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What's up guys, Stephen Culls of Mac here and Apple's education-focused field trip
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keynote has just wrapped up in Chicago, so in this video I wanted to round up everything
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they announced, so let's not waste any more time and get straight into it
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First up, Apple's 9.7-inch iPad was upgraded today with support for the Apple Pencil
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It also comes with a cheaper $299 price tag for schools, for students it's now $309
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and everyone else still has to pay $329 for the cheapest iPad. But there's still a lot to love about it
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The new model packs a speedy 8-amp Fusion processor to go with its 2048x1536 resolution display
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It includes an 8-megapixel camera on the back, touch ID, GPS, compass and gyroscope
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Apple promises 10 hours of battery life, which is long enough for this computer to be used continuously for an entire school day
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Then Apple gave a little bit of stage time to the Logitech Crayon. It's a cheaper, kid-focused alternative to the Apple Pencil
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The $49 Logitech Stylus is aimed at the kids market, although it will no doubt find usage
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among a few more budget-conscious adults too. It was debuted alongside the new Logitech iPad case and keyboard
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There's also a new iCloud storage upgrade if you're a student, upgrading the standard
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5GB to 200GB for free. The upgrade only applies to students, but hopefully Apple makes 200GB the new standard
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for everyone soon. iWork got some love at the keynote and smart annotations are finally coming to the suite
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of iOS apps later this year. The upcoming versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote will let iPad owners draw directly
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on reports with its smart annotations feature. It's a great update for students and regular users alike
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Unfortunately, the Mac didn't get much love at all during Apple's keynote today, other
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than a short mention that Classroom is coming to the Mac this summer. In the iOS version, the Teaching Assistant app helps teachers guide students through
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a lesson, see their progress and keep them on track. Teachers and students are getting some much needed help though from Apple in the form
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of the new Schoolwork app. It's basically a command centre for education
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Schoolwork can assign specific activities within an app and students can be taken there automatically
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The app can also check students' progress, making it easy to see if students have done their work and help teachers tailor their classes to the needs of a student
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With Schoolwork, teachers can assign lessons and track a student's progress. Teachers can use it to give handouts, assignments and apps to their students
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It can also be used to send class reminders about field trips or group work updates
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Also to make it easier for developers to create apps that play well with Schoolwork, Apple
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created a new API called ClassKit. It does most of the heavy lifting of integrating with Schoolwork's best features so developers
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can concentrate on making the best apps. Finally, teaching kids to be great Swift coders is high up on Apple's priorities
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Augmented reality is one of Apple's other big priorities. So it's merging the two together with some new lessons on Swift Playgrounds that teaches
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kids how to build AR apps
