Apple, Rogers, and Ontario Government Partner to Support At-Home Learning, Over 20,000 iPads Being Sent to Students in Need
Apple, Rogers, and the Canadian province of Ontario have partnered to help meet the educational needs of students and families during the global health crisis.
This week, school boards across Ontario began purchasing and distributing iPads pre-equipped with free Rogers LTE wireless data to students who do not have either the technology or the internet they need to access at-home learning. To date, over 21,000 iPads are being sent to the homes of families in need, according to the Ontario government.
Apple is providing ongoing support and resources in English and French to teachers, parents, and students to support at-home learning, including videos, apps, and e-books to help teachers with lesson planning, creative activities that kids and families can do on the iPad, and free one-to-one virtual coaching by Apple Professional Learning Specialists.
The free Rogers wireless data will be available until the end of June.
(Thanks, Jacob!)
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This is an unprecedented move by both Apple and Robbers (the greedy cellular network):
Source:
https://news.ontario.ca/edu/en/2020/04/ontario-establishes-key-partnerships-to-make-home-learning-more-accessible.html
Between Canada and the USA ...
There are 3 locations named Toronto (Canada has one)
There are 4 locations named Ontario (Canada has one)
Toronto is a city within Ontario, a province in Canada. Don't worry Cook pretty much has the keys to California on another news forum mentioned today on the front page :D
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My nieces have iPads (that their parents got with an eye towards eventual school use, but intending mostly for use on long trips) - these are getting a workout now. The older one is doing all sorts of schoolwork, writing assignments, hangouts, and zoom group meetings with her class. I hear the school district got a lot of Chromebooks for students who didn't already have a device of their own, but the iPads are working out quite well.