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Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices
Share your nished book on iPad in the iBooks format. Or you can print it, email it,
or export it as a PDF or text-only le. You can also submit your nished book to the
iBookstore.
To learn more about iBooks Author, visit www.apple.com/ibooks-author.
Producing Digital Content with iLife
iLife on the Mac is a suite of digital content creation applications that enables teachers
to design more engaging lessons and students to create even more dynamic, media-
rich projects. And with iPad and iPod touch, students have an exciting tool with which
they can share those projects. The iLife suite is installed on every new Mac and includes
the following applications:
• iMovie ’11. Create digital movies and podcasts with iMovie and export them to iPad
or iPod touch for viewing, or include them in books created with iBooks Author. (See
“Creating Video Podcasts with iMovie” later in this guide.)
• iPhoto ’11. Import, organize, edit, and share photos and use them in iMovie projects,
Keynote slide presentations, podcasts created in GarageBand, and books produced
with iBooks Author. Students can also use iPhoto to create photo books on any topic.
Sync your photo creations to iPad and iPod touch as well as photo albums in iPhoto.
Or sync photos and movies taken on iPad and iPod touch to the iPhoto library on
your Mac.
• GarageBand ’11. Create and record music and podcasts, and then export them
to iTunes and sync them to iPad and iPod touch. (See “Creating Podcasts with
GarageBand,” later in this guide.)
All the iLife applications are simple to use and work seamlessly with one another with
the included Media Browser. For example, you can add photos in iPhoto and music
les in iTunes with one click and then easily sync them to iPad or iPod touch.
Producing Podcasts
Creating a podcast is an excellent and easy way for you to create content for students
to use on iPad or iPod touch and share what they’ve learned with an audience.
You could create podcasts with test review information, science lab instructions, or
language exercises. Students can then view these materials at their own pace and
review them as needed. Or students could create a weekly podcast recap of what
they’ve studied for the week. Distributing it to parents and the general public is a
great way to showcase the quality work occurring in your classroom or school. Student
podcasts of poetry readings or book reports can provide motivation for classroom
writing. Student summaries of science projects or reports on school sporting events
are other fun podcast ideas.
Podcasts that combine sound and images are easy to make with GarageBand on a
Mac. And with iMovie on a Mac or iOS device, you can create video podcasts with
video footage, photos and other images, narration, music, sound eects, and more.
Podcast Examples
Before students begin creating podcasts, you may want to review or share with the
class some examples of podcasts other students have created. Here’s some inspiration:
• Radio WillowWeb: Willowdale Elementary School students in Omaha, Nebraska, have a
lot to share about what they learn.
www.itunes.com/podcast?id=73800253
• A School in the Coulee: Longfellow Middle School students in La Crosse, Wisconsin,
produce this podcast on topics ranging from literary adaptations to Africa.
www.itunes.com/podcast?id=79169064