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Photos: Apple upgrades $300 iPad for education… and businesses

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Apple 9.7-inch iPad 2018

Apple 9.7-inch iPad 2018

Apple’s entry-level 9.7-inch iPad still costs $329 ($299 for schools) but it got a big boost to performance and support for the Apple Pencil.

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Apple event in Chicago on March 27, 2018

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Apple event in Chicago on March 27, 2018

The 2018 iPad 9.7-inch was unveiled at an event at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago on March 27. While the focus of the event was on using iPads in education, the new iPad will be a welcome upgrade to many businesses that use the low-cost version of the tablet for kiosks, cash registers, customer service, employee data entry, and much more.

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Specs for 9.7-inch iPad 2018

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Specs for 9.7-inch iPad 2018

The specifications are solid at the price point, although it also has to compete with Google Chromebooks more than other tablets or even Windows 2-in-1s.

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Features of 9.7-inch iPad 2018

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Features of 9.7-inch iPad 2018

For students, iPads may have the most appeal for K-3, where there are a lot of apps aimed at entry-level learning.

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Multitasking and Apple Pencil support

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Multitasking and Apple Pencil support

Apple especially highlighted the iOS features for running two apps at the same time and the new capabilities with Apple Pencil in the iPad 9.7-inch.

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iPad with Bluetooth keyboard

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iPad with Bluetooth keyboard

You can, of course, connect a Bluetooth keyboard if you want to use the iPad like a laptop at times. However, it won’t support the Smart Keyboard that the iPad Pro models offer.

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A10 Fusion is in

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A10 Fusion is in

The A10 Fusion processor gives the 2018 iPad 9.7-inch a nice speed boost.

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Software for Apple Pencil

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Software for Apple Pencil

Apple also keeps refining the software in iOS to support the Apple Pencil.

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Cameras in 2018 iPad 9.7-inch

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Cameras in 2018 iPad 9.7-inch

The cameras in the iPad are especially aimed at augmented reality, since no one should be regularly using an iPad as a camera.

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AR on the 2018 iPad

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AR on the 2018 iPad

Apple has been investing heavily in augmented reality, and the new iPad’s 9.7-inch screen provides a lot of real estate for viewing AR apps.

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Frog dissection on the iPad

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Frog dissection on the iPad

In the future, some students may forgo physical frog dissections for virtual ones on the iPad.

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AR on the new iPad

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AR on the new iPad

AR on the iPad certainly has potential for interesting learning experiences.

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iPad home screen drawn by Apple Pencil

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iPad home screen drawn by Apple Pencil

It is impressive what some artists have been able to draw with the Apple Pencil, like this iPad home screen.

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Logitech's $49 Crayon

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Logitech's $49 Crayon

As a less expense alternative to the Apple Pencil, Logitech is offering a $49 “Crayon” that works in similar ways and is presumably aimed at younger users.

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iPad for note-taking and highlighting

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iPad for note-taking and highlighting

Taking notes and making annotations with a stylus like the Apple Pencil is still a phenomenon that looks good in demos but isn’t in wide use.

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10 hours of battery life

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10 hours of battery life

Perhaps the feature that businesses and professionals care about the most is battery life.

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Apple School Manager

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Apple School Manager

Apple School Manager software gives the IT department the ability to create Apple IDs in bulk. A school of 1,500 can create IDs for the whole school in under a minute.

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Teachers can see student progress

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Teachers can see student progress

Apple’s tools for teachers look promising. But, it also has an uphill fight against Google Classroom.

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New Classroom software for teachers

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New Classroom software for teachers

The interface for Apple’s classroom tools look impressive enough in the first demos.

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Classroom is also coming to Mac

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Classroom is also coming to Mac

Thankfully, Apple is also bringing its classroom and teachers tools to the Mac as well.

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Shared iPad feature for schools

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Shared iPad feature for schools

Since a lot of schools have students share technology rather than each student having their own device, the Shared iPad feature is a must-have.

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Apple Schoolwork app

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Apple Schoolwork app

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Apple promised strong privacy settings

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Apple promised strong privacy settings

Apple also promised high standards in privacy. It said that its employees cannot see any student or teacher data, for example.

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Learning coding on iPad

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Learning coding on iPad

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New ClassKit API

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New ClassKit API

In the mode of HealthKit and HomeKit, Apple also unveiled ClassKit for developers to plug into its new education platform.

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iPad already has lots of education apps

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iPad already has lots of education apps

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Tools to help teachers

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Tools to help teachers

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Shared annotations in Apple iWork apps

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Shared annotations in Apple iWork apps

To compete with Google Apps, Apple also announced Smart Annotation so that students, parents, and teachers can collaborate on documents.

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iWork now integrates with Apple Pencil

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iWork now integrates with Apple Pencil

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iWork has improved collaboration

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iWork has improved collaboration

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Numbers app with Apple Pencil support

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Numbers app with Apple Pencil support

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Apple templates in iWork

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Apple templates in iWork

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Creative apps now have extras for students

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Creative apps now have extras for students

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Horace Mann quote

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Horace Mann quote

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Apple Schoolwork app

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Apple Schoolwork app

Again, Apple’s Schoolwork app looks like a good experience in the initial demos.

Also see

  • Apple unveils new $300 iPad, education IT software, promises to protect privacy
  • Google unveils Chrome OS tablet for students, goes to war with iPad in education market
  • Apple’s Swift programming language: Cheat sheet
  • How Apple, Google, Microsoft stack up in education technology: Hardware, software and deployment (ZDNet)
  • Hands-on with the new iPad: Pencil support and more (CNET)
  • Mobile device computing policy (Tech Pro Research)

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