Blog #1-
Photo Story 3 is a great program for creating digital stories. I can see many applications for the use of this program in the classroom. The program is extremely user friendly which means students and teachers alike can use it with ease. It is also free, so it is available for download to anyone at school or at home!
My own experience with using the program was enjoyable. After reading the articles assigned for the week, I chose to do a photo story about my memories of snow in Houston, Texas. I jotted down some memories when I was young and then reflected on the snow that occurred in 2008. From those memories, I crafted a rough script. Consulting others and making changes were needed; I developed a final script to use with my story.
Next, I went in search of photos to use to illustrate the script. I had many digital photos of the most recent snow in 2008, but I didn't have any on hand of myself using my imagination. So, I had to be creative, I went in search of photos on Microsoft's web site and was successful in finding some pictures that would work well in my story.
After locating all the photos that I thought I would need, I began to create a story board as the readings had suggested. I sketched out which pictures would go where, what my beginning title slide would look like, what part of the script would go with each picture, etc. Once I had a plan, I took it to the Photo Story 3 program.
Having a plan in place made putting the photo story together easy. Step by step the program walked me through each part of the process and I was able to produce a quality product with narration and custom background music with relative ease.
As a teacher, I can't wait to use this in the classroom next year and share it with my colleagues. The applications for this program across the curriculum are endless. I think that I am going to start another photo story right now. I am that excited about it!
My own experience with using the program was enjoyable. After reading the articles assigned for the week, I chose to do a photo story about my memories of snow in Houston, Texas. I jotted down some memories when I was young and then reflected on the snow that occurred in 2008. From those memories, I crafted a rough script. Consulting others and making changes were needed; I developed a final script to use with my story.
Next, I went in search of photos to use to illustrate the script. I had many digital photos of the most recent snow in 2008, but I didn't have any on hand of myself using my imagination. So, I had to be creative, I went in search of photos on Microsoft's web site and was successful in finding some pictures that would work well in my story.
After locating all the photos that I thought I would need, I began to create a story board as the readings had suggested. I sketched out which pictures would go where, what my beginning title slide would look like, what part of the script would go with each picture, etc. Once I had a plan, I took it to the Photo Story 3 program.
Having a plan in place made putting the photo story together easy. Step by step the program walked me through each part of the process and I was able to produce a quality product with narration and custom background music with relative ease.
As a teacher, I can't wait to use this in the classroom next year and share it with my colleagues. The applications for this program across the curriculum are endless. I think that I am going to start another photo story right now. I am that excited about it!
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