Apple Professional Development

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Permalink Reply by Bev Keefer on July 25, 2009 at 2:28pm

About 3 years ago I was awarded a 1 to 1 classroom with Apple laptops. The Apple training I received at that time was very helpful. The trainer I had was a former classroom teacher so she knew they kinds of things we wanted to learn about.

Permalink Reply by Lyn on August 4, 2009 at 5:42pm

I had good experiences with the Apple trainers as well. Don't hesitate to ask them anything- even if you think your question probably has the simplest answer. The most meaningful sessions were when we brought our own media and created our own work- a newsletter using Pages, an iMovie, a podcast using Garageband.... something we could take back to our classrooms and use immediately.
You will LOVE the Macs! I am a huge fan. The district where I work now is transitioning to all PC.
.....broken... heart.
ENjoy!

Permalink Reply by Mary Beth Hertz on August 4, 2009 at 5:58pm

My district (Philadelphia) has a contract with Apple--we actually have Apple employees that work at our offices downtown to support the teachers. I have had WONDERFUL experiences with them. Apple has a huge investment in education and their staff are geeks like us who love teaching how to use the machines that they love.

Beware: once you go Mac, you'll never go back!

Permalink Reply by Julie Frederick on August 4, 2009 at 6:01pm

Thanks so much, everyone. Mary Beth, I have a friend who posted recently on Facebook that she bought an iPhone, and one of her other friends responded that she should think of it as a gateway drug - he predicts within a year she'll be a fully-converted Mac user! I think he's right!