Photo Story 101

What is Photo Story? Free Microsoft program: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx A show-n-tell tool An organization assistant Digital storytelling (in it’s basic form)

Free Microsoft program:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

A show-n-tell tool

An organization assistant

Digital storytelling (in it’s basic form)

How does it work? Simpler version of Movie Maker Upload photos/images (they must already be saved on your computer) Add voice narration Add music Add transitions among images

Simpler version of Movie Maker

Upload photos/images (they must already be saved on your computer)

Add voice narration

Add music

Add transitions among images

Freebies Free music at: freeplaymusic.com Free clip art: school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/ Free photos: www.freedigitalphotos.net/ Free educational photos: pics.tech4learning.com/ Free sound effects: sounddogs.com/

Free music at: freeplaymusic.com

Free clip art: school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/

Free photos: www.freedigitalphotos.net/

Free educational photos: pics.tech4learning.com/

Free sound effects: sounddogs.com/

Finishing the Story Luckily, Photo Story renders , or finishes, your story into a Windows Media Player file. Windows Media Player files can be played on any computer with Media Player. Does not require the installation of Photo Story.

Luckily, Photo Story renders , or finishes, your story into a Windows Media Player file.

Windows Media Player files can be played on any computer with Media Player.

Does not require the installation of Photo Story.

Great story telling in the classroom Show readers what authors mean – don’t tell them Use Photo Story to show meaning from a story or novel “He was very mad,” said Bill. Well, how mad is very mad? Use sensory observation to “show” mad

Show readers what authors mean – don’t tell them

Use Photo Story to show meaning from a story or novel

“He was very mad,” said Bill. Well, how mad is very mad?

Use sensory observation to “show” mad

Story Circles Let students use Photo Story as a Lit Circle discussion tool Digital scrapbook of the novel Presenting their reflections of a novel in a digital format Presentation skills Differentiation in the classroom

Let students use Photo Story as a Lit Circle discussion tool

Digital scrapbook of the novel

Presenting their reflections of a novel in a digital format

Presentation skills

Differentiation in the classroom

Resources Article: www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm Digital story telling links: electronicportfolios.org/digistory/ Wiki: jonorech.wikispaces.com/ Photo Story FAQ: www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/faq.mspx

Article: www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm

Digital story telling links: electronicportfolios.org/digistory/

Wiki: jonorech.wikispaces.com/

Photo Story FAQ: www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/faq.mspx