Try GOLD - Free
Classroom: Using Tech For Kids' Home Education
AppleMagazine
|April 17, 2020
As parents grapple with school closures and working from home, they’re also facing a bigger challenge: homeschooling their children for the first time in their lives. Indeed, it might not be possible to recreate the classroom in your lounge, but with the right mindset, equipment and software, teaching your kids from the sofa doesn’t have to leave you scratching your head.
-
INCREDIBLE FREE RESOURCES
With half of the world now on a government-imposed lockdown and all-but-essential outdoor trips banned, kids are adapting to a new life at home; an extended Spring Break, if you will. Though it would be impossible to predict exactly when life will return to some kind of normal in the United States, one thing is for clear: schools will be remaining shut for a considerable period, and though some establishments are offering online classes to keep their students engaged and ready for a return to learning, others have shut up shop, leaving everybody to fend for themselves.

For parents, that’s a pretty daunting prospect, especially if you are adapting to a new life working remotely, and trying to stay productive in a home with so many responsibilities and distractions. Thankfully, businesses and entrepreneurs are stepping up to the plate, and there are a growing number of daily activities and initiatives designed to make life a little more manageable in these crazy times. Those brands include Apple, who recently launched a
This story is from the April 17, 2020 edition of AppleMagazine.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM AppleMagazine
AppleMagazine
AMAZON TURNS TO AI TO SPEED UP TV AND FILM PRODUCTION
Amazon is moving deeper into artificial intelligence for entertainment, unveiling plans to use AI tools to accelerate how movies and television series are developed, produced, and finished.
2 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
APPLE SPORTS ADDS LIVE PGA AND LPGA COVERAGE TO IPHONE
Apple has expanded the Apple Sports app with full support for men's and women's professional golf, giving iPhone users real-time access to scores, leaderboards, and round-by-round performance across the biggest tournaments.
2 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
AMAZON CUTS THOUSANDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL JOBS AS IT EXITS FRESH AND GO STORES
Amazon is laying off 3,339 employees in Southern California as it shuts down its Fresh grocery stores and automated Amazon Go markets, marking another major retreat from its physical retail ambitions.
3 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
APPLE FINDS A WAY TO MAKE AI SPEECH FASTER WITHOUT SACRIFICING NATURAL SOUND
Apple researchers have introduced a new method that significantly speeds up artificial speech generation while preserving clarity, tone, and speaker identity.
3 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA PLANS NEW EV INCENTIVES THAT WILL REQUIRE AUTOMAKERS TO MATCH STATE FUNDS
California is preparing a major overhaul of its electric-vehicle incentive strategy, proposing a $200 million program that would require automakers to match state funds in order to participate.
3 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
MUSK AT $800 BILLION: HOW A SPACE-AI MERGER REWROTE THE GLOBAL WEALTH MAP
Elon Musk has crossed a line no one in modern business had ever reached.
5 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
CRIMSON DESERT SURGES PAST 2 MILLION WISHLISTS AS HYPE BUILDS FOR 2026
South Korean developer Pearl Abyss has confirmed that its long-awaited open-world action RPG Crimson Desert has crossed a major milestone: more than two million wishlists across global digital storefronts.
2 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
PLURIBUS SEASON 2 IS MOVING FORWARD-JUST NOT AT A RUSHED PACE
Vince Gilligan has confirmed that Pluribus will return for a second season, but viewers hoping for a lightning-fast turnaround will need patience.
2 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
New AirTag
THE FAMILIAR MINI TRACKER UPGRADED WITH IMPROVED PRECISION FINDING
5 mins
February 06, 2026
AppleMagazine
INTEL AND SOFTBANK BET ON NEXT-GENERATION AI MEMORY WITH ZAM PARTNERSHIP
A new partnership between Intel and a SoftBank-backed memory startup is bringing the chipmaker back into the memory conversation—without building fabs or returning to conventional DRAM manufacturing.
3 mins
February 06, 2026
Translate
Change font size
