Through Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) Apple has been directly involved in technology and learning for the past twenty-five years. Apple is now focused on ubiquitous computing and its impact of achievement.

Apple, Canada is pursuing the use of technology in increasing achievement in low performing schools. The learning sciences provide insight and direction on how technology may be used to change the traditional correlation between socio-economic status and school achievement. The approach requires transformative changes in a schools culture, structure and practice.

KF is one of the programs that Apple has promoted actively as a way of realizing transformative change in schools. Many principals and senior officials have responded positively and enthusiastically to the presentations.

While many see the possibilities of KF, knowledge building is a new approach to literacy and for most, difficult to implement. We are working to better understand these difficulties in implementation in schools that are looking beyond the magic bullet approach to improving literacy.