Macworld Education Spotlight

Grading Apple's digital textbook technology

team@macworld.co.uk (Joel Mathis) — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT

Shortly after his world history students began a pilot program testing a digital textbook for the iPad, Ken Halla noticed something different: His students were actually reading their textbooks.

Last chance for developers to get WWDC 2013 tickets

team@macworld.co.uk (Nathan Velayudhan) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:33:00 GMT

Tickets to Apple’s prestigious World Wide Developers Conference went on sale yesterday at 10:00 AM Pacific Time and sold out in just two minutes, leaving some developers with error messages informing them that their purchase request had not been processed.

WWDC 2013: free tickets for students, session videos for all developers

team@macworld.co.uk (Nathan Velayudhan) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:43:00 GMT

With Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference approaching, the company is doing all it can to make sure it reaches out to the developer community, by offering free student scholarships and session videos for developers unable to attend.

China wary of Android dominance over nation's tech market

team@macworld.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:57:00 GMT

China signaled it wishes to reduce its dependence on Google's Android OS, alleging that the U.S. company has discriminated against local firms over the use of the mobile operating system.

Samsung Galaxy Camera review

team@macworld.co.uk (Gavin Stoker) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:40:00 GMT

Android OS powered ‘compact’ that lets photographers share content via the Internet on other ‘smart’ devices

Apple's Jony Ive supports UK design industry as they tell Michael Gove to put design into the EBacc

team@macworld.co.uk (Neil Bennett) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:14:00 GMT

Apple's head of design Sir Jony Ive has signed an open letter that the UK design industry has written to education minister Michael Gove asking him to reconsider not including design in the EBacc (English Baccalaureate) qualification that Gove wants to use to replace the current GCSE exams that children in the UK sit aged 15-16.

Samsung refused stay on injunction against U.S. sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1

team@macworld.co.uk (John Ribeiro — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:56:00 GMT

A court in California has refused to stay its earlier preliminary injunction on sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets in the U.S., pending an appeal by Samsung against the order.

Apple launches Back to School promotion

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:37:00 GMT

Apple has launched its Back to School promotion, which offers students up to £346 off Macs, including the brand new Retina display MacBook Pro.

The new iPhone 5: rumours, tech specs, Liquidmetal, 3D cameras, 4in display and more

team@macworld.co.uk (Mark Hattersley — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:18:00 GMT

All the patent registrations, reports, leaks and rumours regarding Apple’s next-gen iPhone. What will Apple reveal in the new iPhone.

The new iPhone 5: rumours, tech specs, Liquidmetal, 3D cameras, 4in display and more

team@macworld.co.uk (Mark Hattersley — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:18:00 GMT

All the patent registrations, reports, leaks and rumours regarding Apple’s next-gen iPhone. What will Apple reveal in the new iPhone.

150 WWDC student scholarships up for grabs

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:37:00 GMT

Apple began selling tickets for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday morning. Two hours later they had sold out. But students from the age of 13 may be in with a chance of getting a free ticket to the conference through a new Apple scholarship scheme.

150 WWDC student scholarships up for grabs

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:37:00 GMT

Lower priced iPad is hit in education market

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:32:00 GMT

During the financial results conference call Cook said: “We’re actually thrilled with the results that we’ve seen”. Cook suggested that the lower priced entry-level model “unlocked some education demand.”

Lower priced iPad is hit in education market

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:32:00 GMT

Government plans risk killing off school ICT education

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:11:00 GMT

Schools and industry stakeholders should make sure that Michael Gove's plans to completely remove the existing ICT curriculum in September do not go ahead, the Open University has said.

Government plans risk killing off school ICT education

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:11:00 GMT

Schools and industry stakeholders should make sure that Michael Gove's plans to completely remove the existing ICT curriculum in September do not go ahead, the Open University has said.

iPads used to bolster medical training, speed up patient care

team@macworld.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:35:00 GMT

More than three out of four medical residents at the University of Chicago said tablets allowed them to complete tasks quicker and spend more time on direct patient care.

iPads used to bolster medical training, speed up patient care

team@macworld.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:35:00 GMT

More than three out of four medical residents at the University of Chicago said tablets allowed them to complete tasks quicker and spend more time on direct patient care.

Raspberry Pi's $25 PC will be back on sale next month

team@macworld.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:12:00 GMT

A new supply of the US$25 (£16) Raspberry Pi Linux PC, which sold out minutes after going on sale Wednesday, should be available in a month to six weeks, the nonprofit Raspberry Pi organisation said this week.

Raspberry Pi's $25 PC will be back on sale next month

team@macworld.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:12:00 GMT

Raspberry Pi demand overwhelms website on launch day

team@macworld.co.uk (John E Dunn) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:28:00 GMT

After five years of largely obscure development, the Raspberry Pi Linux computer for schools went on sale this morning, almost immediately overwhelming the project’s website as the public tried to buy the first units.

Raspberry Pi demand overwhelms website on launch day

team@macworld.co.uk (John E Dunn) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:28:00 GMT

Computer science courses on offer in UK fall 18 percent

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:15:00 GMT

The number of full-time undergraduate computer science courses offered by UK universities has fallen by nearly a fifth since 2006, a report has revealed.

Computer science courses on offer in UK fall 18 percent

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:15:00 GMT

The number of full-time undergraduate computer science courses offered by UK universities has fallen by nearly a fifth since 2006, a report has revealed.

MIT offers free online electronics course

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:13:00 GMT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is offering a free, undergraduate-level circuits and electronics course online, to virtual learners around the world.