As part of Apple’s new education initiative, Apple has refreshed a new e-learning tool for teachers to quickly get up to speed with what Apple offers, and AppleInsider has delved into it a bit.

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Geared with its new Apple Pencil-compatible budget iPad in mind, Apple has announced “Everyone Can Create,” a free curriculum available to teachers looking to build artistic endeavors into their classes.

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In an attempt to make it easier for schools and educational customers to bring iPad into the classroom, Apple is providing its 2018 iPad at a discount, cutting the just-announced tablet from the regular starting price of $329 down to $299.

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Apple’s continued push to make Mac and iPad central to education has been detailed at its ‘Field Trip’ event, with the Classroom app making the jump from iOS to Mac later this year, as well as a cloud-based Schoolwork app for teachers to provide assignments and handouts to students.

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Apple has used its educational Field Trip event to launch a new 9.7-inch iPad, the first outside the iPad Pro range to support the Apple Pencil.

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As a part of its Tuesday education event, Apple updated Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iOS, primarily adding support for the Apple Pencil — a key feature of its 2018 “budget” iPad. [Updated with release and more feature details]

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Though the focus at its press event was on a new budget iPad and education-oriented software updates, Apple on Tuesday also teased two new Logitech iPad accessories, meant for schools only: the “Crayon” stylus, and the Rugged Combo 2 case and keyboard. [Updated with more details, pricing, and launch info]

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In another part of Apple’s big education push, teachers and students will get a fourty-fold increase in free iCloud storage to better utilize today’s software offerings in the future.

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After four months of only being available to iMac Pro owners, the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 are available to all.

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Along with the introduction of a new iPad, Apple announced that users will no longer need a Mac to create educational materials, and will be able to create books directly on an iPad using Pages and the new Digital Books.

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