October 1, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Apple launches new skilled studying assets for lecturers and expands international schooling grant program
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA In celebration of World Lecturers’ Day, Apple at present launched all-new free classroom assets to assist educators and college students embrace creativity in any lesson, and is celebrating educators by particular collections and choices throughout Apple providers. Moreover, the corporate introduced a significant growth of its groundbreaking schooling grant program into 100 new faculties and communities, reaching college students and lecturers throughout six continents with free grant-funded STEAM programming.
Over the previous 4 a long time, Apple has been a dedicated instructional chief. By means of its work in schooling, the corporate has shared its cutting-edge know-how {and professional} studying assets with tens of millions of scholars and educators, equipping them with the instruments to create new worlds, join in participating methods, and pursue the roles of tomorrow. As an instance the attain of its efforts, Apple can also be releasing its first-ever Schooling Influence Report, which gives a snapshot of the work the corporate is doing to help lecturers and learners worldwide.
“At Apple, we now have at all times believed within the energy of schooling to open new doorways and provides individuals the instruments they should construct a greater, extra equitable world,” stated Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vp of Surroundings, Coverage, and Social Initiatives. “We’re blown away to see how tomorrow’s coders, creators, innovators, and leaders are utilizing Apple know-how and assets to make their impression recognized at present — and we’re thrilled to develop our schooling work into much more communities.”
“We’re impressed by the unbelievable work popping out of school rooms and communities throughout the globe, and the myriad of the way Apple merchandise like Mac and iPad empower learners to create and construct on their passions,” stated Susan Prescott, Apple’s vp of Schooling and Enterprise Advertising. “Our new Inventive Actions for early learners and college students make studying straightforward and enjoyable, and most significantly, give educators fast instruments to have interaction learners of all ages.”
Supporting Lecturers and Group Educators with New Instruments
Over the course of Apple’s lengthy historical past in schooling, skilled studying and educator assets have at all times been key elements of the corporate’s method, because the efficient use of know-how might help unlock the potential of all learners.
Right this moment, Apple is launching new Everybody Can Create assets for lecturers. Inventive Actions are a group of fast, interactive, and enjoyable lesson concepts that empower educators to sprinkle creativeness and originality into their studying plans. Inventive Actions for Early Learners (ages 4 to eight) and Inventive Actions for College students (ages 8 and up) allow lecturers to have interaction their college students with out rising their workload. Every exercise strengthens important expertise and will get college students creating shortly with templates and shareable hyperlinks.
New Inventive Actions embody:
The brand new Inventive Actions at the moment are accessible within the Apple Schooling Group, an expert studying hub with greater than 1 million members the place educators can discover inspiration, share assets, and join with friends. This week, the Apple Schooling Group is increasing its Discussion board collaboration options to 16 further international locations and areas, enabling participation from much more educators around the globe.1
As well as, Apple continues to develop Apple Studying Coach, a free skilled studying program that helps educators coach lecturers on how one can get essentially the most out of Apple merchandise. With new classes and the flexibility to register and take part at any time, Apple Studying Coach is now accessible in eight languages throughout 15 international locations and areas.2 Thus far, greater than 4,000 licensed Apple Studying Coaches have guided almost 100,000 lecturers, impacting 2.4 million college students.
Reaching College students and Lecturers on Six Continents By means of Grant Packages
Apple works with faculties and nonprofit organizations around the globe to supply grants and different hands-on programming designed to develop entry to know-how, together with instructional and workforce alternatives. Thus far, the corporate has contributed a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} in know-how, instruments, and assets to greater than 200 schooling and neighborhood companions. Within the final yr alone, Apple has expanded its help to just about 40 new schooling companions throughout Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.
This work is basically linked to Apple’s Group Schooling Initiative, by which the corporate gives {hardware}, scholarships, monetary help, educator assets, and entry to Apple consultants to varsities and organizations in under-resourced communities. Apple collaborates with every associate group to customise and improve programming to help the neighborhood’s particular objectives and remodel college students’ in-school and extracurricular experiences.
