Olga LaPlante

These may prove fun to work with for yourselves and your students.

Movies submitted to Apple.com with awards:
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/subject_template.php?subject_id=1
An activity on evaluating movies - written for teachers, but may be modified to be used with younger students (it requires a username and password):
http://resources.emints.org/modresources/activities/multimedia/
How the same video can be turned into a positive or a negative campaign clip:
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/tricks_of_the_trade/
Some tips on creating a successful movie:
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/digitalmovie_tips/
How use iMovie - tutorial
http://curriculum.union.edu/tips/imovie/imovie.php
More articles on how to use iMovie:
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=412366&rl=1

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Water Testing 

One of the applications you will find on your MLTI computer is NoteShare - an application that allows to collaborate, share, and keep organized for your projects.

During the 2 hour training we’ll go over the features and functions of NoteShare, and will get you started with your own notebooks, files, etc.

An MLTI NoteShare Participant NoteBook will be shared with a wealth of resources, samples and so on, in it.

Some helpful links from Aquaminds:

Video Tutorial: AquaMinds Demo Theater: http://www.aquaminds.com/theater.jsp

Please take the brief survey to share your experience with NoteShare and the training.

This may sound like a commercial - but it’s free! Just whenever you have time, go and check out the Zoho appications; they are just so cool!

Can’t say they are very basic - quite the opposite, they are very sophisticated, but don’t let that stop you. It’s definitely worth a shot regardless of how much you know about all that stuff.

Ok, so there are these fancy - and don’t get me wrong, very powerful - tools for concept (or mind-) mapping. (like Inspiration, which is my personal favorite!).

Someone said, there is no such thing as algebra in real life. Likewise, you don’t need to have Inspiration on every computer to brainstorm. In fact, the nature of the process is such that it invites collaboration, and not authorship, or privacy (although, you might want to use it as such occasionally with ease, purpose, and no regret).

So here is my point - we have been trying out and sharing news about BUBBL.US (at http://bubbl.us), and I encourage you to try it too!

Here is a little example of what it can do (click on the image to see it in full size):

If you are trying to create content in a format other than visual text, you may want to add podcasts to your bag of tricks. Please find attached a little handout with directions on how to get started using GarageBand. At all times, do refer to the Learning Center on your MLTI computers or go to the Apple.com site to find tutorials (great tutorials, really!). Of course, you have your students and your colleagues to pick their brain and use their expertise and ideas. It’s all about connecting and community these days.

This handout may be helpful to get you started.

Making Podcasts with Garageband Handout

You may also create a simple, but more visual podcast, using Keynote. The latest version of Keynote also features a voice-over slideshow which may be used similarly to the video podcast - vcast - all done in one application. A sample is provided below.

Keynote