We have had some instances of students with dyslexia who find the minidiscs
difficult to use - e.g. working through menus to erase tracks, etc. Do you
feel that the iPod is more 'intuitive' to use in this respect, or has this
not been an issue elsewhere?
Becky
Mrs Becky Campbell
Assessment Officer
Disability Office, University of Wales Swansea
Singleton Park, Swansea,SA2 8PP.
Tel: 01792 513000
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian F. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: i-pods
How does the ipod help a student who needs to record lectures by reducing
the extra time they must spend working through these recordings after the
session?
I don't see how the ipod offers a better solution than e.g. the Sony MZ-B10
recorder. This provides a large, clear time display (so the student can
annotate notes during the lecture with the recording time, helping them to
fast forward to important parts of the recording). It allows playback to be
controlled via a footswitch, so a student trying to type or write up notes
from recordings does not have to leave the keyboard or put down the pen to
pause, cue or review the recording. If the student wants to keep a recording
for future reference they can simply take the disc out.
I Ian Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Trott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: i-pods
> Here here Bernard.
> Mick Trott
> In a message dated 21/04/05 18:29:24 GMT Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << I think we're talking in relative terms here. No one is suggesting
> that
> iPods don't work, simply that they don't work as well for particular
> purposes
> as other solutions. Further, there are some functions they were never
> designed
> to carry out and so don't. The notion that people need to carry gigs of
> recorded lectures around with them (or that this is desirable) is
> questionable, I
> think. The most important aspect of any modern recording device is how
> well
> it integrates with computers: iPods don't win here in the same sort of way
> that
> mini-disks don't, not because it's impossible but because it's more
> trouble
> than it's worth or than many students can manage. At the same time, I'm
> not
> surprised students don't complain about performance, but unless they are
> remarkably detached from branding status and have access to a range of
> alternatives
> against which it can be measured, perhaps they're not in the best position
> to
> judge. I am only glad that students don't research accessories more
> closely,
> otherwise I would be hearing stories of how purple is a soothing colour
> that
> helps them concentrate (get the Mac and iPod to match:
> http://www.colorwarepc.com/products/select_apple.aspx ) >>
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