I PODS

The future of education

By: Angel Louise Holbrook

WHY IPODS?

Podcasting allows you access to information

• Lectures• Foreign languages by native

speakers• Interactive journals and projects• Music• Schedules• Calendars

THEIR CREATION

October 23, 2001 the iPod was born

Tony Fadell created the device for Apple with the help of Ben Knauss

Apple originally sold it for $400.00!

THE DEVELOPMENT

Ben Knauss was working at Portal Player

Knauss was asked to aid in the development of the iPod

Tony Fadell was the person who had the idea of creating a portable music device

The intended audience was music lovers. With the invention of Napster, Apple wanted their own version of downloadable music so they invented iTunes

COMMERCIALIZATION

Television ads

Print ads

Posters

They use dark silhouetted people with bright backgrounds holding the device is their signature for the device

REFERENCES

Bellis, M. (October 23, 2001)History of the iPod: Apple Computers

publicly announced the iPod

Retrieved from : http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/iPod.htm

Flanagan, B. & Calandra, B. (2005). Podcasting in the classroom.

Learning and Leading with Technology November 2005.

Retrieved from: http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ728915.pdf

iPod History: Retrieved from: http://www.ipodhistory.com/ipod-advertising/