As we start the university school year in North America, more students are buying and using Macs and iPhones. In a few cases, universities are giving freshman students Apple hardware. 9to5mac has an excellent article on this trend called iPhone takes a seat across university campuses. Jonathan D. Glater also discussed university Mac adoption in his New York Times article called Welcome Freshman. Have an iPod.
With the high cost of gas, fewer students are driving themselves to campus.
Will fewer students be tempted to use their iPhones and iPod Touches as heads-up video displays in their automobiles, as shown in jiggymatt’s YouTube video called “Heads Up” iPhone Display and discussed in a bookofjoe article called ‘It’s great - I can watch my stuff while I’m driving’?
If you’re dumb enough to watch videos while you’re driving, you probably shouldn’t be going to college.
Related articles and pages on billso.com
- iPhone
- 19 August 2008: Teaching college students online
- 16 August 2008: Divided attention and food in the classroom
- 14 July 2008: Rising gas prices fuel online course enrollments
