Mr P’s iPod blog

One of my colleagues is using a unit to make a record of the oral reading of her students. To do this she has enlisted that help of a couple of parents to actually make the recording. On talking with one of these parents I remarked as to the need to wait a couple of moments before beginning to talk as the iPod needs time to start up. When she bought the iPod back the parent noted that she had actually begun to record before the child arrived, recording the child’s name and then paused the recording till the child was ready. This meant that recording the child could start virtually straight away without the stress of having them wait for cues. It also meant that the recording was clearly identified for later which as noted previously can be quite a problem as the iPod fills up between downloads.