An Apple iPhone or iPod touch will become a central part of Abilene Christian University’s innovative learning experience this fall when all freshmen are provided one of these converged media devices, said Phil Schubert, ACU executive vice president.

At ACU – the first university in the nation to provide these
cutting-edge media devices to its incoming class – freshmen will use an
iPhone or iPod touch to receive homework alerts, answer in-class
surveys and quizzes, get directions to their professors’ offices, and
check their meal and account balances - among more than 15 other useful web applications already developed, said ACU Chief Information Officer Kevin Roberts.

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ht: greg atkinson