tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post4928750556926160783..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Does Apple Care About Education?Lisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-58367102906296135172012-10-02T02:07:25.034-04:002012-10-02T02:07:25.034-04:00I am not seeing where Apple is not caring about ed...I am not seeing where Apple is not caring about education. The main point you make is that they are not making it easier or cheaper to afford the technology or applications. Apple is a business. Sure it would be great if they gave away their products and apps at rock bottom prices, if not free, but this is not realistic. Simply by having the resources available with the Education App store on iTunes or iTunes University, they are making the effort and decision to support and care for education. Do they have other motives to make money on this? Of course they do. The fact is, the iPad is a tool that, not only provides students with endless resources across all content areas, but it gives students the motivation to participate in educational activities. Sure this may end in a couple years as tablets saturate the market, but by then there will be a new form of technology that will take its place. I think before anyone says Apple does not care about education, they should say the school officials do not care about education if they are making it hard to acquire and implement innovative technology like the iPad. klmorga2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00334246119522383550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-58343038684760760332012-09-21T18:34:38.689-04:002012-09-21T18:34:38.689-04:00It's almost enough to make you nervous. iTunes...It's almost enough to make you nervous. iTunes University is a pretty substantial component to the iTunes store. It's not out of the question to assume there will one day be iTunes High and iTunes Middle. If the option is out there people will take it.newkidinclass.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442553547561377982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-57405621722218482752012-09-20T11:28:59.722-04:002012-09-20T11:28:59.722-04:00In my experience, it's not that Apple doesn...In my experience, it's not that Apple doesn't care about education as a market - it's that they treat it in accordance with the percentage of potential sales. And that's ALWAYS been true. In the 80's and 90's, the education market was better for Apple, because the consumer market was just opening up, so they paid a bit more attention to it. The education market has always been tough for all the reasons mentioned above: small, fractured, long buying cycles, bureaucratic. The only thing that has changed is that as the consumer appetite for computers, phones and ipads exploded, the education market has remained fairly constant. So it "looks" like Apple is paying less attention to education, but it's really just a reflection of the shrinking percentage of potential market.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197716318141984888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-9400472028083248572012-09-20T07:57:59.892-04:002012-09-20T07:57:59.892-04:00I could write a whole article on this. In short, A...I could write a whole article on this. In short, Apple makes so much on these consumer devices that they don't need to care or invest in education sales or support. $26 billion a year. They could give every kid in the nation one for $100 and still make a profit. They have the cash but they are moving to the apple store model while educators are left to innovate from the classroom up instead of the HelpDesk down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com