Taps into several learning styles

“Using technology energizes the students to learn and explore. It makes the experience, new, exciting and tantalizing. We live in a highly digital age, when students see their books not only published but on film and edited into a mini-feature length film. They are ecstatic. This medium also taps into several different learning styles and does not rely heavily upon any one particular approach.”

Jenny Lind Schaecher
Student Teacher
Richmond Elementary or

Captures student creativity

“Technology enriches the experience [of film-making] by capturing student creativity and attention. Becoming filmmakers and expressing themselves in a media that they consider “hip and cool,” motivated students. The result of this technology project was far better than a paper or oral presentation. Students worked harder, were more creative and spent more time and effort on this project than anything else they had done the whole year.”

Suzanne Franco
Technology Resource Teacher
Wyoming Middle School, OH

All students are fully engaged

“iLife applications enable students to process information, collect and gather data, produce media and demonstrate research skills. Despite the various learning styles in a corrective reading class, all of the students are fully engaged. Whether the student is reading below grade level, learning disabled, autistic or behaviorally challenged, the iLife process eliminates those existing concerns.”

Kelli Byle
Teacher/ Reading Specialist
Ellicott Mills Middle School, MD

Students reflect on their learning

“Technology enriches the experience because it allows all children an opportunity to record and reflect on their learning. The different learning styles are easily accommodated as students are responsible for the creation of each scene including acting, filming, narrating, artwork, music and editing. Every student is able to find a special way to showcase his or her talent and learning style.”

Bridget Munsterman
Music Teacher
Barretts Elementary, MO

Adds excitement and energy to the classroom

“The use of video and digital photography add excitement and energy to the classroom. Infusing cameras into the classroom adds the sights and sounds that the auditory and visual learners need.”

David Schewe
Technology Teacher
Marcus Whitney CSD, NY

Students share their whole experience

“The use of iPhoto gives the project an impressive presentation and accurate documentation. The student can share his whole experience. This is an excellent method for hands-on learning and our kinesthetic learners.”

Margot Larkin
French Teacher
Wescott Junior High, ME

Adds creativity to research

“iMovie benefits students of all learning styles as it allows students to present their knowledge and research in a creative format.”

Anne Marie Doyle
School Library Media Specialist
William Seely School, CT

Motivating, relevant and functional

“iPhoto provides the creative application format to make learning more motivating, relevant and functional.”

Vivien Hagler
Integrated Learning Center Teacher
Cherry Creek High School, CO

Editing is easy and intuitive

“The simplicity and power of iMovie makes teaching editing a simple task that students seem to intuitively grasp. This, of course, is the most technically difficult part of the production, yet it is very easy to execute.”

Richard Vidug
Teacher
JF. Ross C.V.I, Ontario, Canada

Authentic hands-on learning

“Using programs such as iMovie, iPhoto and iTunes allows students to learn through an experiential and authentic process of hands-on generation and critical reflection.”

Paul Syme
Teacher
Horton High School, NS Canada

Students showcase their original point-of-view

“iMovie has provided an opportunity for students to display their original writing to the world.”

Ron Coia
High School Teacher, Language Arts
Clackamas High School or

Archive projects for future needs

“The digital movie allows the teacher to control the pacing and to keep the lesson for review purposes as well as subsequent teaching.”

André S. Knudsen
French Teacher - Foreign Language Department Center
College Preparatory School, CA

Students produce near professional quality work

“Using technology, such as iMovie, enriches the experience because it allows students to produce near professional-quality work; technology allows this project to transcend beyond ‘just another assignment,’ often masking the work behind their efforts.”

Mary Palmer
English Teacher
Century High School, ND

Powerful tool with amazing results

“The use of iMovie and iTunes to create the project captures student’s interest and attention while focusing on valuable curricular material. The results of the project were amazing. 90% of the students got 90% or better on the test. I was curious if it was because of the students’ involvement in the project or the iMovie itself. After other classes viewed the movies they averaged 80% or more getting at least 90% on the test. What a powerful teaching/learning tool.”

Erin Geil
Teacher
Fernley Elementary School, NV

Students analyze with ease

“Back in the classroom, the entire analysis process is easy because of the simplicity of Mac OS X, iMovie, iPhoto and AppleWorks. For several years, we used other cumbersome programs to accomplish this process. Now using iMovie, the students digitize videos into analysis segments with total ease.”

Ron Schwarz
Physics/ Chemistry/ AP Chemistry/ Programming Teacher
Parkway Central High School, MO

No student is left behind

“Explore the visual, auditory and verbal worlds offered by iPhoto and iTunes to create a project that engages all learners and learning styles. No student is left behind when the output for the student engages his or her visual, auditory, kinesthetic and verbal learning modalities.”

Gloria M. Menezes
Echo Resource Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Echo Horizon, CA

Project would not have been possible without iLife

“It is our belief that what sets this project apart from most is that instead of simply using iLife software to report what was done, the software is actually an integral part of taking the measurements. It would not be possible without this software.”

Lee Benjamin
Physics Teacher
North Poccono High School, PA

Students can’t wait to get to work

“The use of technology and the ideas that the students came up with really encouraged them to work hard and do their best work. Many days began with students begging and pleading for time to work on their projects — they didn’t want to wait until writing time which was later in the day.”

Sydney Mellen
Teacher
South Summit Elementary, UT

Instills a joy in discovering

“Multimedia provides students with a learning experience that gratifies their intellectual curiosity by instilling a love of learning, a thrill in searching and a joy in discovering for themselves.”

Marilyn Drange
Teacher
Chestnut Hill Elementary

Brings out the individual talents of each learning style

“Technology enriches the experience because students get a chance to function in a digital environment which enables them to produce broadcast quality productions. Your visual learner can create his or her vision of the story, the kinesthetic learner can act out that vision, your tactile learner will enjoy creating props to add to that vision and your auditory learner will go wild picking music and sound effects that certainly will enhance the overall production.”

Paula L. Pierrre
Teacher
Hartman Middle School, TX

Promotes higher order thinking and analysis

“Technology allows students to carry a field trip to the zoo back to the classroom for higher order thinking and analysis of their observations of the animals at the local zoo. “

Gerardo Moreno
Special Education Classroom Teacher
Lee Elementary School, TX

Allows students to make connections

“The use of technology enriches the experience by providing students with the opportunity to use rich media to connect to the printed word.”

Karen A. Vitek
Special Education Teacher
Nassau-Spackenkill School, NY

Limitless creativity on a limited budget

“My principal was so impressed with our projects, he agreed to get me a new eMac so I wouldn’t have to do the finish work on our projects at home. Now the kids can see how everything works in iPhoto, iTunes and other applications. We’ve saved hundreds of dollars on film developing and we can edit our photos to meet our needs. I am Apple’s biggest fan. Our technology director is sold, too. He’s going to upgrade me to an eMac with a combo drive this summer. The sky’s the limit.”

Elaine C. Watkins
Teacher
West Sedona School, AZ