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Liveblog: Apple March Event 2018 - Lets take a Field Trip

Apple's 2018 Education focused 'Lets take a Field Trip' event

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Talking about how kids love Swift Playgrounds. Especially being able to program drones and robots.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:47:53 PM
Swift Playgrounds remains a focus for teaching coding to students

by Jason Snively via null 3/27/2018 3:48:16 PM
New ARKit module for Swift

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:48:21 PM
Another teacher, Kasia Derza from here in Chicago is up to talk about her classroom.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:49:35 PM
She started with block-based coding apps, but recently introduced Switft Playgrounds and her kids loves it.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:50:03 PM
Kasia Derza talks about how ipad is used in her classroom

by Jason Snively via null 3/27/2018 3:51:28 PM
She is sharing a touching story regarding an English as a second language student who was very shy. Swift Playgrounds helped her gain condience and is now on student council.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:51:31 PM
New type of curriculum, Everyone Can Create

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:53:08 PM
Homophones ARE fun

by Jason Snively via null 3/27/2018 3:53:37 PM
Teachers will have free resources. Focused in video, music, photography, and drawing.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:53:46 PM
Photography: Composition can teach mathematics in nature. Drawing can add more detail to a report. Music and audio can enhance reports and presentations. Video can be used for reports and presentations.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:55:22 PM
Like Everyone Can Code, has teacher guides to help bring into the classroom.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:56:06 PM
Everyone Can Create is previewed today, with more content coming this summer.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:56:39 PM
Should give teachers enough time to get into their curriculum for this fall..!

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:56:52 PM
More than 300 teachers and educators are in attendance here today.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:57:28 PM
by Jason Snively 3/27/2018 3:57:38 PM
Big round of applause for teachers!

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:57:53 PM
Oh gosh everyone.. it is a video with cute kids talking about how great their teachers are. This is so cute.

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:58:24 PM
The pillars of Apple's new education push

by Jason Snively 3/27/2018 3:58:49 PM
Kids: "You have the hardest job in the world, and you are nailing it!"

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:58:59 PM
Tim is back!

by andrew 3/27/2018 3:59:06 PM
Sounds like the wrap up show. Going over the benefits fo the new iPad, as well as software announcements.

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:00:10 PM
BTW, noticed there was still no update to iMovie. Just Clips, GarageBand, and iWork.

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:00:33 PM
Wrapping things up

by Jason Snively 3/27/2018 4:01:48 PM
"To close today, we want to show you how much fun kids can have learning and creating with iPad. So we created a video"

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:02:14 PM
There are a bunch of kids having fun learning about gravity by throwing things over edges.. haha.

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:03:29 PM
Ironic voiceover about how Homework stinks while the kids have a lot of fun doing it. Good voiceover!

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:04:32 PM
Looks like a wrap! There will be some hands-on time with all the new software. Tim thanks Lane Tech for hosting them today, as well as all the educators in attendence.

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:05:50 PM
That's it folks! We are going to check out everything Apple just introduced! Check back soon for our continuing coverage! Thanks for joining us!

by andrew 3/27/2018 4:07:00 PM
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