Tom Burnett, PhD
Manager Stategic Initatives
Apple, Inc.
Education Trends Near and Dear to Apple
- User Created Content
- Mobility
- Learning Communities
- Create
- Access
- Distribute
"Culture easts strategy every day of the week."
Example: Can we keep kids from using the all the technology at their disposal, or can we teach them to use it appropriately and use it for learning?
University Channels
Duke University - Approached Apple about posting lectures to iTunes and gave every incoming Freshman an iPod. Another set of Univeristies Followed - MIT, Yale, UC Berkeley, Stanford. Now, almost 500 universities worldwide have created their own iTunes U sites and are sharing their content freely with the world. For FREE!!!!
Just click the iTunes U button at the top of iTunes...
MIT Channel - Walter Lewin, Science professor and "national treasure", has his entire Physics I course lectures on their channel - FREE!! (Look up his awesome kinetic energy lecture where he tries to smash his own face!)
University of South Florida - College of Education - Lit2Go - Professional Readers have read 200 classic books; they can be downloaded and listen to for FREE! The text of the book will also display on a Touch or iPhone!
Apple provides the architecture for Universities and Colleges to create iTunes U channels for FREE!!
Beyond Campus Channels - Look under Quick Links on right side of iTunes U screen
Libraries, museums, organizations
KQED, Library of Congress, Connexions from Rice University, Kahn Academy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Supereme Court
Kahn Academy has entire courses posted in their channel.
KQUED Quest - Science lessons
Rice University Connexions - Open source textbooks - Algebra II textbook is actually on the state adoption list in California
K-12 Education Channels - 20 States Have Channels - Including Texas!
Virginia - paying for education apps to be developed - just noticed they have tech tutorials
Tennessee - Presenter's favorite channel - They are putting all of their state shared content in iTunes
Example: Four minute lesson on Nouns for 2nd Grade
iTunes U has 400,000 pieces of content, educator created, vetted, and FREE!!!
In a school setting, you can block all the rest of iTunes out and just get to iTunes U (Need to investigate how to do this...)
Trending Fast in iTunes U
- Playlists - can combine thematic information into playlists and share with students on their iPods
- ePUB - Newest format supported on iTunes; Lets you interact with content. Can make electronic "sticky notes" in books you are reading, look up words in dictionary and thesaurus. CK12 and Connexions have ePUB books in iTunes U
Top 10 Reasons to Use iTunes
10. Builds a strong statewide "band" for wuality content
9. Become part of a worldwide learning and PD community
8. Quickly get conetnt to meet needs (ie new standards)
7. Cross platform: Mac & PC
6. Share greata content/buld community of learners and developers
5. Saves time and money
4. High quality PD - on demand
3. Anytime/anwhere access to conent
2. Aligned vetted conent ins safe environment
1. Increased student achievement!
