Today Apple held an event based around Education. They announced a few new cool products!
iBooks Textbooks
iBooks is now going to start selling textbooks! They are intuitive, interactive, multitouch books, and they look amazing. Read more and check out a video here.
iBooks Author
This is a new app on the Mac App Store. It is a way for an Average Joe to easily create rich books or textbooks that include videos, 3D objects, and more. Read more here.
iTunes U
“The free iTunes U app gives students access to all the materials for your course in a single place. Right in the app, they can play video or audio lectures. Read books and view presentations. See a list of all the assignments for the course and check them off as they’re completed.” Read more here.
All of the apps are free (free to download, not to purchase books/textbooks from) and you can download them here: