Apple introduced an entire suite of new, free applications Thursday aimed at enhancing education through its popular iPad tablet computers.
The apps include a new version of iBooks, which will give students a portal to interactive, digital textbooks; iBooks Author, iWork-type software for building such textbooks; and a new version of iTunes U, which will give students and teachers an avenue for online communication.
The new offerings were announced during an event in New York City on Thursday morning. All three applications will be free, and high school textbooks will be sold for less than $15 in a partnership with three of the major U.S. textbook publishers, according to media reports from the event….
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