iChat AV and iSight in the Classroom
iChat AV lesson plans
See a collection of educator-created lesson plans for using iChat AV and iSight in the classroom and learn how teachers are using these powerful tools to enhance learning.

Locate educators to share projects
iSightEd.com provides educators a forum to find each other, share ideas, ask questions and access valuable tips and resources. iSightEd is a tool for the education community, developed by fellow educators.

How to get iChat AV and iSight*
Mac OS XiChat AV is
included with
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. iSight can be purchased at the Apple Store for Education. Please verify that your existing computer meets the iChat AV system requirements.

Learn More: Explore why iChat AV and iSight provide the easiest way to videoconference.

In the News

Learn about The ALIVE Project where music students use iChat AV to work with guest teachers, attend live performances and interact with their peers in other locations.

See how students in two different elementary schools in Goochland County, Virginia used iChat AV and iSight to hold a book discussion.

Learn about “Rock Our World” where students from different countries used iChat AV to collaborate on composing a song and learn valuable information about other cultures.

Students across the country learn about the Monarch butterfly through the University of Kansas’ Monarch Watch program and iChat AV.



Connect students to the world and the world to students
With iChat AV and an iSight camera, it’s easy and affordable to bring videoconferencing into your classroom. You can instantly connect your students with students in other classrooms — all over the globe. And, it’s an effective and easy way to bring experts into your classroom.

“Imagine giving your students the opportunity to not only see the world, but to interact with it in a meaningful way. That’s the power of iChatAV and iSight in education.” - Michelle Bourgeois, Technology Coordinator, Pensacola, FL

You can meet face to face with teachers and students thousands of miles away in a full-screen videoconference over any broadband connection. And, with iChat AV 3 for Tiger, you can bring multi-way video- and audioconferencing directly to your classroom. The cost, quality and ease of use of iChat AV and iSight are unmatched by any other videoconferencing solution.

Collaborate, share and learn
Students are using iChat AV to collaborate with students in other classrooms on science experiments, learn about different cultures, discuss perspectives on social issues, understand the impact of natural disasters and share their work with other students.

iSight camera

Teachers are using iChat AV and iSight to bring experts into their classrooms. Whether it’s a music professor, a museum curator, a scientist or an author, in a matter of seconds, students can see and hear what the expert has to say about a particular topic, ask questions and even show the expert their work. The expert doesn’t have to make a special trip to visit your classroom and you don’t have to coordinate a field trip!

Teachers are also using iChat AV and iSight as a professional development tool — either to share their teaching practices with preservice teachers or to observe mentor teachers in other classrooms. And, they’re also using these tools to connect remote students to their classrooms and to facilitate sign-language communication for their hearing impaired students.

 

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