iPods in the classroom

This has nothing really to do with my project, but I just had to share. I have one of the District sets of ipods in my classroom and introduced the recording aspect to my Grade 3's today. Talk about excitement! They were absolutely thrilled with the whole prospect of recording themselves reading. A few students had ipods at home, but the majority didn't. They quickly learning how to operate them. Talk about motivation!! Now they are busily practicing parts of their novel to read into the ipod. I'm going to attempt to post their reading on our classroom web site so that their parents can listen to their child read. What a great experience for my class. Thanks for buying the ipods for the District. Well worth the money.