MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Mac Integration Learning Workshop
Tips to help you integrate apple products into a technology rich classroom
July 2010
Tools Covered •
Accessibility —includes text to speech
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Voice memos and audio podcasts
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Video podcasts—Keynote, GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto podcasts
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iTunes integration—publishing your work
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Blogs, Wikis and shared spaces
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Web 2.0 Tools—presentations, authoring, timelines, videocasts, graphs/charts, and more! Tools
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Accessibility Features What are they? Apple prides itself on its dedication to accessibility for individuals with various disabilities. All apple products come with a wide range of features standard on all machines such as voice over, text to speech, screen magnification, sticky keys and more. To learn more about all of the features visit apple’s accessibility page: http://www.apple.com/education/specialhttp://www.apple.com/education/special-education/
How do I access the services? Go to the Mac hard drive icon on the desktop and choose >System Preferences or search using the Finder • Universal Access—Allows you to control voice over, sticky keys, zooming, summarizing a paragraph • Speech— allows used to have text on the screen read to them using various voices and languages • Language– change the language on the screen • Widgets—small applications that can display on the screen to perform specific tasks. Here are some examples: • Countdown Plus -counts down to a user-specific date and event –think due dates • ProVocWidget—learning and repeating vocabulary • Species Distribution Map- distribution map for a species (or any taxon) from the GBIF data network •
Who can benefit? • • •
Visually impaired Hearing impaired Speech Impaired
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Diverse learners ESOL students Physical and motor skill deficits
More detailed description and directions: http://images.apple.com/education/special-education/pdfs/AppleGettingStartedDiverseLearnersv10.5.pdf
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Voice Memos and Mac Podcasts Integration Workshop What are they? Voice memos and podcasts are exactly as they sound. A recording of your voice that can be played back. It is simply an mp3 file just like a music file. With today’s portable technology, the possibilities for voice memos are endless. You can record the reading of a passage and save it for reading comprehension assessments, use it for ESOL students, sounds for writing prompts, and more. Think of it as an old style radio show. The best part about it? You can publish your podcasts and your students can “subscribe” to them so they can get automatic updates.
How can I make one? Ipod touch/iPhone • Within the apps choose “Voice Memos” • Press the record button to record your memo • Choose >File >Get info— to change the name of the file for ease of searching and indexing • Options—choose your media type to “music” • Shows up under your playlist under voice memos Blackberry or phone • Most phones are capable of recording audio messages • Applications list—on a blackberry the app is called “Voice Notes” • Send the file via email to get onto your computer, sync your device with the cable, or save the file to the memory card • Use a bluetooth device with your phone to record voice notes. This opens up possibilities of annotating a lecture while going through the slideshow, recording an interview, reading a story, describing an exercise, etc. Other Recording Devices • Any device that can record your voice can be used to make a podcast including your computer with a microphone, video cameras, voice recorders, dictation devices, etc. • You just need to be able to take the files from the device and put them onto your computer
More detailed description and directions: http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/index.htm
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Video Podcasts What are they? Podcasts aren’t just audio-only anymore. The popularity of video cellphones, inexpensive digital cameras enables almost anyone to put together video podcasts about topics that range from emerging science to current news. Video podcasts open the door to amateur film producers to showcase their talents on the Internet for everyone to watch.
How can I make one? Phone • • •
Most phones are capable of recording video Look under your applications list—on a blackberry the app under “Media.” Send the file via email to get onto your computer, sync your device with the cable, or save the file to the memory card
Video Camera • •
Record video and upload to your computer Use iMovie to edit and share via iTunes using the ipod formatting
Presentation Software • •
Create your presentation and share it through iTunes Add audio using narration features in Keynote or drop pages into Garageband to add audio to each slide individually
Sample video podcast sites: http://video.podcast.com/ http://www.videopodcasts.tv/
Detailed tutorials: Video-tutes.com—Video Podcasts for all http://www.rssray.com/business-videocasting-tools.php http://www.feedforall.com/videos/video-podcast-tutorial.htm http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/makevideopodcast.html
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iTunes—Piecing it All Together Isn’t it just for music? iTunes is a program where all of your media can come together to make it easy to place, organize and play all of your music, video, podcasts, and more. When you upload music and video to your computer, it can be automatically placed into iTunes for easy access. All of your downloads from iTunes are also placed into your library of files. You can download your favorite TV shows, single songs, entire albums, movies, subscribe to podcasts, apps for your iTouch/iPhone, and even explore iTunes U.
How do I get to iTunes? • • • •
Click on the iTunes icon in your dock Use your finder to search for it if it isn’t in the dock Click on the iTunes tab on the Apple website Download iTunes to your PC or Mac for free
What can I use it for? Organizing all of your multimedia into one “library” • Creating playlists for projects, songs, course units • Organizing content for students to be able to download • Subscribe to podcasts/videocasts Set or upservice parental controls for student/child access Name of •product • product, Downloading songs, rental), TV Describe the service, or event here.movies Include a(and brief description and shows any features. • iTunes U—”channels” for various schools and colleges where you can download lectures, podcasts, videocasts and other content for free or minimal charges • Download iBooks •
Detailed descriptions and directions: •
http://www.apple.com/itunes
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http://www.apple.com/itunes/how-to/ *Video tutorials on how to do just about anything in iTunes
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http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/ - iTunes A to Z
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