![]() ![]() Swift Playgrounds combines the power of iPad and fundamentals of Swift programming language to instill basic coding literacy in kids as well as to allow them to master the trades of Apple’s Swift programming language to advance levels and translate it in real-time on the iPad. In WWDC 2016, Apple announced Swift Playgrounds for the iPad, a new iPad app with the motive to teach kids to code in a fun, engaging and interactive manner. This starts with an amazing iPad app Swift Playground that will impart coding literacy, primarily to kids, by teaching them Swift, a popular programming language created by Apple. In the 2016 Special Event, CEO Tim Cook emphasized the need to learn coding and pined for a revolutionary approach that can teach every child to code. Everyone can CodeĪpple’s initiative to teach coding in every classroom and to every child is another cornerstone of the ConnectEd mission. We hope Apple’s ConnectED grants get a keen response with more engagement, more fun and more love of learning. iPads have been donated to more than 50,000 students. There will be Apple TV installed in every classroom to support e-learning and interactive learning. Over 4500 teachers have been given Mac and iPad. This fall all 114 schools that Apple supported will be up and running. ConnectED teachers and students from Santee Elementary in San Jose and Stege Elementary from Richmond, California schools were also present in the audience. Over 32,000 students in public schools are now engaging and learning like never before with iPads. Apple has selected 114 high-need schools, where 96 percent or more students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, to receive a ConnectED grant. In the Special event of Keynote 2016, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, iterated Apple’s key achievements with ConnectED initiative. With the connectED grant, Apple has pledged to donate $100 million in iPads, MacBooks, and other products, along with content and professional development tools to enrich learning in disadvantaged U.S. This will adequately help teachers to understand each student’s strengths and weaknesses and design interactive and engaging lessons and activities and to collaborate with other educators worldwide. Also, under ConnectED all educators will receive support, training and better education technology tools to help them transform classroom learning experience with real-time assessments of student learning, provide faster feedback to drive professional development, and enable the creation of interactive online lessons. ![]() ConnectED aims to upgrade connectivity by bringing access to next-generation broadband by 2018 to 99% of American students. ConnectED is a national initiative combining government and leading technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Verizon to bring technology to under-served schools. That is why apple has been a part of the ConnectED initiative. However, affordability still remains a troubling issue when it comes to apple devices and software in classroom, especially on a 1:1 basis. Whether it is an iOS App, the MacBook, an iPad or the Apple Pencil, Apple products, both hardware and software have had a tremendous positive impact on teachers and students. Apple products have long been a part of education technology’s DNA. ![]() Since its 40 years of inception, Apple has been involved one way or the other in education. All these can have tremendous utility in the new school year, giving teachers and educators great new education technology lineup to look forward to. Here are the 5 major education technology and classroom learning announcements that were concluded from the Apple’s Keynote address. As apple devices such as Macbook, iPad, Apple TV, iPhone and iOS apps form a great part of currently used educational technology tools and apps, it is really essential for educators and teachers to keep abreast with all the latest techniques, technologies and devices that Apple unveiled in its San Francisco event. JQuery('div#gfl-homesort-price-toggle').In its annual September event’s 2016 edition, Apple unveiled some great new hardware and software updates and upgrades. Log in to your account to change the currency. ![]()
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