Apple: eNews for Education - January 2008
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January 2008

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Introducing MacBook Air MacBook Air features a bright 13.3-inch widescreen LED display, full-size backlit keyboard, spacious multi-touch trackpad, built-in iSight camera, 802.11n Wi-Fi,* 2GB of RAM, and a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor-all in an incredibly streamlined design.
*Based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification.

K-12 Education Higher Education IT/Administration

iLife and iWork K-12 School Site License At just $249* for either iLife or iWork, your students gain access to the best tools to prepare them for life and work.
*Terms and conditions apply.

Trade-In and Recycle Trade in used equipment from any manufacturer, and apply value to new products.

Pro-level products. Beginner prices. Apple's affordable site license program allows a single school site to load Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio, and Aperture (sold separately) on up to 500 machines.

Extend the borders of learning. With podcasting and iTunes U, the University of Wisconsin extends learning to students around the world.

The New Mac Pro Eight-core processing power now comes standard with the new Mac Pro. All-new high-performance graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA make Mac Pro graphics technology even more cutting edge.

Booting Up Savings and Flexibility According to Brian Allen at Bemidji State University, "With the Intel Macs... [students] really have two computers for the price of one."

Mac OS X Leopard With over 300 new features, the latest incarnation of Mac OS X provides even more power and flexibility, with many built-in tools for accessibility, digital authoring, collaboration, and content management.

Two Platforms, One Support Solution ABC Unified School District can manage all of the computers in their 29 schools, whether those computers are Mac- or Windows-based.

A leap forward for backup. Working with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard, Time Capsule is a revolutionary backup device that can automatically back up everything on your Mac. Wirelessly.

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Technology in K-12 Lesson Plans The University of South Florida provides invaluable lesson plans to help teachers incorporate technology into the classroom.

KQED- Digital Storytelling When youth are empowered to express themselves digitally, the results are amazing. Witness a grateful granddaughter's depiction of her grandfather's heartbreaking journey to America.

Smithsonian Global Sound An international network of music audio archives, Smithsonian Global Sound delivers the world's diverse cultural expressions through digital media.

The Science of Big Waves See education in the everyday world. Explore the principles of science coming together to form the big waves that surfers enjoy around the globe.

The Nine Who Made A Difference Central High School National Historic Site commemorates the events that surrounded the desegregation of Central High School in 1957.

Rediscovering Steinbeck Explore collections of web links for various texts, examples of projects and activities that utilize technologically based tools, and more.

Searching for Atlantis This unit was based on a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium but can be adapted to any habitat.

  

 
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