creating your own photo story!

Creating your own Photo Story!

Presented by Jenifer Gossmanjgossman123@gmail.com

https://sites.google.com/site/photostory3foriceindiana2011/home

What is Photo Story

As stated on Millie Furman's website, "Photo Story 3 is one of Microsoft's best kept secrets!"

Photo Story is a FREE program offered by Microsoft® that allows you to create your very own digital stories! Many refer to it as making your own slide show. I like to move away from the "slide show" wording and simply say your own digital story/movie.

What is Photo Story, continued

A way to tell a story through images, sound and/or narration.

Ways to put Photo Story into your lessons

Introduce a new topic Share daily events with parents

Social Studies: Timeline of events Photo story of a historical event Photo story of a historical figure

Science Tell about a topic using pictures

Ways to put Photo Story into your lessons

Math Have students teach a math concept

with images and narrationLanguage Arts The new book report!Health Have students teach the class about

health and wellness

All the parts of a Photo Story Digital Story

Images Music Narration Sound

Images

Images can be found in many places. Most students go straight to Google and do a Google image search. Make sure to remind students that they MUST give credit to the owner of the image (cite sources at the end using a credit roll)

Narration

Narration can be recorded right in the Photo Story program!

Just make sure you have a microphone!

Music

Once again – make sure you tell your students to give credit to the owner of images, music, sounds that they “borrow” for their projects.

Where to find music/sound: CD’s Online

Sounds

It’s easy to find free sounds by visiting www.freesound.org.

OR --- something fun to teach students is to create their own sounds! To create your own sounds you will need a sound recording/editing program. I use Audacity.

Getting Started

Make sure you have Photo Story 3 downloaded and installed.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11132

Choose a topic Find images, sounds, etc..

Before we begin

Download image and sound files from Presentation website:

https://sites.google.com/site/photostory3foriceindiana2011/home

Title “slides”

Unfortunately, Photo Story does not have the option to create a title for your presentation. You can create your own title several ways:

Use Paint to create an image Use PowerPoint

Remember – whatever you create you must save as an image file: jpg, png, gif, etc.

Creating an image from Powerpoint

Open PowerPoint Create the “slide” you wish to become

an image Once satisfied – you will save your

work

Saving PowerPoint as Image

Click on the MOB (Microsoft Office Button in Office ’07 and later) or File in versions prior to ‘07

Saving PowerPoint as Image

Choose Save As:

Saving PowerPoint as Image Change the file type to either: JPEG, PNG, or GIF

Saving PowerPoint as Image

You will then be asked to save current slide or entire presentation. This is your choice – if you are working with one slide only then choose that – if you have created several slides you wish to turn into images, choose entire presentation.

Saving PowerPoint as Image

Saving PowerPoint as Image

When you have saved your PowerPoint as an image PowerPoint creates a folder, named the same as the file name you gave. Inside that folder will be your newly created images that can be imported into PhotoStory.

Open Photo Story 3 Begin New Story

Step 2: Importing Images Make sure you have already gathered all he

images you will be using.

Working with images, what can you do?

Rearrange the order Change look Add text Reduce red eye

Rearrange the order Just left click and drag – don’t let up on the left

button while dragging Find where you want it – and drop it in place

Change the look Change the picture to black/white or

other neat effects

Change the look

Change the look

Add Text to your picture

Add Text to your picture

Adding narration

Make sure you have a microphone

Click on the RED circle and begin recording.

Adding music/sound

Finishing your project

Make sure you save TWO ways:1. Save as a project2. Save as a finished movie

Sharing your work

Upload to your own secure YouTube channel

Burn to a DVD/CD for parents/students Post on your school website Load onto computers @ your school Show in your classroom