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Recording your writing is very helpful to students because they are able to listen to their word choice, sentence fluency, organization etc.  and edit/revise as needed.

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I am a third grade teacher in Canby and all of my students have their own iPod Touch. I cannot tell you how many times I have had "a-ha!" moments in my classroom: students gasping in awe/excitement after discovering a new location with Google Earth, sharing their thoughts/reactions to a piece by the Oregon Symphony or birds of the rainforest they listened to on iTunes, racing a classmate to complete a new level on a division app, comparing their neighborhood to one in England, composing a song.....too many moments to count. Absolutely priceless, and absolutely needed. 

They do not replace books or paper/pencil, but certainly enhance them and keep the kids excited to learn.

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