Rebekah+Kinney

**iPhoto and iMovie to Create a Differentiated Classroom Environment**

 * Presenters:**


 * Cynde Reneau: creneau@darlingtonschool.org**


 * Rebekah Kinney: rkinney@darlingtonschool.org**

Learn new ideas to incorporate Apple's iPhoto and iMovie into your curriculum. We will discuss ideas, tutorials and projects you can use to help all learners. Learn how to create slideshows in iPhoto, some of the basics of iMovie and how to find tutorials to learn the tools to use with your students.

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Darlington Self Paced Online Wiki: This Wiki was created to assist our faculty with learning tools to integrate technology in the classroom.


 * Ways to use iMovie in the classroom:**

•To create documentaries, historical reenactments, and news reports on current events. •To record science experiments, create environmental documentaries, and present their science projects. •To create digital stories and poetry, bring journal writing to life, and produce movie adaptations of literature. •To present difficult and abstract math concepts, enabling teachers to more effectively assess their knowledge.


 * Ways to Use iPhoto in the classroom:**


 * Take photos or videos of field trips.
 * Take photos or videos illustrating vocabulary words.
 * Take photos or videos of plant growth
 * Take photos or videos of community
 * Use photos for seating charts.
 * Take photos to illustrate stories or poems
 * Take photos or videos for illustrating emotions
 * Take photos or videos of classroom pet
 * Take photos to prompt creative writing
 * Take photos of learning centers for a choice chart
 * Take photos or videos of bulletin boards or classroom ideas from other teachers
 * Tape a student's photo on their desk nametag so that other students and substitutes learn names.
 * Use photos for attendance chart
 * Use photos for graphing
 * Use photos for story about the child
 * Use photos of family to create a family book
 * Use photos or videos for step by step directions.
 * Use photos for sequencing
 * Use photos or videos for an ABC book
 * Use photos to create a book about the school and workers
 * Take photos or videos of parts of a plant
 * Take photos or videos of types of clouds
 * Create photo vocabulary cards for ESL students
 * Photograph books that you read to add to a list or chart
 * Photograph class schedule for special needs students or substitute
 * Take photos of environmental print for an emergent readers' book - stop sign, Target sign, exit sign
 * Create"It's My Turn" name cards with student pictures for choosing who gets the next turn.
 * Photograph unit resources and place in thematic unit folder
 * Create a chart of words that begin with the same sound using photos
 * Create photograph bookmarks

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