Apple spring event 2018: A new iPad and 4 other takeaways

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Apple is fighting to take back the classroom from Google.

The company revealed on Tuesday an updated, faster iPad that works with the Apple Pencil. CEO Tim Cook and his executive team took the stage at Lane Tech High School in Chicago to discuss the tablet, Apple's education plans, and "creative new ideas for teachers and students."
New iPad works with Apple Pencil
The new iPad is an updated version of the lowest end iPad in Apple's lineup. The 9.7-inch device -- the same size as the traditional iPad -- will cost $299 for schools and $329 for consumers. (Schools could get the previous iPad for the same $299 discounted price.) Pre-orders start on Tuesday
Storage for student models will include 200 GB of storage to help save bigger projects. Standard models come with 50 GB..
The biggest selling point is that the new iPad works with the Apple Pencil, which previously only worked with the higher-end iPad Pro tablets. Apple imagines it being used by kids for educational purposes like art projects. For school use, the $99 Apple Pencil is $10 cheaper.
The iPad, available in silver, space gray and a new, gold finish, features Apple's new A10 Fusion chip with a 40% faster processor for graphics performance. Like Apple's other iPad models, it comes with front- and rear-facing cameras, HD video recording and support for FaceTime calls.
Apple's adding tools for teachers
Apple (AAPL) also teased software features such as smart annotations to help teachers mark up papers, and augmented reality support which will "enable new ways to learn."
"Instead of dissecting frogs ... students can dissect frogs with Apple Pencil," ApplApple also revealed a series of apps for the classroom, such as a progress tool called Classroom that allows users to what students are working on in the classroom. A new, free curriculum called Everyone Can Create focuses on the kinds of creative projects Apple imagines kids doing on the iPads. Meanwhile, its new ClassKit platform allows developers to create puzzles, tests, and lesson plans for studentse executive Greg "Joz" Joswiak told attendees.

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