creating your own photo story!
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Presentation for ICE 2011TRANSCRIPT
Creating your own Photo Story!
Presented by Jenifer [email protected]
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
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