iPod in sync with schools

Applications include teaching maths, making music and taking students' attendance
Amelia Tan, Straits Times 1 Oct 09;

PRIMARY 1 pupils at CHIJ Kellock used to lug boxes of marbles and ice cream sticks to school to help measure objects during mathematics classes. But now, all they have to do is 'touch' to learn.

The school in Telok Blangah started using Apple's iPod touch portable media player earlier this year to teach units of measurement. Applications on the touch-screen device help the girls measure objects, such as leaves, window panes and table tops, around their school and during field trips.