Since the introduction of the iPod, this small white device has made a large impact on education, music, and pop culture. You can carry an entire CD collection on an iPod, plus videos, still photographs, audio books, and podcasts, and still have room for more. It's not just the capacity of the iPod that makes it important, Apple has created a new way of thinking about audio and video content. With the listing of podcasts in the iTunes Store, many people realized that they could create an audio file, upload to some server somewhere, create the feed, and post that to iTunes. And anyone in the world could search iTunes, subscribe, and download it for free.

Duke Univeresity initially distributed Apple iPods to all incoming first-year students in the Fall of 2004, as part of an initiative to encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life. Drexel gave out iPods to Masters students in the Education department. They also offer iPods in Education Grants for faculty interested in exploring the use of iPods and Podcasting in education. These are just a few ways in which the iPod has changed our lives and how we have adpated the iPod to our lives.
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