Classroom+Activities

toc =Classroom Activities=

iPhoto
[|Apple Tutorial for iPhoto]

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iMovie '06
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iMovie '08
[|Apple Tutorial for iMovie '08]

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Garageband
[|Apple Tutorial for Garageband]

**Podcasting:**

 * Adding podcasts with pictures to an iPod and the pictures are too small
 * If the podcast was created in GarageBand, there's a good chance that the pictures in the podcast will be too small and unrecognizable. When putting the pictures in the Artwork Track in GarageBand, it treats them then as something similar to an album cover (That's why in iTunes the pictures will always show up in album artwork box). Therefore when it's transfered over to the iPod the pictures will show up in the same place as the album cover would when a song or podcast is playing. You can manually change the screen by pressing the center button on the iPod to scroll through the volume, seek, rating and then to the album cover, but after a few seconds, it will revert back to the main Now Playing screen.
 * The best solution to solve this problem is to create the podcasts in iMovie and then save it as a video file for the iPod. That way, they can be viewed full screen like a video would on it. (**__Note__**: This will only work on 5th generation iPods and up...a.k.a. video iPods).

[|Uploading podcasts] to your School Center page.

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iWeb
[|Apple Tutorial for iWeb]

//Instant Alpha: To remove unwanted elements from photos:// Back to Top
 * Select the image.
 * Choose Format > Instant Alpha.
 * Click the color you want to make transparent, and then drag slowly over it.
 * As you drag, the selection grows to include the contiguous area that uses similar colors. You can control how much of the image is selected by dragging less or more.
 * Repeat step 3 as many times as you like.
 * You can restore the parts removed from the image at any time. To revert to the original image, choose Format > Remove Instant Alpha. To restore parts of the image removed using Instant Alpha, choose Edit > Undo Instant Alpha until the parts have been restored.

//Posting Teacher Websites to the Media Server//
 * Create a website with iWeb
 * Publish the website to a folder on your computer (in iWeb – File>Publish to Folder…). For this example, assume the folder is 'Test'
 * Connect to the media server (if you need help with this, ask your building tech)
 * Mount your home folder
 * Drag the folder with your published website into your Sites folder
 * The URL follows this format (the sample links do not work): [|http://media.cysd.k12.pa.us/~username/] . The example would be: [|http://media.cysd.k12.pa.us/~jdoe.]
 * To make it easy for students and parents to access it, just add a link to that website on your school center teacher page.

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Pages
(Teacher computers plus selected student computers)

[|Apple Tutorial for Pages]

//Instant Alpha: To remove unwanted elements from photos:// Back to Top
 * Select the image.
 * Choose Format > Instant Alpha.
 * Click the color you want to make transparent, and then drag slowly over it.
 * As you drag, the selection grows to include the contiguous area that uses similar colors. You can control how much of the image is selected by dragging less or more.
 * Repeat step 3 as many times as you like.
 * You can restore the parts removed from the image at any time. To revert to the original image, choose Format > Remove Instant Alpha. To restore parts of the image removed using Instant Alpha, choose Edit > Undo Instant Alpha until the parts have been restored.

Numbers
(Teacher computers plus selected student computers)

[|Apple Tutorial for Numbers]

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Keynote
(Teacher computers plus selected student computers)

[|Apple Tutorial for Keynote]

//Instant Alpha: To remove unwanted elements from photos://
 * Select the image.
 * Choose Format > Instant Alpha.
 * Click the color you want to make transparent, and then drag slowly over it.
 * As you drag, the selection grows to include the contiguous area that uses similar colors. You can control how much of the image is selected by dragging less or more.
 * Repeat step 3 as many times as you like.
 * You can restore the parts removed from the image at any time. To revert to the original image, choose Format > Remove Instant Alpha. To restore parts of the image removed using Instant Alpha, choose Edit > Undo Instant Alpha until the parts have been restored.

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Comic LIfe
[|Ideas and Brief Tutorial]

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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Power Point
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Videoconferencing
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Discovery Education
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