Apple Digital Learning Series
Digital Media Creation Kit (Grades K-12)
Create. Express. Learn.
The Digital Media Creation Kit provides a perfect companion to the iLife suite of digital authoring tools that comes installed on every new Mac. The kit offers a collection of tools that students can use to create exciting projects by capturing their own video footage and digital photos and creating their own music. They can then use their original content in their historical documentaries, poetry photo books, science project slideshows, biography websites, radio show podcasts, and more.
What’s included
| Product | Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Canon PowerShot A460 Digital Camera | Canon, Inc. | |
| Each of the two cameras included is equipped with a 2” LCD display, 5.0 megapixels of resolution, a 4X optical zoom, and a variety of shooting modes. | ||
| Canon ZR800 MiniDV Camcorder | Canon, Inc. | |
| The solution provides two Canon ZR800 MiniDV Camcorders with 35X optical zoom, a 2.7" LCD display, 1000X digital zoom, built-in microphone terminal, and more. | ||
| M-Audio Oxygen 8 v2 25-Key USB MIDI Controller | M-Audio | |
| This mobile USB MIDI keyboard features 25 full-size, velocity-sensitive synth action keys, eight fully assignable MIDI controller knobs, six fully assignable buttons, five dedicated function buttons, and other useful features. | ||
| Documentary Resource Materials | Apple Inc. | |
| This useful kit makes it easy to create professional-looking documentaries. It includes a National History Day DVD "Using iMovie to Create a Documentary," "Stories Worth Telling: A Guide to Creating Student-Led Documentaries," and a Documentary Resource CD that provides lesson plans, examples of student-created documentaries, templates, and more. | ||
| The Macintosh iLife ’06 in the Classroom book | Peachpit Press | |
| This teacher’s edition of the best-selling interactive guide to iLife teaches the reader how to use the iLife applications and provides suggestions and detailed lesson plans for using iLife to enhance learning in all subject areas. | ||
Built-in tools
Every new Mac comes with iLife ’08, a highly-integrated software suite featuring the latest versions of Apple’s award-winning applications:
iMovie for creating digital movies
iPhoto for storing, organizing, editing, and sharing digital photos
GarageBand for performing, recording, and creating your own music and podcasts
iWeb for producing websites and blogs
iDVD for creating professional-looking DVDs
With iLife and the Digital Media Creation Kit, students have access to robust digital authoring tools empowering them to creatively express their knowledge with video, images, text, and sound.
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