TEACHING CHINESE WITH

MAC TOOLSby Makky Fung

http://goo.gl/axGFXz

TAKE AWAYS FOR TODAY• iWork for Chinese

• Pages (all about me)

• Keynote (storytelling)

• iLife for Chinese

• iMovie (interview)

• iPhoto (photo book)

• Other tools for Chinese

• Voicethread (speaking and

collaboration)

• Soundcloud (speaking and

sharing)

• iBooks Author (interactive book)

PAGES FOR CHINESE

Why Pages?

• Beautiful Apple-designed

templates.

• Immediate access to

your media.

• Powerful graphics tools.

STUDENT WORK

• This pages work is one

of the formative

assessment of G6

HWOO unit.

• Students chose one of

the HK public space and

write a narration about it.

HANDS-ONType a paragraph of a HK place that you like.

Add a photo of the place from Google images.

Add labels to introduce the place in details.

TEXT• Text

• Text boxes

• Format bar (Style, Text,

Arrange)

• Paste and Match Style

• MacPinyin (Type Pinyin)

• QIM （Best input method)

• Pages > Services > Convert text

to Traditional Chinese

(Simplified Chinese)

IMAGES

• Images

• Instant Alpha

• Edit Masks

• Shape Editing (unite,

intersect, subtract,

exclude)

• Image Style (opacity)

TABLES

• Tables

• Wrap text

• Yellow autofill handle

• Drag a cell outside

table to make a new

table with the cell

• Merge cells

IMAGES IN TABLES• Insert images in table

• First insert image to Pages

document (outside of table)

• Then the object must be set to

“Move with Text,” and the text

wrap set to “Inline with Text”

• Cut and paste the image into

the table cell

• Add an image fill

• Resize and Advanced image

fill

SAVE

• Save on iCloud or save

on local disk

• New version won’t work

in old version (need to

save down)

• New version won’t

transfer by gmail or

google drive (need to zip)

Why Keynote?

• Keynote comes with

professionally designed

templates.

• Superb organizational tools.

• Powerful graphic tools.

• Dynamic tables.

• Elegant 2D and 3D charts.

Keynote for Chinese

• This China A-Z keynote

was made by the whole

class. I put them together

in one keynote after the

students completed page

by page individually. Each

student chose some letters

that described China's

feature things and did a

little research on that item.

It was for G6 WWA unit

which talked about Chinese

people's values.

STUDENT WORK

HANDS-ONMake a Chinese story book

Add writing using Typewriter (Animate-Build)

Add audio recording to recite the story

Choose Themes

Add Slides and Choose Masters

Format Text

Slide Transitions

Record Slideshow

2. Record your voice

1. Add background

music

Record Your Voice

Record Your Voice

Play and Save Slide Show

iMovie for Chinese

Why iMovie?

• Great for digital storytelling.

• Record student interviews.

• Create movies by

combining videos, images,

sounds

HANDS-ONRecord an interview

Edit the video with titles, pictures,

transitions and background music

iMovie Screenshot

Canvas

Timeline

Toolbar

Libraries

Events

iMovie Skills

1. import footage (activity

monitor)

2. create project (movie vs

trailer)

3. record on camera

4. select clips (+ button or drag)

5. trim clips (drag the front and

back)

6. titles (lens flares, scrolling

credits, etc)

7. transitions (cube, swap, etc.)

8. add music (move to

dedicated music track so it

will trim automatically to the

length of the movie)

9. share (iMovie theatre,

channel on apple tv, file,

preview, estimated file size,

choose resolution, add text

and description)

iMovie for Chinese

• This iMovie project is this

year's G3 HTWW formative

assessment. Students learned

about the Great Wall of China

as one of the famous structure.

They were retelling the story

about one boy visited the great

wall and describe the great wall

in their own Chinese sentence.

• It is also posted on my blog:

http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/teache

rs/miyanzhang/2014/10/17/g3-

msl-l1-retelling-video/

iPhoto for Chinese

• Great for making class

photo books and

slideshows

• Can also make Calendar

and Greeting cards

• Printing and resizing

• Photo stream and shared

photo stream

HANDS-ON

Create a class photo book

Add captions, layout and design

iPhoto PhotoBook

Create Book

Printing

Save as

PDF

Printing Booklet

1. Download and

Install Create Booklet

2. Choose Create

Booklet in Print dialog

box

• Voicethread (speaking and collaboration)

• Soundcloud (speaking and sharing)

• iBooks Author (interactive book)

Other Tools for Chinese