iSight+camera

** There are 3 applications on the MacBook that can use the iSight camera: iChat, PhotoBooth, and iMovie. **


 * iChat -**
 * To use iChat, users need to create an AIM account. Many students already have one.
 * You can video chat with up to 4 people at a time.
 * You can create a virtual classroom by video chatting with other classes in our school, other schools, people outside of school. All 4 faces are visible to all 4 members of the chat, so it is really like you're in a classroom talking to each other.
 * Using iChat Theater in a video chat, members of the chat can share files (any type - slideshow, spreadsheet, photo, movie, word document, etc.) that everyone in the chat can see.

iMovie -**
 * Photo Booth -**
 * Single or burst (4 quick snapshots presented in a 4-up layout) snapshots can be taken with visual effects and any backdrop you want.
 * You can add __any__ image as a backdrop. Think.. other countries, historical scenes, newsroom, original student art, math/science graphs or charts, etc.)
 * You can create short movie clips, as well as still photos
 * Burst images and videos can be exported as .gif images, then used as an animated .gif on a webpage, in a slideshow, etc.
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 * The iSight camera can be a camera source for iMovie, ie., you can record a movie clip without a camera or camcorder.
 * The movie clips can be placed in powerpoints, websites, blogs, podcasts, etc.
 * With the picture-in-picture feature of iMovie, a student could narrate in a small window over a movie they have created, or conversely they could show powerpoint slides or photos or a movie in a small window over a movie of them narrating (like a news broadcast)


 * Directions for creating video with PhotoBooth. Also great ideas for using PhotoBooth in the classroom:**

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/moreichateffects.html
 * Link to download more iChat and PhotoBooth effects:**