Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?
Apple is positioning itself as a global education expert. It’s providing not just computers to classrooms, but also professional learning for teachers.
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Apple is positioning itself as a global education expert. It’s providing not just computers to classrooms, but also professional learning for teachers.
Sydney, July 18: Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialise, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV. But did you know they are also involved in teaching school teachers? The shift to online learning following COVID-19 is not only for students. Teachers now also do a lot of professional development online, often via global technology companies or “EdTechs”. One familiar sounding example of this […]
Today Apple unveiled new resources for elementary school students and educators, including a new activity guide, Everyone Can Code Early Learners, that extends its coding curriculum resources from kindergarten to college.
Rhys Richard plays four instruments and one day aspires to teach music. previous next Currently, only 2 percent of all US teachers are Black men, something the program at Huston-Tillotson seeks to change. When Black students are taught by a Black teacher, they are significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college. Huston-Tillotson President Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette has witnessed the power of that relationship firsthand. Her son had a Black male teacher in the fifth grade, and it transformed his education. “It just really did something magical for him,” sa...