100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better. If you don’t have an iPad or an iPhone, no sweat! You can use your iPod for more than just listening to music. Educational apps available in the iTunes store can help you study and take notes like a pro! Students of all ages are taking advantage of the educational benefits of the iPod. These apps are especially helpful for working professionals who are attending top online colleges. Study Guides Stop trying to keep track of all your Spark Notes and endless study guides. Spark Notes: Long considered a busy high school or college student’s best friend, the online study guide database now offers users an iPod-friendly version. Podcasts and More From podcasts to audio books and other downloadable learning devices, check out these tools that give new meaning to the phrase “continuing education.” Tutorials These tutorials will help you make the most of your iPod by showing you how to learn new skills and create your own podcasts.
Applications More Downloads Classroom Help iPod Learning Support. Qtrax off track with Warner Music, UMG | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone. UPDATE: 7:12 A.M. (1-28-08): Qtrax continues to delay the launch of its much awaited legal file-sharing site as more record labels confirm that the startup doesn't have permission to sell their music. For weeks, Qtrax, an ad-supported P2P site, had promised to offer free and legal music downloads from all four of the major record labels when it opened for business. But despite earlier reports, Qtrax's Web site will apparently not feature legal downloads from any of the majors when it debuts. On the eve of the site's launch, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group said that Qtrax was not authorized to offer their music. Both companies said they continue to negotiate with Qtrax, but emphasized that they don't have a done deal. The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that New York-based Qtrax is also without a final agreement with the EMI Group.
Meanwhile, Qtrax has missed it's launch time of midnight Monday morning ET. Recently, the labels have embraced ad-supported models. Qtrax. Tooble - YouTube on your iPod! 10 Ways to Make Your iPod a Better Learning Gadget. The iPod can supercharge your learning. But it’s often a matter of finding the right software and content. Below, we’ve listed several new pieces of software that will let you suck more educational media (DVDs, web videos, audio files, etc.) into your iPod. And we’ve also listed some important pieces of content that will make your iPod a better learning gadget.
So here it goes (and be sure to see our related piece 10 Signs of Intelligent Life at YouTube): 1) Put Wikipedia on Your Ipod:Encyclopodia is a free piece of software that brings Wikipedia to the iPod. Encyclopodia can be installed on iPod generations 1 through 4, as well as iPod Minis. 2) Watch DVDs on Your iPod: This free, open source software works on MacOS X, Linux and Windows, and makes it simple to load and watch DVDs on your video iPod. 3) Load YouTube Videos to Your iPod: ConvertTube allows you to take any YouTube video and convert it to a format that works on your iPod. Stream Music from Your iPod touch or iPhone to Any iTunes Library [How To]