Kingsmead girls must have iPads

According to Lora Foot, information technology manager at Kingsmead, multiple applications are being designed specifically for the South African curricula. Apple's products had been chosen because of the extensive involvement it has with schools throughout the world, Times Live reports.

According to the Times Live report, Apple launched an iBook application allowing teachers to make digital text books using their notes last week. They can include movie clips, photographs and illustrations and even devised interactive quizzes.

For more:

• Times Live: iPads for elite schools
  
• Apple.com: Apple in Education.