Ipod use in school

http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2005/04/ipodfinal.html

Duke University use the Ipod device, which Apple normally sells for $300, will be used as high-tech educational tools to record lectures, capture scientific data and play language training recordings. But it's not altogether clear to many that the university will be able to carry through on its vow to make the gadgets more than a toy for playing the latest from the likes of Coldplay and Hoobastank. The school approached Apple about the project and got the iPods at a discount. Each student also got a $10 gift certificate to buy music from a Duke-only iTunes Music Store website developed by Apple. Other details of Duke's contract with Apple remain confidential, but Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of hardware product marketing, said the company is monitoring the project closely.Duke handed out iPods to 1,650 freshmen on a mid-August evening. For those who already owned iPods, the freebie offered a chance to turn a quick buck or do someone a favor. Peter Lormier, a freshman from New Haven, Connecticut, plans to sell his on eBay. Daniel Phan of Bedminster, New Jersey, said he would give his sister the one he just got for his high school graduation.The iPods being given to students have 20 GB of storage and a $35 voice-recorder attachment. They come pre-loaded with welcome messages from school president Richard Brodhead and provost Peter Lange, the school's alma mater and fight song, information about campus buildings and North Carolina's Research Triangle area, as well as tips from current students on studying. I think this could be very useful to all university's and it provides the new techonology. With learning that technology is empowered I fell this could also be useful her at South Alabama. How can we look into this to get the new technology here????