Apple Education Event: all you want to know, in one article! [16:15 pm]

Started by a few minutes, the last Apple event dedicated to the world of education will likely be packed with information, news and previews which will be discussed in this article constantly updated. It is thought (striamo writing before the event, for more detailed information, read the entire article) to a new store devoted primarily to educational books in electronic format, the result of a partnership with leading publishers in the industry.

Hoping not to spoil the surprise too, reported here is an interesting excerpt from the 37 chapter of the biography of Steve Jobs made out of aWalter Isaacson:

In fact, Jobs had his eye on textbooks as the next target of a digital transformation. He was convinced that that sector of 8 billion dollars a year was ready for the digital destruction. He was also struck by the fact that many schools, for safety reasons, no longer put at the disposal of lockers for students and that, therefore, they had to go to school every day with heavy backpacks. "The iPad can solve the problem," he said. His idea was engaging the main authors of manuals and textbooks to allow them to produce digital versions of their works, making them available on the iPad. In addition, he was organizing meetings with the major publishers of school, such as Pearson Education, assuming the partnership with Apple. "The process by which the school authorities certify the state school textbooks is corrupt," he said. "But we can make free textbooks, and integrated iPad, so that should not be certified. This crappy economic system at the state level will continue for ten years, and we can offer the opportunity to bypass the entire process and save money. "

Update 16:03

To go on stage is Phil Schiller, that definitely will start to talk about numbers and then introduce the main topics of the day.

Update 16:15: 2 iBooks

 There is talk of 20,000 applications, which are present in the App Store, for educational purposes and 1.5 million used in the field of educational iPad. And here is introduced iBooks 2. The new application, signed by Apple, offers numerous advantages over traditional school books, as books in it are portable, durable, interactive, offering the possibility to use the contextual search and add to the text various media.