Schools Turn To Apple For Online Lessons

Apple has announced that public, private and Catholic schools from around Australia will now be able to publish educational content via K-12 on iTunes U.

The company says that audio, video and text files are free to download and readily available to anyone by simply accessing the iTunes store. Through this, teachers and students will have the necessary materials to enhance and extend teaching and learning.

With content available to school children of all ages, students can now access information both in the classroom and online.

Launching on K-12 on iTunes U today are:

The Western Australian Department of Education and Training
 itms://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/det.wa.edu.au

CEnet (Catholic Education Network)
itms://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/catholic.k12.edu.au

Presbyterian Ladies’ College WA
itms://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/scotchplc.edu.au

Scotch College WA
 itms://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/scotchplc.edu.au

With a catalogue of over 200,000 audio and video files, iTunes U provides free educational media and  is becoming the engine for the mobile learning movement.

Further details on iTunes U are available at http://www.apple.com/au/education/mobile-learning/