Liveblog: Apple’s March 2018 education event in Chicago is this morning

Enlarge / An exterior shot of the Apple Store on the Chicago River. (credit: Apple)

An Apple event in Chicago? It's unusual, but that's what's going down on March 27 at 10am CDT/8am PDT/11am EDT. The event is education-focused, and both hardware and software announcements are possible from the company. Apple is looking to gain ground on the dominant platform for students K-12: Google's Chromebook.

Apple has said this event will not be livestreamed-though a video will be made available after the fact-but Ars Technica Managing Editor Eric Bangeman will be in attendance, liveblogging the announcements for Ars readers.

We're not yet certain what Apple plans to announce, but reports suggest a new, cheaper iPad is coming-possibly with Apple Pencil support, a feature previously reserved for the iPad Pro line. Apple will likely announce software updates for iOS updates, possibly including ClassKit, a rumored developer framework for educational apps.

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