ICT SupportiPod Shuffles boost middle-schoolers' reading

iPod Shuffles boost middle-schoolers' reading. San Bernardino County Sun (Calif.). Online from ASCD Update October 2005. Youngsters at Clement Middle School in Redlands, Calif., are using iPod Shuffle digital audio players to listen to recorded books, master the pronunciation of difficult words and play back their own audio stories. The school's library can load between three to five books from audible.com on to the devices, which students may check out for a day. … "The data we have shows that 30 percent of people are auditory learners they learn more from hearing than learning," said Stevan Allen, a spokesman for publisher Pearson Education. "This provides a new way for people to learn and study. It is an exciting approach to learning and teaching."