Garageband

= GarageBand  = = =

__Text Tutorials__

 * [|Getting Started with GarageBand] - Apple's guide in pdf format

__Video Tutorials__

 * [|GarageBand '09 Video Tutorials]

__Support__

 * [|Apple's GarageBand Support Site]

__Resouces__

 * [|Garage Band in the Elementary Classroom]

__Reasons for use__

 * Create your own music with built-in instruments, jingles, sound effects, and tracks
 * Create your own podcasts with voice, music, jingles, sound effects and images
 * Use the built-in piano to practice keyboarding, scales, and chords
 * A different way to do a "report" or presentation
 * Synthesizing information taught in class, read from the textbook, researched online, gathered personally, etc. in a different way
 * Independent reading projects / book reports
 * Present information with real world images and music to make it more relevant and authentic
 * Digital storytelling

__Examples__

 * [|Art, Literature, and Ideas Diptych podcast videos]