Apple to host educational event in Chicago on March 27
Apple on Friday sent an email to AppleInsider and other press outlets, inviting them to an educational event in Chicago scheduled for 10 a.m. local time on March 27.
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Roger Fingas
Apple holds first in-school coding session for visually impaired students
In an expansion to its Everyone Can Code educational initiative, Apple on Wednesday held its first in-school session for visually impaired students, helping participants write code that was then used to fly drones.
AppleInsider Staff
Jamf's 'innovation pod' aims to offer iPad-based education to students in Haiti
Enterprise and educational device management firm Jamf is helping a group of 150 Haitian students to engage with the digital world, by shipping an 'innovation pod' providing iPads and other technology, as well as a digital curriculum, to a school in one of Haiti's impoverished areas.
Malcolm Owen
Ohio State University expands on Apple educational partnership with app for first-year students
Taking advantage of an educational partnership with Apple, Ohio State University this year will launch an app developed by students for students designed to ease the sometimes jarring transition into college life.
Apple partners with Malala Fund to provide educational opportunities to more girls in developing countries
Apple has pledged support to the Malala Fund, the organization led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, with the assistance expected to increase the Fund's impact in providing education to girls living in developing countries, including new programs in India and Latin America.
Apple-made Swift curriculum coming to 70 European colleges & universities
Apple on Friday announced that its "App Development with Swift" curriculum is being adopted by 70 European schools, including ones in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, and Portugal.
Apple to pump $350B into US economy over next 5 years, pay record $38B in repatriation taxes [u]
Looking to boost its domestic image, Apple on Wednesday announced that it expects to contribute $350 billion to the U.S. economy during the next five years, picking up some 20,000 jobs in the process. (Updated with internal letter from Tim Cook.)
New York's 'P177Q iPad Band' breaks through learning disabilities
A public school in Queens, New York is reportedly using iPads to great success in teaching music to kids with learning disabilities, particularly autism.
Apple expands Everyone Can Code program to almost 500,000 Chicago students
Apple on Tuesday announced plans to get its Swift programming language taught to students across Chicago through an expansion of its Everyone Can Code program, done in partnership with local institutions.
Mikey Campbell
