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What to expect from Apple's education event: Digital textbooks, 'GarageBand for ebooks'

by Chris Rawson (Jan 16th, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal and Ars Technica have weighed in with information about Apple's upcoming education event. Both outlets cite the usual "people familiar with the matter" for their information, and their sources have generally given accurate info in the past. With those caveats out of the ...

Apple, Oreo and Capri Sun top list of popular youth brands

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2011)

Harris Interactive put together a survey asking American youth from ages 8-24 what their favorite brands were, and Apple came out on top in the computer, tablet, and phone space. That's not too surprising, given how powerful Apple's marketing is (not to mention how great its products are), but ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me take notes at school

by Erica Sadun (Aug 31st, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Now that most of the country's college students are going back to school, I need recommendations for note-taking software for my Mac. In the meantime, let me say, "Boo-hoo Microsoft for not making OneNote for OS X." Sincerely, Kenny M Dear Kenny, If you're looking ...

Khan Academy iPad app screenshots show progress

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 13th, 2011)

The Khan Academy is an online non-profit organization whose goal is to provide a "free world-class education to anyone anywhere." Think of it as TED for everyone, except Khan's videos, resources, and lesson plans can actually help you be one of the TED speakers one day. Currently the Khan ...

Apple Back to School promotion starts June 16 with a $100 gift card

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 15th, 2011)

Apple's annual Back to School promotion begins June 16 and runs until September 20. There are a few things that are different with this year's promotion compared to years past. First, the promotion is starting about two weeks, on average, later than in earlier years. Secondly -- and most ...

Iowa school replaces workbooks with MacBooks

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 15th, 2011)

The school district in Van Meter, Iowa has ditched their workbooks and replaced them with MacBooks in a four-year digital learning experiment. John Carver, Superintendent of the Van Meter school district in Iowa, has taken a bold move into the realm of digital learning. In the 2009-2010 ...

Textbooks swapped for iPads by Irish school

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 1st, 2011)

A small secondary school in Ireland is doing something extraordinary -- ditching textbooks for iPads. Starting in September, St Coleman's College in the town of Claremorris in the west of Ireland will give students the option of learning from regular textbooks or specially equipped iPads, ...

Apple to launch Back to School promo next week

by Michael Grothaus (May 18th, 2011)

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple will begin its annual back-to-school promotions next week. The promotions typically run from late May/early June to the first week in September. Shoppers can probably expect a free or discounted iPod touch when a Mac is purchased, as that is usually what Apple ...

Tennessee school requires iPads of all 4th-12th grade students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 21st, 2011)

Starting next year, fourth to 12th grade students attending the Webb School in Knoxville, Tennessee will be required to have an iPad for classes. Jim Manikais, technology director at the private school, said this new policy was designed to let students "use that technology whenever they need it." ...

Schools in Singapore issuing iPads to teachers and students

by David Quilty (Jan 17th, 2011)

Reuters is reporting that, at an initial cost of S$135,000 (about US$100,000), a pilot program handing out iPads to 140 students and 10 teachers at Nanyang Girls High School, Tampines Secondary School, Nanhua Primary School and Dunman Secondary School in Singapore aims to replace textbooks and ...

A barrel of free books from Kaplan makes a great back-to-school haul

by Mel Martin (Aug 25th, 2010)

Kaplan Publishing is offering quite a few free eBooks through the iTunes store, but you can only access them on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It's a great deal if you're heading back to school or just want to stock up on some quality reference material. The books are in the categories of ...

The iPad Project documents deploying iPads at school

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2010)

We've been following the folks at D7 Consulting as they roll out a set of iPads that were awarded to them by Box.net (and keep an eye out later this week for an update on that), but that's not the only group of people attempting to use iPads in a collective space. Frasier Speirs (Mac developer at ...

Rumor: Apple event September 9th, tablet not included

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2009)

The rumor mill is churning yet again -- the latest Apple rumor is that an event is coming on September 9th. Multiple sources are saying that they've heard Apple will host an event in San Francisco to talk about music, including upgrades for the iPod and iTunes. This is hardly a surprise -- Apple ...

Florida school may trash 200 Macs to go PC-only

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2009)

This could be the saddest thing I've seen all week (and I've watched a few Cubs games): a Florida school is declaring itself PC-only, and apparently was planning to toss almost 200 Macs in the trash to get new Windows computers for the kids and teachers. Hearing that kids will have to use Windows ...

Japanese university tracking students via free iPhones

by Mike Schramm (Jun 1st, 2009)

If you happen to be enrolling in Aoyama Gakuin University's School of Social Informatics in Tokyo this year, make sure to stop by the admissions office to pick up your free iPhone -- the school made a deal with Softbank Corporation, the iPhone's vendor in Japan, to give the phones to 550 students ...