Editing photos and text with Appleworks
Teacher preparation
To prepare for the class, Mr Turnbull makes sure that all the equipment is working and that each iBook is connected to the server. He also checks that the digital photo of the school that each child has chosen is in his or her own folder ready for use.
Mr Turnbull’s ICT skills are mostly self-taught, though he has been on special courses for AppleWorks and Microsoft Word. He finds that Apple Mac computers are very user-friendly and nothing now fazes him if things go wrong.
Mr Turnbull has a classroom assistant who supports a pupil with learning difficulties. Since this pupil is very good with computers, the classroom assistant will be free to help other children in the lesson today.
Top tip
If you want to give a computer presentation and you don't have a large projector, there is a simple solution. Using a couple of adaptors, you can plug your computer into the school TV, turning the television screen into a large monitor that all the class can see.
What you need
For this lesson you will need:
- laptops (iBooks)
- a data projector
- an interactive whiteboard
- AppleWorks
- a colour printer
| Lesson preparation: checking iBooks and digital photos | |
|---|---|
| Description | Alistair Turnbull, P4/P5 teacher at Colgrain Primary School, talks about checking wireless network connections and organising digital photos in readiness for the lesson |
| Duration | 2 minutes |
| Windows version |  Windows Media video: Lesson preparation: checking iBooks and digital photos |
| Mac version |  QuickTime movie: Lesson preparation: checking iBooks and digital photos |
| Transcript | Read a transcript of the Colgrain Primary School preparation video. |