iPod-based instruction makes its way into grade schools.

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Not long after several colleges embraced the notion of employing Apple iPods as instructional tools, five schools in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch district in Texas have begun using the MP3 audio players in the classroom as well, the Dallas Morning News reports. ESL students at all grade levels use iPods for language instruction, and kindergartners listen to vocabulary lessons on the players.

"They beg for it," says Katie Stemmermann, a kindergarten teacher at Country Place Elementary. "They don't think of it as homework. It's a good connection between school and home, taking the classroom home." After an evaluation process next spring, the $31,000, 116-player pilot program might be expanded to include all schools in the district.