ED's Cator Praises Steve Jobs' Classroom Innovations

NPR's "Weekend Edition" (10/10) ran a segment on Apple cofounder Steve Jobs' legacy in US classrooms, noting that "Apple helped pioneer the use of computers in schools back in the 1980s with the graphical interface of the Macintosh. These days, it's the iPad that's the hot trend in education and Jobs' education legacy is growing with the popularity of mobile devices in the classroom." The piece features ED's Karen Cator, who "worked in Apple's education department for a dozen years. She says Jobs' concept of the personal computer was always linked to learning. 'He was very focused on making sure that all of the technologies were focused on people,' Cator says." 'It was about augmenting human performance and helping people be as excellent as possible.'