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Always being fascinated at how younger people use technology, I watch my kids and their friends using electronics in general. If you accept portable MP3 players and computers, just about all folks college age at least have the ability to play them. I know a deaf person who has an MP3 player with a vibrating external speaker, such that music had a distinctive sound/feel. So I think you could safely assume that MP3 are close to universal. Video is probably close to the same -- between real player, quicktime and windows media player, the windows/mac world is covered pretty well. Since all those programs are free, anyone with a computer could install them for free, so I don't think thats much of a hinderance. For those running open-source operating systems, there are enough options that MP3's and most forms of video are playable, with the exception of Flash. As long as you stay away from Flash you would be dealing with media that everyone with a computer can deal with. I'd say go for it. --STeve Andre' Political Science On Tuesday 27 November 2007 17:09:04 Byers, Sharon wrote: > Now that instructors have the ability to produce podcasts (audio and/or > video) of their lectures and demonstrations, some (how many I don't > know) are actually using podcasting to push the material to students. > MSU provides storage, syndication, and production services to > departments. > > Since this would be a good way for us to "show and tell" some of the > complexities of the financial aid process, I'm just trying to get an > idea how many students already use mp3 players (the number who have > video capability would also be useful). > > ________________________________ > > From: Vasquez, Timo > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:04 PM > To: Byers, Sharon; [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: [MSUNAG] stats on students with mp3 players? > > > > Do you mean that just play mp3 files? Maybe a more exact question is > how many video capable mp3 devices are out there? Or who has just music > playing devices? Is this about podcasts? I don't mean to sound crude, > I am only trying to get detailed responses to this question cause I am > curious myself. > > > > Maybe we need to make a web pole for the students.