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May 12, 2020 Apps, in particular, have a multitude of uses with many great ones focusing on education. Educational apps allow students to have access to invaluable resources and learning materials on laptops. Apple puts an immense focus on Education for students and it reflects on the apps they create and provide for Students. It is important for a student to keep up with the pace of the changing world of education in order to get good grades as well as proper adequate knowledge. With more and more things in the world becoming associated with the computer it is absolutely essential to have an idea.

Every child is born full of creativity. Nurturing it is one of the most important things educators do. Creativity makes your students better communicators and problem solvers. It prepares them to thrive in today’s world — and to shape tomorrow’s. Apple is constantly creating resources to help educators do just that. Not only powerful products, but also tools, inspiration, and curricula to create magical learning experiences and make every moment of screen time worth it.

Products for Learning

Flexible tools that flex imaginations. Spark student engagement with new ways to learn.

iPad and Mac

Apple products give students complete freedom of expression. iPad is so intuitive, anyone can instantly take an idea and run with it. Mac provides the power to pursue the most ambitious projects. Students can even start creating on iPad, then pick up where they left off on Mac. And with all-day battery life, iPad and Mac keep going long after the last class is over.

Bring any project to life.
Any way you want.

iPad and Mac have versatile built-in apps like Pages to transform assignments, GarageBand to make homework sing, and iMovie to put on a show. And the Swift Playgrounds app helps students learn the fundamentals of how to code.

Teaching Tools

Simplify the day-to-day tasks of teaching with apps designed to make the classroom more flexible, collaborative, and personalized for each student.

Augmented Reality

Explore a constellation. Dive into the details of an iconic monument. Or create a virtual art gallery from anywhere. Augmented Reality apps on iPad let students bring digital objects into the real world to spark curiosity and enhance understanding.

Curricula

Different ways to learn the core subjects. Help students think, experiment, and learn through creativity and coding.

Everyone Can Create

Dive into project guides that integrate creativity in every subject through drawing, photography, music, and video.

Teaching Code

Get curricula to teach the fundamentals with Everyone Can Code, or get right into designing and developing apps with Develop in Swift.

Teachers

Inspiration and support for educators. Take teaching further and get help using iPad, Mac, and apps.

Everything Apple makes for teachers. All in one place.

Find the latest resources designed by Apple to help teachers use technology and inspire creativity in the classroom.

Learn skills. Earn recognition.

Sign up for Apple Teacher, a free, self-paced professional learning program for educators. Build skills on iPad and Mac that directly apply to teaching, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for great work.

Follow us on Twitter @AppleEDU and join the conversation #AppleEDUChat to get a peek at some of the great things other educators are doing around the world.

IT and Deployment

Support to get up and running quickly. Find out how to set up and integrate Apple products into your school.

iPad and Mac are easy to set up, maintain, and use. The Education Deployment Guide will walk you through every step of setup. Apple School Manager streamlines device management. And with thousands of powerful apps designed for teaching and learning, you can build a personalized learning experience for every student.

Leaders

Lead the way for creativity. Explore resources designed by Apple educators to help school leaders bring creativity into the heart of learning.

Books for Leaders

Our leadership series has strategies and practical tools to help you build a culture of innovation at your school.

Apple Distinguished Schools

See how the most innovative schools around the world are using technology to expand what’s possible for learning, create new opportunities for teaching, and establish a dynamic environment that inspires both.

Apple Professional Learning Specialists

Bring APL Specialists to your school for extra support. They coach and mentor your educators in using technology to engage students in deeper learning.

The Impact of Creativity

When schools place creativity at the center of learning, students thrive. Browse the research that shows how Apple technology helps teachers teach and students learn.

Students in creative classrooms show increases in critical skills.

Schools with iPad show increases in literacy, math, and science scores.

Apple Professional Learning resources help educators make the most of the school’s technology investment.

Apple Values

Apple products are designed to empower every student. Find out how Apple keeps personal information private, adapts to the different ways students learn, and protects the planet.

App Store

Privacy

Every Apple product is built from the ground up to protect privacy. Including products built for education, like Apple School Manager, Schoolwork, and Managed Apple IDs. We don’t create user profiles, we don’t sell personal information, and we don’t share information with third parties to use for marketing or advertising.

