iPods help K-12 students take tests
updated 01:55 pm EST, Fri November 24, 2006
iPods help K-12 students
Students with learning disabilities at Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School are using iPods as learning tools this semester, which school principal Scott Grimes says is improving worksheet and quiz scores. "It literally came out of an 'Aha!' type moment that this could happen now," Grimes said. Louisa-Muscatine officials chose to apply the technological approach this year with special education students such as fourth-grader Samantha Garcia, who experimented with an iPod to take a test, according to DesMoinesRegister.com. Samantha said it would be "cool" to use the iPod in class, and reported completing her test more quickly than usual. The iPod allows students to remain in the classroom to take tests, which is more comfortable for them, according to principal Grimes.
