Macworld Education Spotlight

Opinion: Apple's new vision of education

team@macworld.co.uk (Ryan Faas) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:35:00 GMT

Last week Apple made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

Apple 'shifts 350,000 textbooks in first three days'

team@macworld.co.uk (Ben Camm-Jones) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:47:00 GMT

Apple shifted 350,000 textbooks from the iBooks Store within just three days of making them available, according to a new report.

Opinion: Holding out for an ePub hero

team@macworld.co.uk (Serenity Caldwell) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:49:00 GMT

Against my better judgment, I let myself get swept up by the wave of e-publishing rumours in the days leading up to Apple’s education-themed announcement. Apple could do it, I thought to myself. The company had both the resources to build a great tool, and the reasons to do so.

Opinion: Apple's textbook plan feels like a blast from the past

team@macworld.co.uk (Glenn Fleishman) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:13:00 GMT

I had to check that my computer wasn't an old black-and-white television set showing blocky white text when I heard about Apple's announcements relating to iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and its new multimedia textbooks. That's because I've heard it all before.

Opinion: Why iBooks Author is a big deal for publishers

team@macworld.co.uk (Jason Snell) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:41:00 GMT

Never before has an announcement about textbooks been the subject of so much conversation. But that’s what happens when Apple holds a media event: People talk, even if the subject might otherwise seem obscure or uninteresting.

Analysis: Apple's e-textbook push earns mixed grades

team@macworld.co.uk (Dan Miller) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:55:00 GMT

Ask people in educational publishing about Apple's foray into e-textbooks, and you'll hear a consistent message: It's good for all of us--and good luck to Apple.

Apple's e-textbook gambit just 'a 70% slution,' says analyst

team@macworld.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:45:00 GMT

Apple has announced iBooks Author and iBooks 2, free applications that let educational publishers and teachers create and market K-12 textbooks and course materials for the iPad.

Watch Apple's education event video

team@macworld.co.uk (Ben Camm-Jones) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:13:00 GMT

You can now watch the full video of Apple's New York event held this week where the company announced iBooks 2, iBooks Author and the iTunes U app.

Apple unveils iTunes U app

team@macworld.co.uk (Roman Loyola) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:58:00 GMT

Apple has unveiled the iTunes U app, a new way for students and teachers to manage course material for classes on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

iBooks Author offers free e-textbook creation

team@macworld.co.uk (Joel Mathis) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:53:00 GMT

Apple has launched iBooks Author, a free Mac app designed to let authors and publishers easily create multimedia-rich e-textbooks for the company's updated iBooks 2 app for iOS devices.

Apple wants to 'reinvent' textbooks with iBooks 2

team@macworld.co.uk (Serenity Caldwell) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT

At Thursday’s education-themed Apple event at the Guggenheim museum, Apple executives Phil Schiller and Roger Rosen were on hand to introduce iBooks 2, which heads the first of two education initiatives unveiled by the company.

Live Feed: Apple Education Event

team@macworld.co.uk (Macworld Staff) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Macworld's Dan Frakes and Lex Friedman report live from Apple's Education Event today, Thursday 19 Jan 2012. Apple is expected to launch an update to iBookstore and Newsstand aimed at the education market, and possibly a new publishing development software environment. Coverage begins at 3:00pm GMT.

Opinion: Five hopes for Apple's rumoured e-publishing software

team@macworld.co.uk (Serenity Caldwell) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:22:00 GMT

Like most of my fellow editors, my job at Macworld is multi-faceted: writing, editing, troubleshooting, tinkering, and--in my case--helping our crack features team put together Superguides, our line of how-to books and guides.

Kno adds new education features before Apple event

team@macworld.co.uk (Joel Mathis) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:19:00 GMT

With an apparent eye on Apple's Thursday education event in New York, e-textbook provider Kno on Tuesday announced two features designed to expand its capabilities in the increasingly competitive digital education market.

Interactive e-books anticipated at Apple's NYC event

team@macworld.co.uk (Ben Camm-Jones) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:51:00 GMT

Apple is expected to introduce interactive e-books for iOS devices at its education-themed announcement in New York on Thursday.

Apple preparing for a busy week

team@macworld.co.uk (Philip Michaels) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:53:00 GMT

When Apple executives take the stage at New York's Guggenheim Museum on Thursday, they'll be kicking off more than an education-themed press event.

More and better IT teachers needed, says Royal Society

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:11:00 GMT

A new report from the Royal Society has called for the UK government to boost the number of specialist computing teachers in order to improve the quality of IT education in schools.

Gove's schools ICT plan gets industry backing

team@macworld.co.uk (Mike Simons) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:09:00 GMT

Industry organisations have welcomed Education Secretary Michael Gove's announcement today of fundamental overhaul in the way ICT is taught in schools.

Apple holding education event in New York next week

team@macworld.co.uk (Ben Camm-Jones) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:46:00 GMT

Apple will be holding an education-themed media event in New York on 19 January, though exactly what the theme of the meeting will be is unclear.

Facebook ‘interested’ in backing Britain’s ICT education reform

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:00 GMT

Facebook could be one of the next major technology companies to announce its support for Next Gen Skill’s campaign to modernise ICT teaching in schools.

Government admits ICT education "needs reform"

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:12:00 GMT

The UK government has admitted that ICT education in schools is not fit for purpose in its current state.

Google and Microsoft back programming lessons in UK schools

team@macworld.co.uk (Leo King) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT

Google and Microsoft will today throw their weight behind calls to introduce programming and software coding lessons in Britain's schools.

How to control multiple Macs in the home

team@macworld.co.uk (Christopher Breen) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:21:00 GMT

While it's easier to manage a single Mac, it's still possible to have control over multiple Macs within your home. Not only can you remotely configure parental controls on another computer, you can also monitor what your kids do with their Macs, limit the hours they have Internet access, and share media between the computers within your home.

Search for IT undergraduate of the year begins

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:54:00 GMT

The TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards has opened for nominations, and it includes a search for the UK’s IT and computer science undergraduate of the year.

Get smarter with iTunes U

team@macworld.co.uk (Kirk McElhearn) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:47:00 GMT

You've probably noticed it in the navigation bar at the top of the iTunes Store--sandwiched between Podcasts and the much-maligned Ping--but have you ever clicked on the iTunes U link? Millions of people have, and iTunes U has seen more than 600 million downloads since its inception in 2006.