Apple iLife workshop gives taste of suite
Liza Atamy
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News
Systems engineer for Apple, Dane Riley, led a workshop on the upgraded iLife '08 program at the Instructional Resource Center Monday.
iLife '08 is an update to Apple's popular suite of digital lifestyle applications, according to the Apple Web site.
The compilation of applications include: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD.
Linda Roper, student services professional at the Learning Assistance Resource Center, said she has been using iLife at work for four months.
"I take pictures of the tutors and organize them in iPhoto, so I can easily flip through them and show them to a student in need of a tutor," Roper said.
Roper said iMovie makes it easy for her tutors to create and edit five-minute video tutorials in various subjects, which are used as a learning supplement for students.
"I like Macs because the hardware and software integrate so smoothly, and all of the applications are in sync," she said. "This is very helpful and easy to make different tutorials, and to work in and out of software."
Like Roper, Blanca Sanchez, who works with high school students at the office of pre-college programs on the SJSU campus, wanted to learn more about iLife to help her students.
"The Macs in our office are in little use, and I was looking for a way to teach the students to start working with them," Sanchez said. "Personally, making a shift from HP to Apple drove me to come to this workshop."
Sanchez said she is planning on a few summer projects for her students, and learning Apple programs will make it easier and more convenient to create the projects she has in mind.
"I am planning for the students to create their own yearbook using iPhoto," she said. "It will be something memorable to take home after they're done with school.
"Every year, the staff makes a summer video for the students," Sanchez said, "but this year, I would like the students to work on it themselves so they can experience creating and editing video."
iLife '08 is an update to Apple's popular suite of digital lifestyle applications, according to the Apple Web site.
The compilation of applications include: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD.
Linda Roper, student services professional at the Learning Assistance Resource Center, said she has been using iLife at work for four months.
"I take pictures of the tutors and organize them in iPhoto, so I can easily flip through them and show them to a student in need of a tutor," Roper said.
Roper said iMovie makes it easy for her tutors to create and edit five-minute video tutorials in various subjects, which are used as a learning supplement for students.
"I like Macs because the hardware and software integrate so smoothly, and all of the applications are in sync," she said. "This is very helpful and easy to make different tutorials, and to work in and out of software."
Like Roper, Blanca Sanchez, who works with high school students at the office of pre-college programs on the SJSU campus, wanted to learn more about iLife to help her students.
"The Macs in our office are in little use, and I was looking for a way to teach the students to start working with them," Sanchez said. "Personally, making a shift from HP to Apple drove me to come to this workshop."
Sanchez said she is planning on a few summer projects for her students, and learning Apple programs will make it easier and more convenient to create the projects she has in mind.
"I am planning for the students to create their own yearbook using iPhoto," she said. "It will be something memorable to take home after they're done with school.
"Every year, the staff makes a summer video for the students," Sanchez said, "but this year, I would like the students to work on it themselves so they can experience creating and editing video."
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