 Due to the rise of technology within schools it has become inevitable for the traditional cassette player or voice recorded to be replaced by this piece of technology they call the I Pod Touch.

 Provide students with audio-only comprehensible language input  Time Stamp Counter  Ability to slow down or increase the rate of speech  Audio Recording Capacity  Audio Plus Pictures and Script  Video  Audio/Video Plus Script

 I Pod product line introduced by Apple in October 2001  September 2007 Apple released the I Pod Touch First Generation  September 2008 Apple released the I Pod Touch Second Generation  September 2009 Apple released the I Pod Third Generation

 Easy to use  Long battery life  Small  Old models can be updated  Lots of apps

 Apple followers  “People with deep pockets”  Tech Geeks that buy anything new

 Traditional People  Anti Apple

 The decentralized approach works best with the innovation of the IPOD into the classroom for the following reasons: ◦ Innovation is spread by horizontal network among peers ◦ More likely to fit with users needs ◦ Users feel a sense of control