Should Ipods be incorporated into classrooms?

Schools really seem to be trying to get ipods incorporated into the classroom. Duke University being the first provided their freshman with ipods! Wow! That can help a student in so many ways from recording lesson for study tools to accessing podcasts, and saving files. It's a major asset to your convienence. I think an ipod is a nice thing to have for yourself. There were arguements over whether or not it was a good learning tool and that it was was being utilized for personal entertainment more than education. When you are providing them for a large group they have the ability to become more of a distraction than a learning tool. I would strongly agree that they are extremely useful to teachers for lessons. Teachers are finding that students are less distracted when they use video iPods, they stay focused on the instruction and are motivated to do the activity.
There are many sites that give you good ideas and suggestions with using ipods as a teaching tool. This website gives you alot of ways to use an ipod and iphone. It also tells you ways you can even introduce students to educational mobile applications for iPod touch and iPhone, so they can access reference information, write blog posts...etc. And they can do those things wherever they go. It's all about the access these devices provide. By getting this access anywhere can become a place to learn.