Apple is digging deeper into the classroom with a suite of new apps tailored for teachers and students.

The iPhone maker unveiled the Schoolwork app and a new Everyone Can Create curriculum, as well as updated versions of its popular Classroom and iWork apps.

The apps were revealed during Apple's Spring event in Chicago on Tuesday, where the tech giant also took the wraps off of its 'most affordable tablet ever' -- the new 9.7-inch iPad that's made for educators.

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Pictured is Apple's new 9.7-inch iPad that it released as part of its Spring event in Chicago on Tuesday. The firm also unveiled a slew of new education apps for teachers and students

Schoolwork is made to be used on the iPad and lets teachers virtually assign homework for students, as well as track their progress on assignments.

The software is cloud-based, but Apple highlighted the fact that student data stays private, so that only teachers can see it.

Schoolwork, which is slated to launch in June, also makes it easier for teachers to send and create handouts to students, by letting them send PDFs, links and text documents.

They can also assign students activities that are completed in other iOS apps.

The Apple Classroom app, Apple School Manager, and Schoolwork are designed to assist teachers with the latest apps. The gadget will feature augmented reality (AR) support for its host of educational apps (pictured)

Apple also updated its suite of iWork apps, which include Pages, Numbers and Keynote, that make it easier for students and teachers to doodle, annotate and scribble on presentations

Apple said: 'Schoolwork is a new app that helps teachers create assignments, view student progress and bring the power of apps to the classroom in exciting new ways.

'Schoolwork features Handouts, an easy way to create and send assignments with almost any type of content, from web links to PDFs and documents.'

Schoolwork builds on Apple's older Classroom app.

Via the Apple Classroom app, teachers can maintain control and access all information on a device.

You can control kids' devices remotely, see what they're doing on the iPad, and display a student's iPad on an Apple TV.

Schoolwork is a new app (pictured) that lets teachers virtually assign homework, check on their students' progress and easily send handouts like PDFs, text documents and links

WHAT ARE THE SPECS OF APPLE'S NEW 'AFFORDABLE' IPAD? At Apple's Spring 2018 event in Chicago the company announced a new 9.7-inch iPad dubbed its 'most affordable' model yet. The latest incarnation of the tablet integrates with Apple Pencil and features over 200,000 education dedicated apps. Below are the device's specs: - Available for $329 for consumers and $299 for schools in the US - It will cost £319 in the UK for a 32GB Wi-Fi only model and £449 for 32GB for Wi-Fi + cellular model - Support for Apple Pencil - Available in silver, space grey and gold - TouchID fingerprint scanner - Ten-hour battery life - Eight mega-pixel camera - A10 fusion microchip - Augmented Reality (AR) compatibility Advertisement

This feature is also coming to Mac and will be available in beta in June.

Apple also unveiled a new augmented reality app called Froggipedia that lets students virtually dissect a digital frog on their iPads.

Froggipedia is part of a growing list of apps compatible with Apple's ARKit, an augmented reality platform for developers.

To use it, students grab their Apple Pencil stylus and peel back the skin of a virtual frog.

Another app called Free Rivers is created by the World Wildlife Fund and lets students interact with wildlife.

Apple is also updating its iWork suite of education-focused apps, which includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

With the update, Apple says it'll be easier for teachers and students to 'add more creativity' to documents, spreadsheets and presentations on the iPad.

Apple unveiled 'Everyone Can Create,' a free curriculum on drawing, music, filmmaking and photography, making it easier for teachers to add these subject areas to lesson plans.

Apple CEO Tim Cook (pictured) unveiled the new iPad at the firm's Spring event in Chicago on Tuesday. The gadget, available in silver, space grey and gold, will ship in the UK from £319

Users can draw, sketch, write and annotate on the iWork apps using Apple's latest Apple Pencil stylus.

iWork now includes a Digital Book Creation tool that lets teachers and students create books together and customize them using Apple's new drawing tools.

Apple also updated its iWork suite (pictured) of education-focused apps, which includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote

The event showed that Apple is focusing on integration when it comes to education.

Apple launched a new developer framework called ClassKit that makes it easier for teachers to direct students to other apps that fit into their curriculum.

In short, it links a variety of education-focused apps to Apple's Schoolwork and Classwork software.

'First you browse popular apps like Tynker, Duolingo and GeoGebra to find content that fits your curriculum,' Apple says.

'Then you can select a specific app activity to share with your students on a Handout'

'When students get the Handout with the activity you've chosen, they can go right to the activity with a single tap,' the firm added.

Apple also launched a sister branch of its 'Everyone Can Code' initiative, which aimed to get more children interested in coding and technology.

The newly announced 'Everyone Can Create' launch aims to achieve similar goals for the liberal arts.

It's a free curriculum that focuses on drawing, music, filmmaking and photography, making it easier for teachers to integrate these subject areas into their lessons.