Apple’s in depth schooling initiatives additionally embody Apple Developer Academies and the Apple Basis Program, which deliver coding schooling and expertise coaching to builders and entrepreneurs around the globe, together with free assets like Everybody Can Code, Develop in Swift Tutorials, Everybody Can Create, Problem for Change, and Right this moment at Apple classes in any respect Apple Retailer areas.
As detailed within the newly launched Schooling Influence Report, prior to now 5 years, greater than 10,000 lecturers have obtained skilled studying alternatives by Apple grants. Over that very same time-frame, 500,000 college students in near 2,000 faculties and communities around the globe have engaged within the firm’s grant packages. Apple at the moment helps greater than 200 faculties and nonprofit organizations — a quantity that continues to extend.
Forging New Partnerships and Deepening Current Work
CodeDoor, one in all Apple’s newer companions, gives coding and workforce preparedness coaching for migrants all through Germany. Apple helps the group’s Creators program, which makes use of Everybody Can Code assets and Swift Playgrounds to offer individuals the instruments to design and pitch apps as options to neighborhood challenges. By means of a hybrid expertise that takes place over the course of eight months, individuals purchase useful expertise, together with coding with Swift and presentation methods.
“CodeDoor was created from the concept younger individuals are curious and method studying as a strategy of discovery, however want the fitting instruments to really feel empowered,” stated Karan Dehghani, CodeDoor’s founder. “With help from Apple, our Creators program teaches learners from migrant households how one can establish and clear up real-life issues by app improvement — equipping a brand new era of Germans with the talents they should construct neighborhood and a brighter future.”
Apple can also be deepening its work with current neighborhood companions. Since 2020, the corporate has collaborated with the New York Public Library to develop entry to know-how by in-person and digital coaching courses for learners of all ages and talent ranges, with a deal with serving to adults develop confidence of their laptop expertise and develop extra snug in at present’s digital world.
“The world is evolving so quick. One of many ways in which we might help form and guarantee the way forward for libraries is to create areas which can be designed for collaborative, interactive studying,” stated Brandy McNeil, Ph.D., the New York Public Library’s deputy director of Department Packages & Companies. “With the instruments and assets solely Apple can present, we’ve been capable of develop each our programming and our attain to raised serve our neighborhood, serving to many extra individuals harness the ability of know-how to study and develop.”
Celebrating World Lecturers’ Day Throughout Apple
In honor of World Lecturers’ Day, Apple is celebrating educators around the globe by particular collections and choices throughout its providers.
The Nice Instruments for Lecturers assortment within the App Retailer highlights classroom and lesson-planning necessities that educators can use to help their work. On Apple Music, customers can take heed to a assortment of learning-based albums and playlists highlighted all through the Children and Household classes; on Apple Books, readers can discover a assortment of nonfiction and youngsters’ books about inspiring educators; and in Podcasts, listeners can discover featured reveals specializing in conversations by and for educators alongside narratives about schooling. Moreover, the Apple TV app contains a assortment of flicks and reveals that spotlight the significance of lecturers within the lives of pupils.
Internationally, lecturers can use Group Reservations to guide a Right this moment at Apple session for his or her college students at their native Apple Retailer, choosing from greater than 20 matters nice for educators and their college students to learn to code, create, and get essentially the most out of Apple merchandise. Be taught extra and request a session at apple.com/at present/teams.
Moreover, Apple is internet hosting a particular session for lecturers at Apple Park Customer Middle in Cupertino, California, on World Lecturers’ Day (October 5). The Go Additional with iPadOS 18 for Schooling workshop will deliver collectively licensed Apple Studying Coaches and educators from throughout California for hands-on demos utilizing iPad Professional and Apple Pencil Professional.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Right this moment, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the perfect merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Discussion board collaboration options within the Apple Schooling Group at the moment are accessible in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA.
- Apple Studying Coach is now accessible for educators in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Eire, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA.
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