iPods as an educational tool

Okay, coming from a person deprieved of an iPod, take it anyway you want.

First I will admit, I really would like one of these little wonders of technology.

Recently on Saturday Night Live, during the Weekend Update, there was a skit about Steve Jobs introducing new iPods for the future and it was ridiculous but funny. He kept showing smaller and smaller iPods until he introduced the iInvisible, which was nothing of course.

The iPod Nano is great, but I think the iPod video is the best. I am sure that there will be more updates and newer models as the skit on SNL jokes about, is really the truth, although not to that extreme.

I would like to use the iPod Video for other purposes than watching movies, tv shows and listening to music. I want to use it as an educational tool.

The iPods can be used for “Podcasts” in which instructors can provide their lectures in an alternative format and they can also use this as a supplement for instruction. It would be great to view or listen to what your professor said after class to clarify those questions in your mind. It would also be great for when you want to study for a test, or even point out to the instructor that he said “I will be giving everyone A’s” or “The test will be on Monday” when he hands it out on Friday and the students are all puzzled.

There is a lot more that can be said about iPods, but as I said before, I have limited experience with them, so my knowledge of their use is also limited. I know that they operate very similar to the iTunes program and they can store almost any type of file such as a flash memory drive. I also know that the smaller iPod’s are flash memory and the larger ones contain hard drives.

Hopefully, I can write more about this subject once I acquire my own iPod someday.

iPods are awesome

Okay, coming from a person deprieved of an iPod, take it anyway you want.

I admit, I really want one of these little wonders of technology. Recently on Saturday Night Live, during the Weekend Update with Tina Fey and that blond chick (I forget her name), there was a skit about Steve Jobs introducing new iPods for the future and it was ridiculous but funny. He kept showing smaller and smaller iPods until he introduced the iInvisible, which was nothing ofcourse.

The iPod Nano is great, but I think the iPod video is the best.

I would like to use the iPod Video for other purposes than watching movies, tv shows and listening to music. I want to use it as an educational tool.

Now that I am writing this, I think I will post this blog in both of my blogs, since I indicated in the other one that I will talk about my major actually, I think I will switch the description of the other blog and this one so that this is my main blog and the other for my work.. actually the best thing to do is have a professional blog that is is just about my major…. alright, that’s solved.. So I will be posting some of what I am writing now in my new blog – which is yet to be created or even named.

Back to the iPod’s.

The iPods can be used for “Podcasts” in which instructors can provide their lectures in an alternative format and they can also use this as a supplement for instruction. It would be great to view or listen to what your professor said after class to clarify those questions in your mind. It would also be great for when you want to study for a test, or even point out to the instructor that he said “I will be giving everyone A’s” or “The test will be on Monday” when he hands it out on Friday and the students are all puzzled.

There is a lot more that can be said about iPods, but as I said before, I have limited experience with them, so my knowledge of their use is also limited. I know that they operate very similar to the iTunes program and they can store almost any type of file such as a flash memory drive. I also know that the smaller iPod’s are flash memory and the larger ones contain hard drives.

Hopefully, I can write more about this subject once I acquire my own iPod someday.

Blogging goes mainstream – or at least it’s mentioned on tv again

Alright, I know that Blogging is mainstream, but last night on CBS TV’s sitcom King of Queens, the character Doug Heffernin (sp?) mentioned blogging. He was leaving the house to go to a movie and was taking his laptop with him, he said to his wife, after she asked why he was taking his laptop to a movie, – “So, I can write about the movie in my blog.”

Alright, first off, that’s not the truth, he was impressed that some woman saw him peform Kariokee (sp?) and she e-mailed him, so he was going to e-mail her back.

But that’s beside’s the point, I am trying to make, if any. I just think it was cool that he said – “I’m going to write about it in my blog.”

Which made me wonder, do people actually bring their laptops to a movie, I wouldn’t think so, I don’t they they are allowed. And I’m not going to try it out, but I want to know the answer to this question.

That’s all I have to say about that.

Scientology – what a bunch of freaks.

After reading a column by a college student at the University of North Dakota, I now understand the basics behind Scientology. The same religion that Tom Cruise (TC) belongs to.

All I have to say is Wow!

What the heck are they smoking? Actually, I just think anyone who believes this stuff is insane. I know there is freedom of religion in the U.S. and that’s fine with me, but you’ll never catch me at a Scientologist church, and besides they believe in giving money to get to the afterlife or whatever.

On SouthPark the “Truth” was revealed recently. I did not see this episode, but I can’t wait to see it.

From what I’ve read, it will be very funny and informational.

I guess Scientologist’s like most religions try to hide their secrets, except the nuts like TC and his buddies try to abuse copyright law and stop the truth from getting out about them.

On South Park, they had the following on the bottom of the screen describing the nuts like TC.
THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE.

Then they explain about this evil alien Xenu from 75,000,000 years ago who trapped a bunch of space folk, froze them, dumped them into Hawaiian volcanoes, trapping their dead souls rising from the flames with his special “soul catchers.” He then proceeded to brainwash the ghosts, and set them loose on Earth.

I guess the nuts like TC believe that over 75 million years ago people or aliens, I’m not sure, watched a movie that told them to believe in God, Satan and other stuff. Interesting but totally wacko.

I won’t say more until I do some research, but I had to write something. If you don’t hear from me anymore, or this blog disappears, call 911 for help for a missing person.. alert the authorities, TC and his nuts have shut me down or got rid of my blog.

Capitalism

Okay, I lied that was not my last post for today.

I’ve decided to commercialize one of my blogs, the other should not be commercialized, since I think I might post some controversial material on there. I also want to keep it “pure” and simple. I also want to conduct a little experiment.

I skimmed through the legal mumbo jumbo for adding the ads and honestly don’t think I will ever get a friggin penny from anyone for this, but what the heck, it’s worth a shot. I just hope I don’t break any of the precious little rules on the legal disclaimer, heck I probably did by just writing this entry. But who cares, I am just doing this for fun and if there is any chance at all (like a snowball in hell) of getting some money that would be friggin cool.

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Hi, I’m just writing in here because I am bored.

There are many things I could be doing instead of this, but I think this is fun and worthwhile to express my creative side. Also it allows me to brush up on writing.

One of the hardest things that I encountered as a newspaper columnist, besides having to write all the time, was coming up with a topic.

Today, I am struggling with that very same thing.

I could write about all the boring things in my life, but I just don’t have anyting that meaningful to say today.

I actually did write in my private online journal, but that will not be seen hopefully by anyone but me and the hackers who waste their time to hack into that website.

That’s what I should write about. This phenomen of using blogs. I find it very interesting. Why do people do this? Is this comparable to anything we’ve done before, such as the partyline phones of yesteryear. Probably not. I really don’t think there is anything like this in previous history. It really is the freedom of speech, within reason. Of course, that’s all we’ve ever had.

That’s all I had to say for today.

Back in business

In my former life… as a newspaper person, I used to write column. It wasn’t that good, but I had fun and that’s all that matters. I am now reminiscing and I’m going to continue with that tradition, accept this time, I will be more free to do anything I want. Also potenatially this will reach more people than my columns ever did, but in reality, probably no one will ever read this, at least on purpose, probably just by accidently surfing to this page.