There’s an App for That: Utilizing iPod Touch Applications for College Level Biology Instruction

 

Marilee Ramesh, Rachel Collins, Christopher Lassiter, Dorothy Belle Poli, & Mark Poore

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32

Abstract

The Roanoke Touch Project was initiated for the 2009-2010 Academic Year at Roanoke College. This program was a result of a grant from Arthur Vining Davis to Information Technology with the purpose of expanding the use of technology in teaching. The grant supplied each of the 35 faculty participants with an iPod Touch. Each faculty member was tasked with identifying those applications that could be used in the classroom. In addition, they were asked to search for ways the iPod Touch could be used for productivity purposes, such as email, scheduling, etc. Four members of the Biology Department, a molecular geneticist (Marilee Ramesh), an ecologist (Rachel Collins), a developmental biologist (Christopher Lassiter), and a plant biologist (DB Poli) participated in this project. As a group, we decided to combine our exploration of biology-related iPod Touch applications.

Keywords:  teaching with technology

Dalhousie University (2010)