Interview with Bruce Umpstead on Apple's announcement to extend iTunes U to K-12 Public Education and Michigan's Pioneer Role in the Effort
This week we talk with Bruce Umpstead, Director of Educational Technology and Data Coordination for the Michigan Department of Education. Bruce tells us about Apple's recent announcement at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas to extend its popular iTunes U from Higher Ed to K-12 Education.
"We are one of eight states that announced our pilot sites yesterday. Our site is called MILearning and you can find that when you log on iTunes U or iTunes."
"We're actually going to be offering stipends to teachers to develop content... We're focusing on Michigan history, because that's something rich, that we can provide, that no other state can provide. We are looking for teacher-developed content and we're looking for programs like this that will spread the news about what's going on in education."
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