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Apple launches Education Community in beta with free teaching resources
Alex_V said:I know that Apple has been doing education forever, but they are perfectly placed to disrupt many of the companies currently operating in the education space. Their hardware is perfect for the task — the competition simply can’t produce iPad quality at the same price. Apple’s technology is typically better, and their implementation leaves others in the dust. Take FaceTime, it’s much better than anything else I’ve used. Messages too. Notes is excellent, and the new collaborative whiteboard feature is compelling. Many Apple apps are used education: Podcasts, Pages, Keynote, Preview, iTunes U, Books, Remote Desktop etc.. Of course, Apple’s relative ease-of-use is perfect for that market. But, at the moment, these things are disparate and are missing education-specific functions, e.g. raising hands and breakout groups in chat; or tying Mail and Calendar together (like Outlook which I detest) into something for scheduling and sharing events. Apple could feasibly port or combine their products into an education platform with mail, messaging, video chat, tied together into a nice bundle that is managed by a simple database/ERP app. That would be a step up for most schools. 90% of the education systems and ERPs that I’ve had to use are pure dog poo, and don’t get me started on the video conference apps… I talked a lot with my colleagues, teachers and representatives of administrations from the field of education, many agree with me. Learning how to writebusiness proposal email learn more my colleagues and I chose a few examples for writing your letter to Apple. I don’t know if the company will pay attention to our proposals, but I really hope, because the company can greatly change the quality of education.