Two Articles Tech Helps Students Adopt Good Study Habits and Reading, Writing,iPhoning.

The article of Tech Helps Students.. is about a university called Purdue. There using technology for signals in there grades. It took three semester before its 2009 launch. The way the students can see this signals by logging in to their blackboard course management accounts. There they can see what signals their teachers send them. There are three signals; which are red, yellow, and green. Just like the traffic light, so its very easy to understand what they mean. If a student gets the red light signal it means you are failing; I will have a session for students who need help. The yellow light signal is that the students in between of passing but almost failing. If green light signal is what they get then they are doing very well and get compliments from the teachers. This program doesn't let the students know in the middle of the semester but in the first 2 weeks. Students are very happy with this program. Its helping the students know that they need to work hard; knowing if there doing bad or good.
In the article for Reading, Writing, iPhoning its about Abilene Christian University. At that university they are giving t-shirts, orientation packets and either an iPhone or an iPod touch. But their not the only schools doing this. There using these devices to to pep up the class discussions. The students who pick the iPhone over the iPod will have to pay for AT&T monthly service bill. The students who leave the school early will have to pay a pro-rated amount for the devices. Some teachers are thinking that by getting these devices they might be able to hold some class session this way. The students will be able to check their syllabi and receive emergency alerts.But of course there are some resitctions on the devices. And of course the students are happy about getting these devices.
So as you can see both of the university are either using a program or getting devices for school. In every school students will use technology. But in these schools they have special things for students who go to those university.