Apple making more direct efforts to get technology into classroomsDespite a high-profile failure in Los Angeles, Apple's efforts to put iPads in the hands of more students is finding more success elsewhere. School districts in Yuma, Arizona and the Coachella Valley in California have found great success with their iPad programs. Apple is also taking a more active role in expanding access to technology in some schools, targeting those with fewer technological resources in particular.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
At 114 schools nationwide, including eight in Yuma, it is providing each student with an iPad, teachers with iPads and MacBook computers, and classrooms with Apple TVs. At some schools, Apple also helped build Wi-Fi networks. The company, which committed $100 million to the nationwide effort in 2014, assigns an employee to spend 17 days a year at each school, training teachers and helping prepare lessons. The employees, all former teachers, recommend apps and sometimes demonstrate techniques on teaching with iPads.
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Apple making more direct efforts to get technology into classrooms
