iPhoto

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**__New Features for '09 Include The Following: __ **

*** New Slide Show Themes**
**__Reasons for Using i-Photo in Education:__ **
 * Quick import, editing and organization all in one spot
 * Organize photos in a number of ways--by events, by location, by individual/face, by photo album
 * Quick and fast slide shows using music that can be exported as movie files
 * Classroom books, calendars and cards that can be used for classroom projects in a variety of curricular areas
 * Resize pictures for use in projects without learning another application
 * Create visual imagery for today's 21st Century Learners
 * Ease of use featuring the ability to drag and drop pictures into the application
 * __Educational Uses __ **
 * Classroom Books: primary ABC Books, All About Me Books, Published writings, etc.
 * Digital Storytelling: use audio from i-Tunes and photos from i-Photo for student multimedia presentations
 * Synch pictures with an i-pod to create "21st Century Flash Cards"
 * GPS location for pictures--Geographically place pictures of the seven wonders of the world, etc.
 * Faces: Quickly create a slide show for Stars of the Week, featured individuals (historic, political, etc.)
 * Cards for poetry writings
 * Images for writing prompts
 * Historical image sorting: Photos of the presidents, locations (Rome, Italy, Nebraska, Texas) that correlate with studies.
 * Images/clip art for seasonal themes (for use in Newsletters, handouts, etc.)

__Resources__

 * [|Apple's iPhoto Support Site]
 * [|iPhoto '09 Video Tutorials]
 * [|iPhoto '08 Video Tutorials]
 * [|More iPhoto Tutorials from YouTube.com]

__Teaching Ideas, Samples, Resources__
media type="file" key="The Magic Messed-Up Story.mov" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="idom book-iphoto.mov" align="right" width="300" height="300" ===Events **In one of the sessions, someone asked for steps on creating a new event or separating pictures that were in one event into another event. Here are the steps to create a new event from pictures in an existing one:**===
 *  [|Fairy Tales Example]
 * [|Apple-iLifeinEducation.pdf]
 * Apple Idiom Book Example (below at right)
 * Famous Fairy Tales (below)
 * Open the event with the pictures/photos/clip art you want to break into separate events.
 * Select the pictures (shift and click to select the pictures) from the event
 * From the **EVENTS** menu in the top menu bar select **"Create Event"**
 * A new event will be created with the selected photos.
 * ***Note, you can also flag pictures and create events from flagged photos.