Hank Edmondson, a government professor known around campus as "The Podfather," was among the first to use iPods to supplement his course lectures. Edmondson now makes lectures, language study programs, indigenous music and thumbnail art sketches available for download to the iPods of students in a three-week study-abroad program he leads.So, what's next? perhaps a 'virtual fraternity? (That would be "Iota Pi Omicron Delta" I suppose.)
During a recent visit to the Prado in Madrid, he recorded a 20-minute lecture on the museum's artwork. Downloading it in advance will let students spend their time at the museum exploring, not listening to Edmondson talk.
"You want to pack everything in, but you've got a lot of travel time," he said.
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This school year, it started iVillage, a virtual community that encouraged incoming students to start communicating before the start of classes. The first dozen freshmen recruited for the effort were asked to think up innovative uses for the iPods.
The team is creating an iPod-based freshmen survival guide that includes advice on classes, dorms and nightlife in this sleepy community 100 miles south of Atlanta.
Bobby Jones, a freshman from Rome, said he's found life in a "virtual community" surprisingly satisfying.
"(You) think it will never get the same sense of community living together, but we definitely found that sense of belonging," he said.
Seriously, we should have somebody looking into putting recruiting material into podcast form, at the very least. Imagine having some of the really inspiring speeches by our leading lights available for prospective members and their parents to hear. For that matter for entire chapters to hear and not just the few who get to go be where he talks are given.
Georgia College Pushes for iPod Ingenuity - Yahoo! News
