1. Using iPhoto in the
Classroom
Technology Professional
Development Day
Marteana Davidson
February 15, 2012

2. AGENDA
Learn how to organize photos into albums
Create a slideshow with music and/or
narration
Share your creation online using
www.Schooltube.com

3. References to MEDIA in the
Common Core Standards
http://www.frankwbaker.com/media_core.htm
Informational Texts 6th Grade
RI.6.7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Grade 7
RI.7.7. Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text,
analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech
affects the impact of the words).
Grade 8
RI.8.7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print
or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
Grade 11-12
RI.11-12.7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different
media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a
question or solve a problem.

4. References to MEDIA in the
Common Core Standards
•
Grade 9-10
• SL.9-10.2. Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse
media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the
credibility and accuracy of each source.
• SL.9-10.5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio,
visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding
of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
• Grades 11-12
• SL.11-12.2. Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse
formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make
informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and
accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.

5. IDEAS for using iPhoto in the Classroom
• Using photos as a seating chart • Book Trailer
• Create a student of the week • Show safety rules
• Take a photo of each letter of the • Vocabulary book
alphabet • Classroom inventory
• Use pictures to make a virtual tour • Photos to explain a hobby/collection/How to
• Add photos to your website • Document fieldtrips, special events
• Use pictures to make a map of the • Illustrate stories or poems
school • Use photos as reminder to teachers/substitutes
• Photo classroom procedures Of how to plug in cables to TV, DVD, computer etc
• Welcome to our classroom book
• Create a Family Tree

6. IDEAS for using iPhoto in the Classroom
• Sequencing/Step by Step
• Display student work on your website
• Story about the student
• Take photos of family traditions
• Prompt for creative writing
• Concept illustration for currilculum
• Seating charts and
• Rhyming book
• Many more…
• Passport during a travel unit

7. Student iPhoto Slide shows
Church Hill Downs

8. Royalty Free Images - sites
• Discovery Education - create an http://www.morguefile.com/
account
• http://pics.tech4learning.com/ http://www.stockvault.net/
• http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
http://pixabay.com
• http://www.freephotosbank.com/

9. Royalty Free Music
• http://www.freestockmusic.com/
• http://www.audionautix.com/ -
• option + click to download
• http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
• http://soundbible.com/
• http://www.brainybetty.com
• Garageband

10. iPhoto
Stores and organizes photos and digital images
Edit images
Compatible with other iLife programs: iMovie,
Garageband
Publish and share your multimedia project online,
DVD, website and create books

11. iPhoto Tour

12. How to Create a Slide show
Gather 10 - 15 photos (or as many as you would like)
Create an album
Drag the photos into the folder in iPhoto
Choose a theme and consider the following:
Effects
Transitions
Titles
Music

13. Export your Slideshow
Select Slideshow (not album)
File Export
Save as
Choose a size for your Quicktime file
Export

14. Music/Narration
Quicktime audio recorder for voice overs
Garageband - Loops and voice overs

15. Share you creation with the world!
iWeb
Schooltube.com

16. iPhoto Tutorial Atomic Learning.com
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/iphoto11
iPhoto Lesson #2 :discusses the Info, Edit, Create, Add Share tools in iPhoto
iPhoto Lesson #3: How to create and organize and album and slideshow
iPhoto Lesson #4: How to export your slideshow as a quicktime movie
file and send to iDVD to burn to a DVD
iPhoto Lesson #5: Learn to use Quicktime player as an audio recording
device and fit it to your slide show

17. THANK YOU
For more information contact
Marteana Davidson
mdavidson@ladueschools.net
Charles Marshal Video Technology Center
and Studio