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[senit] ipods

Jamie Munro jmunro at djsn.co.uk
Mon Dec 17 13:20:50 GMT 2007

Article: [senit] ipods

In terms of access for users with physical disabilities, someone in our US
office sent me these details:

http://www.tecsol.com.au/SwitchPod.htm

Jamie


> From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Reply-To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:53:23 +0000 (GMT)
> To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Subject: RE: [senit] ipods
> 
> As the instigator, I was mainly thinking about the
> first two aspects ie
> 1.the design of players for people with a disability
> 2.about how players are used in teaching
> 
> to see if some players had particular strengths
> david
> 
> --- David Banes <david.banes at abilitynet.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Without being daft
>> 
>> What is the question about ?
>> 
>> Sorry - let me explain .... its been a long week
>> already
>> 
>> Is the question about the design of players for
>> people with a disability
>> ? (rockbox type issues)
>> 
>> Is it about how players are used in teaching -
>> podcasts, mp3, recording
>> capability, video etc ?
>> 
>> Is it about where to get content - Itunes, BBC,
>> Napster etc  
>> 
>> Its an interesting area
>> 
>> David Banes
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
>> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf
>> Of
>> webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk
>> Sent: 17 December 2007 10:52
>> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
>> Subject: Re: [senit] ipods
>> 
>> From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
>>> hi , what's the most suitable model of ipod now
>> for
>>> educational use in sld schools? is the video
>> playing
>>> facility useful?
>> 
>> For the best balance of cost and functionality I
>> would go
>> for the new iPod Nano. The great advantage of iPods
>> over
>> other players is the software ie: iTunes
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> --
>> Mark Norwood
>> Assistant Headteacher
>> www.avssc.org
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