Look out, As the recent When I was a kid, I remember my Mom coming into my bedroom and telling me to turn off my stereo because I was supposed to be studying and that there was no way I could concentrate with the music on. Digital kids tell me something completely different - that the music helps them concenrtrate.A new study suggests that using iPods in the classroom helps most students concentrate longer, focus more often, and maintain interest in subjects which translates to improved letter grades. While most schools discourage or even forbid bringing iPods to class, students at a Melbourne school are using technology to replace whiteboards and text books, according to TV3.co.nz. Over the past six months eight year students at Heathmont Secondary College in Melbourne have participated in a trial to see whether technology that interests them could help the learning process. The results, which were assessed by the Victorian Department of Education, show report cards as positive results of the trial.

Math teacher Sally Bodo at Heathmont College said it is vital that teaching methods keep up with technology to keep kids interested in the learning process.

Those study results coincide with feedback from the principal of a school in the U.S. almost exactly a year ago, who said students with learning disabilities improved worksheet and quiz scores by using iPods as learning tools. Students with learning disabilities at Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School are using iPods as learning tools this semester, which school principal Scott Grimes says is improving worksheet and quiz scores. "It literally came out