Apple Education Event
Apple announces what many believe will be the technology giant’s plans to transform the textbook industry.
- Apple is not providing a live feed into the event but we will be bringing you updates here as well as photos as they come in.
- The event is taking place at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
- We're expecting Apple to announce tools for creating digital textbooks. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple's vice president of productivity applications is leading the charge in this project.
- #Apple takes it to the Big Apple in just a few minutes.by gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 2:50:54 PM
- The audience has been asked to switch their phones to silent mode, we're almost ready to get started.
Photo from inside the Guggenheim Museum in New York where the Apple event is about to begin, via @ThePeterHa on Twitter.
- Schiller has taken the stage.
- "It's about education" Schiller says, as we expected.
- "Education is deep in our DNA"
- "We're so proud to help students learn"
- "But something profound is starting to happen, it's remarkable"
- "Students are being introduced to the iPad"
- "Whether it's high school, or maybe they're a K-6 student with special needs, they are trying to communicate with the world"
- "We're hearing from parents, we're starting to see great successes"
- "But there are challenges, and they're pretty profound. If you're in high school, it's not easy"
- "If you're a freshman, you only have a 70% chance of graduating"
- "The US is not at the top of industrialized nations"
- Apple has historically had close ties to education. As did NeXTby gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:02:04 PM
- "In regards to education, higher education"
- "We spoke to teachers, before we get into what we're doing, we think it's good to hear from them about the challenges they face"
- They're going to video now
- Teacher speaking: "In general, education is in the dark ages"
- "Class sizes are 40 plus, buildings in disrepair"
- "if you're a freshman you have only a 70% chance of graduating" #appleby gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:03:20 PM
- "I see students having trouble with reading, writing"
Where American students rank on reading, math and science, via @ThePeterHa on Twitter.
- "Most classrooms don't have all the technology, or even the textbooks they need"
- "I get discouraged when students don't graduate"
- "Knowing they we failed them"
- "these teachers news help" #appleby gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:04:33 PM
- Video ends, Schiller is back on stage
- "These teachers need help, we try to figure out what we can do at Apple to help"
- "It's not a big surprise that students get excited to learn on the iPad, it was #1 on teen's wish lists this holiday"
- iPad as a learning tool. We've come along way from the Apple ][+by gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:05:33 PM
- Phil is listing off how incredibly awesome the iPad is. "There are 20k education applications built specifically for the iPad"
- "On top of that, our iBookstore is packed with books"
- @RakanR covering from afarcomment by gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:06:21 PM
- "You may be surprised to learn that there are now over 1.5m iPads in use in education"
- 1.5 million iPads in education.by gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:06:33 PM
- "This is starting to take off, but we want to make it even easier"
- Can't replace a book...the US is not at the top of education heap because parents do hold their children to a higher standard.
- #Apple says it's time to re-invent the textbook.by gartenberg via twitter 1/19/2012 3:07:08 PM
- "Today we want to tell you about two things to help this out"
- "First, is reinventing the text book"
- "It's not hard to see that the textbook is not always the ideal learning tool. It's a bit cumbersome."
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