Apple's
education announcement featured a new version of the iBooks app to handle the company's new electronic textbook format, along with free software for creating those interactive textbooks.
Not exact matches
Apple made significant changes to the iOS platform with its
announcement of iOS 9.3 which bought several
education specific
features such as allowing for the sharing of devices across several students, a classroom application which will provide in class control of devices, and managed Apple IDs which can be created in bulk and managed by the school district.
The
announcement rattled me, since I was just finishing up a
feature story for Ed Next on Steiner's brilliant leadership in taking the moribund Empire State to the RTTT winner's circle in nine short months — the equivalent of turning on a dime in the
education reform world.
Key
features of the security solution included an outlook calendar integration to enable scheduling of access for special events, intercom / phone integration to control doors from a desktop icon or smartphone, strobe light control to provide lockdown notifications in hearing impaired areas such as deaf
education, shops and the gym, and an intercom integration for lockdown
announcements.
At the
announcement, NACEP Executive Director Adam Lowe will moderate a dual enrollment roundtable
featuring Secretary Duncan, a dual enrollment student, alumnus, instructor, and counselor, as well as officials from the Shelby County School District, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and the Tennessee Department of
Education.
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