Notes from Thursday's Educational Keynote
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Apple, on Thursday, announced several new products for the educational system. As we all know, Apple has an excellent foundation for providing hardware and software for education establishments.
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Below is an overview of what was announced:
– iBooks 2
Offering downloadable text books for students and teachers. Offering interactive books, flash cards, organizational note taking and other content for the iPad. iBooks 2 is available now, for free.
– iBooks Author:
A publishing tool which allows anyone to create interactive content for the iPad. The app has a template chooser, layout like Pages, easy publishing to iBookStore. Available now for free.
– TextBooks:
Students can download popular educational text books on to their iPad for $14.99 or less. Popular text books are available today. Apple is starting with high school text books, but others will be available soon.
– iTunes U app for iPad:
Offering full online courses from popular colleges and other educational establishments. The app is available today, for free.
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