Accessibility

Apple Mac Education Store

Apple products are designed with accessibility features built in, enabling all people to learn and create in the ways that work best for them. Because technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone.

Environment

Every Apple product is designed to reduce our impact on the planet without compromising performance or strength. So we can leave the world better than we found it.

Learn to teach code.
Help students code like the pros.

The Develop in Swift curriculum has been completely redesigned to help students explore app development on a Mac — and code just like the pros, for a semester or for certification. The curriculum is now accompanied by a free online professional learning course to help more educators give students an opportunity to make an impact with code.

Resources that help enable learning anytime, anywhere.

Discover a collection of apps, curriculum, and resources for IT, teachers, students, and parents that bring engaging learning experiences to any environment.

Whether you’re a STEM major or studying liberal arts, or even if you’re still undecided, Mac has the power to take on any course load. It’s portable, durable, and versatile enough to handle whatever you love to do after class, too. And it’s designed to grow with you, during your time on campus and beyond. So you’re ready for everything college — and life — have to offer.

Top of its class in performance.

Education Apps For Mac Desktop

Whatever your field of study, Mac can more than handle it. Create particle simulations faster than ever with cutting-edge graphics, high-performance processors, and whip-smart storage. Design and render intricate 3D models in programs like Autodesk Maya. View it all on a high-resolution Retina display that provides sharp text and is perfect for examining or creating detailed diagrams and technical illustrations. And with all-day battery life, Mac keeps crunching numbers late into the night.

Built to withstand the heaviest course loads.

Mac is built to last. And last. The sturdy aluminum unibody design is sleek, durable, and ready to hold up to the rigors of college life. It’s razor thin and feather light, so no matter where your schedule takes you, Mac can carry you through your day — without having to carry much in your backpack. And with optional AppleCare, you can rest assured that you’re covered if you ever need service or support.

We made compatibility a prerequisite.

In addition to creating and collaborating with classmates on amazing work using free Apple-designed apps for productivity and creativity, you can run popular software like Microsoft Office, Mathematica, and AutoCAD. Need to use a Windows app like SOLIDWORKS? No problem. Mac runs Windows at native speeds using Boot Camp, a built-in utility.

Educational Apps For Macbook Air

Make connections all over campus.

Mac is designed to connect seamlessly to college networks, shared printers, and other campus devices. You can easily log in to learning management systems and even PC networks. And with AirDrop, you can instantly send a photo for a presentation, class notes, documents, and more to nearby Mac, iPad, and iPhone users.

Incredible on their own. Even better together.

Having one Apple device is great. But when you use Apple devices together it opens up a world of new opportunities. Create a sketch in the Notes app on your iPad and paste it into a Pages document on your Mac. Shoot video on your iPhone and edit it on your iPad. You can even extend your workspace on your Mac by using your iPad as a second display. The possibilities are limitless.

Education Apps For Mac Os

Your extra­curriculars become extra spectacular.

As terrific as Mac and iPad are for your studies, they’re just as amazing for everything you do outside of class. Shoot and edit a short film on the quad, sketch a work of art using Apple Pencil and iPad, or play a huge range of cutting-edge games in Apple Arcade. With tons of choices to discover new passions or learn new skills the App Store is sure to have an app for whatever you love to do.

Designed for the future. Yours too.

Mac is made to grow with you. The operating system and free productivity apps — Pages, Keynote, and Numbers — receive complimentary updates to enable new features and new ways to use your Mac. The same is true for Apple’s free creativity apps, Photos, GarageBand, and iMovie. And when you’re ready to take your creativity to the next level, we offer an education discount on a bundle of industry-leading professional apps for filmmakers and musicians, including Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X.

Free Apps For Mac

Try Final Cut Pro X free for 90 days.

Get a free trial of Final Cut Pro for your Mac.

Try Logic Pro X free for 90 days.

Get a free trial of Logic Pro X for your Mac.

Get credit toward your new Mac or iPad.

Just trade in an eligible device for credit or recycle it for free.¹ It’s good for you and the planet.

70 million songs. 6 months on us.

Get 6 free months of Apple Music and free access to Apple TV+. And a student rate of $4.99 for both after the trial ends.²