Apple rolled out an enterprise of its interactive textbooks, along with tools to create books and learning new iPad application
The center of Apple's textbook is, as expected, the company's tablet - the iPad, and version 2 of the iBooks software for reading books. Ayeboks 2 includes, for example, built-in dictionary can be linked to specific pages within the text, the ability to highlight passages and write notes. The sections marked with an automatic tabs can make learning, as well as the terms Hmiloniim relevant.
Textbooks that are tailored for the software include greater emphasis on visuals and interactivity, while Apple's demo featured three-dimensional models and navigation capabilities in interactive books. "Of course no printed book can not compete with that," said Roger Rosner, vice president in charge of the project at Apple.
Anyone can create a textbook
New textbooks now available Apple's bookstore, and also include free samples. Professional books will cost $ 14.99 at most, and will include updates, when Apple announced it is collaborating with three major expenditures in the U.S. - Pearson, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In addition, DK company, known for its educational books, book launches as part of venture .
The second part of this project has iBooks Author - software that enables Macs to create interactive books, the kind that works with iBooks 2. This is free software that attempts to make the process of creating an interactive book easier, so when it combines with the tools of word processor presentations, as well as can import images into interactive, three-dimensional models and things programmed into HTML or Javascript languages.
The event, which won the exception of public relations from the moment it was announced that he will focus on educational initiatives, was held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, hosted by the company's marketing VP Phil Schiller. Apart from the declarations, Schiller revealed some numbers about the educational uses of the iPad today. He said that there Today more than 20,000 applications for educational or training device, and more than 1.5 million iPads are now educational programs.
Apple's university opens more
ITunes U project, which had been part of Apple's media store, is now accepting iPad application of its own.The application lets you manage digital courses, with tools for both teachers and for students. The application is available now for download worldwide.
The interface allows professors to their students Subject, send group messages, give homework, link to videos, and communicate directly. The application also integrated Apple ecosystem, as it allows for pumping materials other software - applications store, etc. Bookstore. Even register for courses can be done through the iPad itself.
Application itself free, and some institutions of higher education in the United States already use it, as today, also in schools can lead the classes.
