Apple Training Series: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom

Author:   HARRINGTON
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
ISBN:  

9780321591432


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 October 2008
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Apple Training Series: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom


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In this Apple-certified guide, Richard Harrington shows teachers how to integrate digital media arts into their existing curriculum using iLife ’08, iWork ’08, and practical, step-by-step projects. Developed in collaboration with the Pearson Education Foundation in accordance with the National Educational Technology Standards council, the book includes class-room tested guidelines from the Foundation's Digital Media Arts program, as well as inspirational profiles of successful digital media classroom projects around the world. Designed to be used with Apple Training Series: iLife ’08 and Apple Training Series: iWork 08, this guide covers everything from designing a photo essay to creating polished video projects, and will have teachers and students producing websites, podcasts, video blogs, and DVDs in no time. Students learn to: • Express a Feeling: Create a photo-essay slideshow, add sound, and publish it on the web • Make a Factual Case: Track data in a spreadsheet, organize it into charts, then deliver it as a Keynote presentation • Make a Persuasive Case: Research an issue, develop an argument, and create a PSA in iMovie and burn it to DVD • Solve a Problem: Reconcile income and expenses in a household budget and chart financial scenarios • Tell a Story: Document the personal history of a community leader in a short, sophisticated movie

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Author:   HARRINGTON
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Peachpit Press Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780321591432


ISBN 10:   0321591437
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Foreword (Pearson Foundation):       Why Digital Arts? (Why it works)     Digital Arts Foundation     Case Study: Teacher of the Year Introduction     Teaching Methodology.     Technology as a vehicle, not an objective.     How to use this book.     Case Study: What Happens to Students When They’re exposed to Digital Arts CH 1  Express a Feeling (Poetry, art, music)     Project: Photo essay.     Create or find images, pick background music, optional write poem, make an iPhoto album, organize and edit images, make a slideshow with music, publish on the web (iWeb page).     Case Study: E3 Crater High School CH 2  Make a Case – Factual presentations (hard science)     Project: Science Experiment: Effect of road salt on roadside plants.     Track data into spreadsheet, Refine/analyze it, organize in different charts, pull into Keynote to create a presentation, design coversheet (Pages).     Case Study:  Identity & Invisibility: Herbert High School, San Diego Unified School District CH 3  Make a Case – Persuasive presentations (social science)     (Defend an opinion – show a debate – sell an idea)     Project: PSAs on Constitutional Amendment debate:     Research issue, develop argument, organize argument, write script, shoot movie, bring into iMovie, add music in Garageband, burn to DVD.     Case Study: Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit Taking Action on the Environment CH 4  Solve a problem – math     Project: Budget – reconcile income/expenses in a household budget     Can we afford a Hawaii vacation this year? use pre-baked personal budget in Numbers, Hawaii puts you over, have them analyze and chart several scenarios of how to afford it, reach a decision. Possibly add a letter (communication) defending that decision.     Case Study: Young People Dream in Bostawana CH 5  Tell a Story – (inform) art, creative writing, social science     Project: Biography Podcast: Document the Personal History of Someone Important in Your Community or your Life.     Case Study:  Hurricane Katrina Appendix: Top 20 things teachers do in a classroom with iLife/iWork (task-based, simple)

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