Recommended Reading & Links From Apple Executive Briefing

In February, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend an "executive briefing" at the Apple HQ in Cupertino, California. I'll be presenting on it at the Reference Committee meeting tomorrow, but I wanted to post my list of readings and links from briefing, in no particular order.

iBooks Author (digital book creation app)
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author

Abelard to Apple : The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
http://gilfind.gpc.edu/vufind/Record/366378

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
http://gilfind.gpc.edu/vufind/Record/305584
(We also have a copy of this at Newton & in eBooks on EBSCO)

7 Things You Should Know About Challenge-Based Learning
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutChall/244525

Apple Distinguished Educators Program
http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator
Created to recognize K-12 and higher education pioneers who are using a variety of Apple products to transform teaching and learning. ADEs work closely with Apple, participating in and often presenting at education events.

ACOT2: Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow - Today
http://ali.apple.com/acot2
This is the evolution of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) project which started in 1985 to study how routine technology use influences teaching and learning. In 1995, it was replaced with the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow-Today (ACOT2) program, with the stated goal “to help high schools get closer to creating the kind of learning environment this generation of students needs [sic], wants [sic], and expects [sic] so they will stay in school.”

GPC’s iTunes University Site (in development)
https://eapps.gpc.edu/itunesu