The New Appearance Of Classroom - 1598 Words

What could one possible white box attached with a hole for headphones and a click wheel have anything to do with the power of the future of education? The iPod, established in 2003, is the mark that begins a trend for the new appearance of classroom learning at a prestigious institute in North Carolina, Duke University. Faculty Chair Member of the university, Cathy Davidson, author of â€Å"Project Classroom Makeover†, is a responsible party for the birth of the iPod in the classroom at the institution. Davidson’s reason for the selection of the iPod stems from the challenge she wants the undergraduates at the school to risk. Instilling the essential value of technology at higher education, Davidson wants primary and secondary schools to follow†¦show more content†¦Davidson writes how the incoming classes of freshmen students, the original recipients of the iPods were born in the era where the World Wide Web started to take off. Davidson writes, â€Å"they wer e already information searchers† (49). The underclassmen are familiar with the workings of the Internet by the time they start their higher education learning. This skill allows for the students to take their newfound liking to the technology world and apply it to the machines in their hands. Through expanding the capabilities of the iPod, the students at Duke transform the meaning of education on a technological level. This is significant because these students were taught primarily through the means of technology. This familiarity allows for the Duke students to expand the features of the iPod. Being able to think outside of the box shows potential for higher level thinking in the students. Being able to manipulate thoughts allows for unique thinking, thus creating new technologies. Without creative thought, schools would never be able to implement change in the field of education. Education would not exist without the current evolution of technology. Education is important to every human being, whether taught by paper or by ever-growing technology. The students, because of the easiness that comes from experience with the