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 * __5 Articles on using iPods in the Algebra Classroom__**:

[|**Pearson's New App for iPhone and iPod Touch To Help Florida Students Learn Algebra**] This article showcases the relationship that Pearson, a well known educational and technology company, has with the state of Florida to aid Florida in their quest to raise the achievement level of their students. It highlights the AlgebraPrep App series that was ranked as the #1 Educational App, September 2009. Teachers are excite about using this technology to motivate the students to learn in a new an innovative way. Florida is now part of iTunes U.

[|**A Technological Solution to the Algebra Dilemma?**] This article discusses the importance of algebra to higher level education and lifelong achievement. It discusses the link that technolgy can have to achieving success in algebra which has a ripple effect to further educational achievement. It discusses the ups and downs of older technology as well as the possibilities of new technology, such as iPods and iPhones. The following is a powerful statement taken from the article: "New handheld technology, if it is not reduced to uses such as the simple drilling of skills, can create opportunities for students to address misconceptions, construct meaning, and explore their thinking. Visual representation of ideas can facilitate students' thinking and understanding in ways not possible with pencil and paper."

[|**The Top 10 iPod Touch Apps to Use in Math Class**] ​ This was a very helpful article for me because with literally hundreds of math apps to chose from at the app store, it quickly narrowed down some of the best ones out there. I did select the Sudoku as one of my personal apps. It also had links to theother subject area such as science, social studies, and language arts.

[|**Grants Launch Algebra by I-Pod**]

This article showcased how the Georgia Department of Education dispursed grants totaling $193,740 to the DeKalb County School Districts in the districts desire to pioneer handheld technologies with the hopes to increase achievement in the school district. 25% of the money is designated for staff development. This is an good article because not only did it tell you about the grants, but it gave examples of how the iPods would be used in various subject areas. It also touched on the districts hope that using this innovative technology, that most students are very saavy with, could increase enrollment in AP classes offered through the district. Talk the talk: Learner-generated podcasts as catalysts for knowledge creation Lee, M.J.W., McLoughlin, C., & Chan, A. (2008). Talk the talk: learners-generated podcasts as catalysts for knowledge creation. //British Journal of Education Technology//, //39//(3), 501-521.** This article focused on a group of college students and the educational effects of using peer reviewed podcasts that the students created on their learning of not only of specific course material, but of learning how to work and interact socially with one another as a team. The one sentence from the article that summed up the article the best was: " The findings suggest that the collaborative development of audio learning objects enabling student conceptualisations of disciplinary content to be shared with peers is a powerful way of stimulating both individual and collective learning, as well as supporting social processes of perspective-taking and negotiation of meaning that underpin knowledge creation," (p.1 abstract). This statement has a profound meaning for those of us that took this class and saw the effects that our own personal and student created podcasts had on student learning as well as on our own professional growth. ​.