Apple Classroom Chatboard

Jim On 10/02/07, came late to the game. (M) wrote: > And games are high on the list of reasons that kids and > adult males prefer PC's... there's more games available for > them than for Apple computers. > > Apple computers were the first to include multimedia software > as part of the base OS install iCal, iChat, iDVD, iMovie, > i...See MoreOn 10/02/07, came late to the game. (M) wrote: > And games are high on the list of reasons that kids and > adult males prefer PC's... there's more games available for > them than for Apple computers. > > Apple computers were the first to include multimedia software > as part of the base OS install iCal, iChat, iDVD, iMovie, > iPhoto iTunes are powerful creation tools. > > Although WinDUHows includes some multimedia software it is > more proprietary centered and apps. as powerful as the > free Apple ones cost hundredsof dollars. > > Apple first started courting education in the early 70's when > they were sold by Bell and Howell. In 1973 The Minnesota > Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation), commonly > known as MECC, was founded. The goal of the organization was > to coordinate and provide computer services to almost all > schools in the state of Minnesota and latter many schools in > the US purchased their programs to run on Apple IIE and Gs. > > In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh which was the > first commercially successful personal computer to use a > graphical user interface. The Macintosh's graphics > capabilities were far ahead of their time, despite being Black > and White only. MECC ported its most successful titles to the > Macintosh to take advantage of its graphics capabilities. > In 1989, Apple donated $2 million worth of computers to 23 > schools to help children; Apple had done this before with the > Apple II.16. > > DOS based computers were late to adopt GUI (graphical user > interface) operation, later known widely as PC's they started > to appear in Secondary School business and mathematics classes > around the middle 80's. > > It wasn't until 1990 that Multimedia PCs are developed; > also schools began using videodiscs; object-oriented > multimedia authoring tools are in wide use; Simulations, > educational databases and other types of CAI programs are > being delivered on CD-ROM disks, many with animation and sound. > > IMnsHO the best answer would be that "If it > weren't for the Apple Macintosh we'd be using DOS 10.0" > (DOS was a non-graphical UI that was common before Apple > introduced the GUI. > > Also it takes more support personnel for PC's than for Apple > computers... > > N. > > > On 10/02/07, AJH wrote: >> I work in a district that uses mainly MACS. Actually, MACs >> are the only computers I've ever used since that's what I >> had in the classroom. Now I work in a support role with all >> elementary schools. I sometimes have people question >> (gripe) about why we use Apples/Macs. I've been told that >> they are : 1. more user friendly and 2. less susceptible to >> viruses. >> >> Thought I'd pick your brains a bit. Which do you prefer and >> if you use Macs, could you give me further "Pluses" to >> mention? >> >> Thanks, >> >> AJH

Just as a correction to the original post: The Amiga multimedia computer was around in 1985 and was light years ahead of Macs/PCs. Many still regard the Amiga as the best computer ever made. It may have been about 1990 until Macs/PCs were able to do much with multimedia, but they were trailing behind in that area. Even without the Mac, there were indeed many other choices besides PCs (Atari's Falcon was also impressive). Apple seems to like to rewrite computer history and erase everything other than Macs/PCs ;)

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Appleworks and iWork '08

by Jan

Oct 9, 2007

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I just purchased a new imac and iWork '08. I am obviously
very behind the times. I didn't know until I was shopping
for the imac that AppleWorks is not on the newer computers.
Is there a way to convert AppleWorks files to iWorks? If
so, how? Thanks for any help you can give me on this! Jan

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Jan /blockquote>

On 10/09/07, Pages or choose a AW file do "get info" (command-I) (M) wrote:
> click drop-down for "Open with" > choose/browse to Pages.app
> and choose "use this application to open all files like this"
> and click "change all".
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> Should be good to go from there.
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Oct 9, 2007

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Shaun Henriques On 10/09/07, Pages or choose a AW file do "get info" (command-I) (M) wrote: > click drop-down for "Open with" > choose/browse to Pages.app > and choose "use this application to open all files like this" > and click "change all". > > Should be good to go from there. > > N. > > On 10/09/07, Jan wrote: >> I just pur...See More

Dec 2, 2008

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Video Pen Pal

by Meme

Oct 10, 2007

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I am a teacher in New England looking to connect to another
elementary classroom to set up ichat pen pals. Our goal is
to connect with other children in another part of the
country. I teach Kindergarten.

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opening wps file

by AJH

Oct 12, 2007

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Is there a way to open .wps file with AppleWorks? I tried
going to File and Open With... but had no luck.

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camcorder compatibility

by princess

Oct 13, 2007

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I am shoppng for an inexpensive camcorder that will be used
with a ibook pro. I have found several reviews that
complain about difficulties with connecting the cameras to
the macs.

I am thinking of going mini dv. If ou have recently
purchased one that you are pleased with, please tell me.

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The one camera that I used that will not work with my Mac has been the one that
saves the film to a mini-cd. I thought I could use the camera and then edit the film
using iMovie.... it did NOT work....... You can also get a list of supported cameras
at the Apple website.... Just do a search for cameras...... ...See More

Oct 18, 2007

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On 10/18/07, Ken wrote:
> The one camera that I used that will not work with my Mac has been the one that
> saves the film to a mini-cd. I thought I could use the camera and then edit the film
> using iMovie.... it did NOT work....... You can also get a list of supported cameras
> at the Apple we...See More

Oct 18, 2007

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Word 2004 mac

by M

Oct 19, 2007

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I'm not quite sure, but my word 2004 is always opening at
start up. What can I do to prevent this. Thank you!

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OR if icon is kept on doc Control-Click and unselect (M) /blockquote>

"Open at login"

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On 10/19/07, M wrote:
> I'm not quite sure, but my word 2004 is always opening at
> start up. What can I do to prevent this. Thank you!

Oct 20, 2007

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