Photostory+3


 * //Return to Techno PD at GHS

Description://** Photo Story is a Windows program that comes with XP and Vista. It allows the user to add images, narrate and annotate them, as well as add music. It is a refreshing change from PowerPoint and somewhat simpler than MovieMaker.

If you are tired of the submission of poorly designed Powerpoint presentations, check out the following problems teachers encounter with this humorous view of "How not to create a Powerpoint" []

It can be used for storytelling, exposés, science projects, creative writing and almost anything that integrates images, voice and music. You can zoom in with each photo and very quickly change the order of slides.

- []

__**//Pros and Cons of Photo Story//** Pros of Using Photo Story__ -intuitive -a good combination of images, music and narration

__Cons of Using Photo Story__ -need for Media Player 10 or 11

Elementary -great for facilitating Multimedia Literacy skills and digital storytelling -facilitates learning for reluctant speakers, ESL, boys literacy -aligns with expectations for language arts -use for procedural writing, timelines, slideshows //**
 * //Pedagogy

// **Secondary School** -can give the students a series of slides in Photo Story and ask them to narrate the story on the fly (summative) **//
 * -good for FSL and other second language learning

[|Create your first photo story.doc] Modified February 2009 by B&LT/LAS/KR from: [] Barbara McLauhghlin and Teresa Harrison created a wonderful PowerPoint to explain the process when using this software: [|Photo Story 3 .ppt]

-Photo Story products, albeit for the explanation of Comic Life! (thanks Teresa): [|Comic Life Tutorial_1.wmv], [|More Comic Life_1.wmv] -[|tutorial from Microsoft] -[|another good tutorial] -an excellent [|tutorial] by Bill Myers
 * //Other Resources//**

image from []

Students and teachers alike are often very quick to borrow images and other material from the World Wide Web without giving acknowledgment or proper bibliographic representation. Secondly, people are often remiss in verifying that the material is protected by copyright.

We have a number of recommendations to help teacher exemplify best practices in this regard. 1. in small type, acknowledge every image or other material retrieved from the WWW. 2. Google advanced search offers a "by use" option. 3. use [|http://Flickr.com] and under the advanced settings, chose imagery with Creative Commons licensing. 4. check out [] which offers thousands of images that can be used. Some are "premium" and require purchase, but most are not. 5. All school boards in Ontario, through OSAPAC and the Ministry of Education can get copies of the CD entitled "Canadian Clip Art Collection" 6. There is also free sites for downloading music (without lyrics) for background and ambiance in podcasts, not to put on-line. The site is at[|http://freeplaymusic.com] 7. Podcasters are often looking for sound effects for free. Check out []. Once again, they are not all free, but there is a good base to start from. 8. To better understand the concept of Creative Commons, teachers should check out their website. [] (Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that increases sharing and improves collaboration.)