Last Wednesday, I spent the day taking photos in Long Beach and Riverside for a top-notch p.r. firm based in Sacramento, Randle Communications. I photographed students at LBUSD's Washington Middle School and Riverside School District's Amelia Earhart Middle School as they received Apple iPads.
As I have done public relations photography for the Long Beach Unified School District for more than a dozen years, I've seen a lot of full backpacks filled with lots and lots of books. It's obvious the Apple iPad and other similar devices introduced down the road will not only be a great learning tool for the students, but greatly reduce the number of books the kids will have to carry.
A link to a press release on netbookzen describes Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's involvement in creating the first-ever full-curriculum Algebra app for the Apple iPad, and some of the people involved at the day's event:
"….California Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss, Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Christopher Steinhauser, HMH Executive Vice President of Content Development and Publishing Operations Bethlam Forsa and Holt McDougal Algebra 1 author and Williams College Mathematics Professor Edward Burger, Ph.D. joined together today at Washington Middle School in Long Beach to launch the pilot and provide students with a demonstration of HMH Fuse’s interactive technology."
Photos from both schools…
The first stop was Washington Middle School in Long Beach where I photographed the students with Mathematics Professor Edward Burger, Ph.D, HMH Executive Vice President of Content Development and Publishing Operations Bethlam Forsa, and California Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss
I then traveled to the Amelia Earhart Middle School in Riverside and photographed another class of students with Dr. Burger, and HMH Executive V.P. Rita Schaefer.
