]

Well i figured why not ask they seem to be everywhere so....

Apparently theres a Professor at UPenn that is using iStory Creator to help his class and for activities.

Way cool in my book.

Have any of you guys heard anything about iPods being used like this?

[jedk]

I use mine for storing class notes / timetables and such, not sure if that counts or not :p

[yuck]

i took digital video class this term, and i use my ipod as an backup HDD

[Bob]

Have any schools used them in the same way as Brearley School, a private school for girls on the Upper East Side of Manhattan?
Link (http://tech2.nytimes.com/mem/technology/techreview.html?res=9D0DE2DB1331F93AA35751C1A9629C 8B63)

[jeff25624]

I planned on using the Shuffle as a jump drive, just because it can. However, the towers in the lab have the USB ports way off to right, next to where plastic juts out, and the shuffle won't fit. I'm not losing any sleep over it though. I don't use my 3rd Gen for anything, that stays in the room now mostly.

[non_zero]

I use my iPod as a mirror occasionally.

[ipodsteve]

I just got it.. and already have some files stored on it.. Going over to a friends house to work on his computer, and I needed some drivers that I downloaded.. they would not fit on a floppy (yes I still have those) and I did not want to burn a CD.. I decided, what they hey, I wanted to show my friend the Ipod..

[smorzander]

i think i am going to buy a shuffle to use as a thumb-drive cuz the one i have now is so beaten up, it has taken 8, 20ft plunges to the floor below, for some reason it always falls off my loft.

[benjammin725]

i have heard of some high schools using them for foreign language homework and i know duke university is giving them away to incoming freshmen but theres no real use for that except to boost student opinion of the school. i guess they come with a message from the dean and the school anthem. oh by the way, the high schools using them are just LENDING them to the students, they record the serial number and check it when u hand it back in and if u lose it yo gotta pay for it

[Petary791]

I remember somebody told me at Duke, they give you an iPod because they do PodCasting or something.

[jwc110869]

I thought Duke U was keeping schedules and class notes on their new iPod program.

[IlIlIlIlIl]

I use my iPod to store some lecture audio recordings.

[Xarthan]

I use mine to store files like an external HD, but then again who dosen't do that? :)

[what]

i was just wondering im in grade 11 and i want to know what exactlly cAN I DO WITH MY IPOD. please list in order

-music-timetable-calender...

thats all that i know.

oh ya could i put my skool work into it by scanning the work into my computer and then somehow putting the scanned items in the ipod.

thanks:D

[musicroom]

I have used my ipod photo for my presentations. Save the slides to my ipod, hook it to the proyector and BAM ! a nice presentation (with no computer).

Musicroom :D

[narkerbyt]

Originally posted by musicroom
I have used my ipod photo for my presentations. Save the slides to my ipod, hook it to the proyector and BAM ! a nice presentation (with no computer).

Musicroom :D

How do you do that? Can you export your Power Point files to JPEG Animated files or what?

[ipodsteve]

My spanish project is on my Ipod.. and next week I am going to use a mac at school to set up my calender with iCal..

I have been looking at Ibooks.. maybe after I get a car this summer.. I might be able to get an Ibook next semester... Powerbooks are too much for me.. but I want a 12-inch Ibook.. nothing fancy.. but I need a new laptop for school... why not a mac? It would look good with my Ipod..

[jessica.]

I just used mine on an exam. The teacher said we can have 1/2 page of notes. I used a text file on my ipod.

[cdcarter]

Originally posted by narkerbyt
How do you do that? Can you export your Power Point files to JPEG Animated files or what?

Why use animmated GIF's when you could use good ol' JPEG's. No fancy animations to take the focus away from the data. A "PowerPoint" is supposed to be about conveying information, not how ugly can you make it be.

[GinoLicious]

Possible to d/l a free program that lets u type #### on through the ipod? And change ur calender through the ipod and addresses and #### without using ur computer?

[bdav]

Can you use a NavIpod to do the photo sslideshow thing?

[MaverickUK]

I store my coursework on mine.

[skateboarderx24]

i keep some of my cad files on my ipod just incase the schools server burps and i cant open the folder