
English Learners Get iPods at School
September 14th, 2009 admin
Topics: are-equipping, beaufort, CultOfMac, english, handing-out, ipod, language, news, one-school, place, south-carolina, tape-recorders, the-language, touches

Forget those old tape recorders in the language lab: one school district is handing out iPods for students learning English as a second language. Five schools in Beaufort County, South Carolina are equipping kids with limited English skills with iPod Touches to get them up to speed. The iPods take the place of the language lab of
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