MFL speaking and listening with GarageBand

In this edition of The Creative Classroom, Mark Pentleton is working with a group of children who have recently started learning Spanish. The children are using GarageBand to practise their listening and speaking, firstly through a re-ordering exercise based on a prerecorded conversation, and then by recording their own voices as part of the conversation. Techniques covered include:

• using two tracks to record each part of a conversation, providing more flexibility for follow-up work;
• cropping sound regions in order to ‘mix up’ the conversation; 
• muting individual tracks and recording parts of the conversation; 
• using filters to change the pupils’ voices.

Developing writing for different purposes with iMovie 

In this first episode of The Creative Classroom, David Baugh takes a look at using iMovie for developing writing skills. Learners used iMovie to create a set of instructions that integrated with their literacy work in class. Topics covered include:

• using iMovie to help students develop their writing skills
• using iMovie to develop a set of instructions 
• creating a sequence of images and video 
• using the Voiceover tool 
• exporting the movie for different purposes 

Scoring music in Garageband and Logic

In this edition of The Creative Classroom, Joe Moretti looks at scoring music in both GarageBand and Logic. Joe starts in GarageBand and looks at the scoring facilities including quantisation and adjusting note length and pitch. Joe then moves on to outline the scoring features of Logic Express and Logic Pro, and shows how GarageBand scores and 100% compatible with Logic.

Exploring the work of famous artists in iMovie

In episode 6 of The Creative Classroom, David Baugh looks at some interesting ways to use iMovie to explore the work of famous artists. Topics covered include using the Ken Burns effect to focus on different parts of the piece of art, adding voiceover and other audio to enhance the presentation.

 

Creating enhanced podcasts with Keynote and Garageband

In this edition of The Creative Classroom, Mark Pentleton demonstrates how to create enhanced podcasts, combining images and text with audio. Mark is working with a group of 14 year olds who are learning French verbs, and the students create slides in Keynote before recording their voiceover in GarageBand. Mark looks at combining the two applications to make effective learning and revision resources.

Visual literacy with iMovie

This week Oscar Stringer takes a look at developing visual literacy with iMovie. Oscar has been working with a group of children creating a movie around the theme of Autumn colours. Topics covered include:

• planning a video project
• shooting the movie 
• editing video footage in iMovie 
• adding effects 
• using transitions appropriately