Apple has announced and released many great, new innovative tools and software today.
Apple has announced iBooks 2. iBooks 2 allows iPad owners to read interactive books create by the iBooks Author program which was also released today.
iBooks Author is a free program available through the Mac App Store that allows anyone, including textbook publishers to create interactive books easily. It can embed photos, video and other elements easily to really make future books interactive and more fun to read. Check out the video:
To sync these new interactive books you’ll also need to download iTunes 10.5.3 which came out this morning.
Apple has also updated iTunes U and it has turned it into a full-fledged app with the ability to replace basic course needs.
Prior to iTunes U, only students in the classroom at that time had access to educational content from top universities. With the iTunes U app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, those barriers no longer exist. Students anywhere can take an entire course with complete access to all course materials right at their fingertips. With the iTunes U app, students are able to access new books right from within the app, and any notes taken in iBooks® are consolidated for easy reviewing. In addition to reading books, viewing presentations, lectures and assignment lists, students can receive push notifications so they always have the latest class information.
Check out the app here.
Apple has also posted up the video to today’s event here.
