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MacBook basics

 * Dock
 * Spotlight
 * Stickies
 * Finder
 * Desktop
 * System preferences
 * Downloads

iLife
iPhoto: feeds photos to other iLife and iWork programs
 * create slideshows
 * create books

Garageband: feeds audio to other iLife and iWork programs
 * create podcasts
 * Flat Stanley podcast
 * Podcasting with First Grade Describes the process and has podcast at end of post
 * Podcasting with Second Grade Zoo trip
 * Podcasting with Third Grade Endangered animals
 * Podcasting with Fourth Grade Space Real Estate Agents
 * create own music

iMovie: feeds movies to other iLife and iWork programs
 * create movies
 * use greenscreen and picture in picture to enhance movies. Great for doco effects

Photobooth
 * take photos/movie with effects. These also feed to iLife and iWork programs

Quicktime
 * students are able to create screencasts of what they're doing on screen

Pages
 * Mac word processing program.

Numbers
 * Mac spreadsheet program

Keynote
 * Mac presentation program