Use iWork and iLife effectively in Chinese Studies.

1. TEACHING CHINESE WITH
MAC TOOLS
by Makky Fung
http://goo.gl/axGFXz

2. 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)

3. PAGES FOR CHINESE
Why Pages?
• Beautiful Apple-designed
templates.
• Immediate access to
your media.
• Powerful graphics tools.

4. 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.

5. HANDS-ON
Type 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.

6. 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)

7. IMAGES
• Images
• Instant Alpha
• Edit Masks
• Shape Editing (unite,
intersect, subtract,
exclude)
• Image Style (opacity)

8. TABLES
• Tables
• Wrap text
• Yellow autofill handle
• Drag a cell outside
table to make a new
table with the cell
• Merge cells

9. 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

10. 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)

11. Keynote for Chinese
Why Keynote?
• Keynote comes with
professionally designed
templates.
• Superb organizational tools.
• Powerful graphic tools.
• Dynamic tables.
• Elegant 2D and 3D charts.

12. STUDENT WORK
• 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.

13. HANDS-ON
Make a Chinese story book
Add writing using Typewriter (Animate-Build)
Add audio recording to recite the story

14. Choose Themes

15. Add Slides and Choose Masters

16. Format Text

17. Slide Transitions

18. Record Slideshow
2. Record your voice
1. Add background
music

19. Record Your Voice

20. Record Your Voice

21. Play and Save Slide Show

22. iMovie for Chinese
Why iMovie?
• Great for digital storytelling.
• Record student interviews.
• Create movies by
combining videos, images,
sounds

23. HANDS-ON
Record an interview
Edit the video with titles, pictures,
transitions and background music

25. iMovie Screenshot
Canvas
Timeline
Toolbar
Events
Libraries

26. 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)

27. 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/

28. 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

29. HANDS-ON
Create a class photo book
Add captions, layout and design

30. iPhoto PhotoBook

31. Create Book

37. Printing
Save as
PDF

38. Printing Booklet
1. Download and
Install Create Booklet
2. Choose Create
Booklet in Print dialog
box

39. Other Tools for Chinese
• Voicethread (speaking and collaboration)
• Soundcloud (speaking and sharing)
• iBooks Author (interactive book)